RHEV/ovirt - can't switch SPM role - async_tasks are stucked

Posted on Mon 29 August 2016 in ovirt • 1 min read

On the host with the SPM role

$ vdsClient -s 0 getAllTasksStatuses
{'status': {'message': 'OK', 'code': 0}, 'allTasksStatus': {'feb3aaa5-ec1c-42a6-8f17-f7c94891b43f': {'message': '1 jobs completed successfully', 'code': 0, 'taskID': '631fd441-0955-49da-9376-1cba24764aa7', 'taskResult': 'success', 'taskState': 'finished'}, 'b4fe0c6d-d458-4ed2-a9e2-2c0d41914b8f': {'message': '1 jobs completed successfully', 'code': 0, 'taskID': '67e1a2e8-3747-43fa-b0dd-fc469a6f6a02', 'taskResult': 'success',
'taskState': 'finished'}}}

On the RHEV/ovirt manager

$ for i in b4fe0c6d-d458-4ed2-a9e2-2c0d41914b8f feb3aaa5-ec1c-42a6-8f17-f7c94891b43f; do psql --dbname=engine --command="DELETE FROM async_tasks WHERE vdsm_task_id='${i}'"; done
$ for j in b4fe0c6d-d458-4ed2-a9e2-2c0d41914b8f feb3aaa5-ec1c-42a6-8f17-f7c94891b43f; do vdsClient -s 0 clearTask ${j}; done