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    VM failed and won't start. Displaying "An emulator required to run this VM failed to start"

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      rustylh @olivierlambert
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      @olivierlambert SR View.png

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      • olivierlambertO Offline
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        Do a lsblk on the problematic host, let's see what's /dev/sdb

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            So first, how does "AlmaLinux8-Testing" appear in XO? Like started? If it's the case, you might do a state power reset to it. Then, check the dmesg on the host, I have a feeling there's a connection issue with it.

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              rustylh @olivierlambert
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              @olivierlambert "Failed","Shutting down VM 'AlmaLinux8-Testing' on 'iahost-xcpng-server3'
              Internal error: Object with type VM and id dfcdcce6-b6e1-d865-6f2b-472a35b1fae7/config does not exist in xenopsd","iahost-xcpng-server3","Jun 9, 2025 12:28 PM"

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                olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                That's why you need to power reset it first.

                Also please check the host dmesg

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                  rustylh @olivierlambert
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                  @olivierlambert Oh, I'm sorry. You mean power restart the host server?

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                    rustylh @rustylh
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                    [12:52 iahost-xcpng-server3 ~]# xe vm-reset-powerstate vm=dfcdcce6-b6e1-d865-6f2b-472a35b1fae7 --force
                    This operation cannot be completed because the server is still live.
                    host: 6985c3a2-091d-488b-8de6-4bf40985987b (iahost-xcpng-server3)

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                      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                      On the pool master:

                      1. Restart the toolstack
                      2. Immediately after, run the vm reset powerstate command.
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                        rustylh @olivierlambert
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                        @olivierlambert Ok. I was able to get that VM started on another Host. Now, I need to figure out what is going on with server1. I appreciate all your help! If you have any suggestions please let me know.

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                          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                          My suggestion stands from previous messages, check the dmesg output from the problematic host 🙂

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                            rustylh @olivierlambert
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                            @olivierlambert It is full of these:
                            43342477.643853] sd 7:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to offline device
                            [43342477.643861] print_req_error: I/O error, dev sdb, sector 0

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                              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                              That's exactly what I suspected. You have a connectivity issue with your shared storage.

                              The device is considered offline because it cannot do any I/O on sector 0

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                                rustylh
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                                said in VM failed and won't start. Displaying "An emulator required to run this VM failed to start":

                                rejecting I/O to offline device

                                I was able to reboot the host. Now things seam fine. Does that make sense? I mean have you seen this happen then a reboot of the host takes care of it?

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                                  rustylh @olivierlambert
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                                  @olivierlambert I had the same issue this morning on one of the hosts I rebooted and was working fine. An emulator required to run this VM Failed to start. sd 7:0:0:1: rejecting I/O to offline device. I am not sure what to check next.

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                                    rustylh
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                                    xcp-ng iscsiadm -m session -P 3 Attached scsi disk sdb State: offline

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                                    • olivierlambertO Offline
                                      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                      There's something fishy about the connectivity to your storage.

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                                        rustylh @olivierlambert
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                                        @olivierlambert I am looking into that. I just do not have much experience with the networking.

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                                          rustylh
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                                          I found that the SR has two NICs bonded to two different hardware switches on the iSCSI LUN. Then each host has a management network(Bonded NICS on hosts) and VM network (Bonded NICS). Should I break the SR bond and just go with one NIC? If so, I assume I would be best to shutdown the VMs until I have one NIC on SR reconfigured?

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                                            Additional finding. The two switches (LAG) are Cisco with STP enabled.

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