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[Kalle Happonen <kalle.happonen@xxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

If you unshelve instances on compute nodes that use qcow2 backed
instances, the instance image_ref will point to the original image the
VM was lauched from. The base file for /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk
will be the snapshot which was used for shelving. This causes errors
with e.g. resizes and migrations.

Steps to reproduce/what happens:
Have at least 2 compute nodes configured with the standard qcow2 backed images. 

1) Launch an instance.
2) Shelve the instance. In the background this should in practice create a flattened snapshot of the VM.

3) Unshelve the instance. The instance will boot on one of the compute
nodes. The /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk should now have the
snapshot as its base file. The instance metadata still claims that the
image_ref is the original image which the VM was launched from, not the
snapshot.

4) Resize/migrate the instance. /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk should
be copied to the other compute node. If you resize to an image with the
same size disk, go to 5), if you resize to flavor with a larger disk, it
probably causes an error here when it tries to grow the disk.

5a) If the instance was running: When nova tries to start the VM, it
will copy the original base image to the new compute node, not the
snapshot base image. The instance can't boot, since it doesn't find its
actual base file, and it goes to an ERROR state.

5b) If the instance was shutdown: You can confirm the resize, but the VM
won't start. The snapshot base file may be removed from the source
machine causing dataloss.

What should have happened:
Either the instance image_ref should be updated to the snapshot image, or the snapshot image should be rebased to the original image, or is should force a raw only image after unshelve, or something else you smart people come up with.

Environment:
RDO Neutron with KVM

rpm -qa |grep nova
openstack-nova-common-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch
python2-novaclient-6.0.1-1.el7.noarch
python-nova-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch
openstack-nova-compute-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch

** Affects: nova
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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Title:
  Unshelving a VM breaks instance metadata when using qcow2 backed
  images

Status in OpenStack Compute (nova):
  New

Bug description:
  If you unshelve instances on compute nodes that use qcow2 backed
  instances, the instance image_ref will point to the original image the
  VM was lauched from. The base file for
  /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk will be the snapshot which was used
  for shelving. This causes errors with e.g. resizes and migrations.

  Steps to reproduce/what happens:
  Have at least 2 compute nodes configured with the standard qcow2 backed images. 

  1) Launch an instance.
  2) Shelve the instance. In the background this should in practice create a flattened snapshot of the VM.

  3) Unshelve the instance. The instance will boot on one of the compute
  nodes. The /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk should now have the
  snapshot as its base file. The instance metadata still claims that the
  image_ref is the original image which the VM was launched from, not
  the snapshot.

  4) Resize/migrate the instance. /var/lib/nova/instances/uuid/disk
  should be copied to the other compute node. If you resize to an image
  with the same size disk, go to 5), if you resize to flavor with a
  larger disk, it probably causes an error here when it tries to grow
  the disk.

  5a) If the instance was running: When nova tries to start the VM, it
  will copy the original base image to the new compute node, not the
  snapshot base image. The instance can't boot, since it doesn't find
  its actual base file, and it goes to an ERROR state.

  5b) If the instance was shutdown: You can confirm the resize, but the
  VM won't start. The snapshot base file may be removed from the source
  machine causing dataloss.

  What should have happened:
  Either the instance image_ref should be updated to the snapshot image, or the snapshot image should be rebased to the original image, or is should force a raw only image after unshelve, or something else you smart people come up with.

  Environment:
  RDO Neutron with KVM

  rpm -qa |grep nova
  openstack-nova-common-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch
  python2-novaclient-6.0.1-1.el7.noarch
  python-nova-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch
  openstack-nova-compute-14.0.6-1.el7.noarch

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