Deteching Host is Failing with Error

Kajetan321

Hello, I’m trying to decommission a host. It is the only host in its pool. There are no VMs on this host. When I go to Home > Hosts > select host > Advanced > Detach I get:

host.detach
{
  "host": "69c0c257-a547-4d49-8270-b49eafe35c2c"
}
{
  "code": "INTERNAL_ERROR",
  "params": [
    "Xapi_pool.Cannot_eject_master"
  ],
  "call": {
    "duration": 4,
    "method": "pool.eject",
    "params": [
      "* session id *",
      "OpaqueRef:a845b495-af26-4fd0-8b82-813167b3f2ca"
    ]
  },
  "message": "INTERNAL_ERROR(Xapi_pool.Cannot_eject_master)",
  "name": "XapiError",
  "stack": "XapiError: INTERNAL_ERROR(Xapi_pool.Cannot_eject_master)
    at XapiError.wrap (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202602261435/packages/xen-api/_XapiError.mjs:16:12)
    at file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202602261435/packages/xen-api/transports/json-rpc.mjs:38:21
    at runNextTicks (node:internal/process/task_queues:65:5)
    at processImmediate (node:internal/timers:472:9)
    at process.callbackTrampoline (node:internal/async_hooks:130:17)"
}

Any ideas? I’m running Xen Orchestra commit 32220 from source. I tried rebooting the host and updating XO but this changed nothing, still getting the same error. The error seems to imply that one cannot eject a pool master but how do I decommission the host that is its own pool master?

MajorP93

@Kajetan321 said in Deteching Host is Failing with Error:

Cannot_eject_master

According to your log the host that you are trying to decommission / detach is your pool master.
You have to designate a new master before you can detach that particular host.

You can do that via Xen Orchestra: Home --> Pools --> YourPool --> Advanced --> Master --> click on name of current master and select a new one.

After that you should be able to detach the host in question.

//EDIT: Oh I just read that it is the only host in that pool. In that case you should disconnect the whole pool (the pool that has only 1 host, the 1 host in question).

olivierlambert

A host cannot be outside a pool. Even on a fresh install, a host is always in a pool. If the host is already alone in a pool, there's nothing specific to decomission it, just shutdown it and you are done.

MajorP93

@olivierlambert I understood him in a way that his XO has multiple pools connected to it hence the suggestion to disconnect the pool that only has this one host as a member.

Kajetan321

@MajorP93 OK I tried disconnecting the pool first but now I'm getting:

server.disable
{}
{
  "code": 10,
  "data": {
    "errors": [
      {
        "instancePath": "",
        "schemaPath": "#/required",
        "keyword": "required",
        "params": {
          "missingProperty": "id"
        },
        "message": "must have required property 'id'"
      }
    ]
  },
  "message": "invalid parameters",
  "name": "XoError",
  "stack": "XoError: invalid parameters
    at Module.invalidParameters (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202602261435/packages/xo-common/api-errors.js:26:11)
    at Xo.call (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202602261435/packages/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/api.mjs:121:22)
    at Api.#callApiMethod (file:///opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202602261435/packages/xo-server/src/xo-mixins/api.mjs:409:19)"
}

I guess I will just power down the host and that will be it, as Olivier recommends.