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OLVM : Live Migration of VM Fails With Error "Migration failed due to an Error: Fatal error during migration". (Doc ID 3047497.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Applies to:

Linux OS - Version Oracle Linux 8.8 with Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel [5.4.17] and later
x86_64

Symptoms

Live migration of a VM fails with the following error in the engine.log.

2024-09-12 12:27:24,377+08 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-27) [35ad8e9e]
EVENT_ID: VM_MIGRATION_TO_SERVER_FAILED(120), Migration failed due to an Error: Fatal error during migration VM: <vm-name>, Source: <source-host-name>, Destination: <destination-host-name>.
2024-09-12 12:27:24,377+08ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (EE-ManagedThreadFactory-engine-Thread-27) [35ad8e9e]
EVENT_ID: VM_MIGRATION_TO_SERVER_FAILED(120), Migration failed due to an Error: Fatal error during migration VM: <vm-name>, Source: <source-host-name>, Destination: <destination-host-name>.

Destination host reports the following error in the vdsm.log.

2024-09-12 12:27:23,330+0800 ERROR (migsrc/51701d10) [virt.vm] (vmId='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx') Cannot check QEMU binary /usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64: No such file or directory (migration:331)
2024-09-12 12:27:24,345+0800 INFO (migsrc/51701d10) [virt.vm] (vmId='xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx') Switching from State.STARTED to State.FAILED (migration:229)
 

Changes

 The destination host is a newly added host to the cluster with latest version of packages.

Cause

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