VIO Glance database fills with temporary entries slowing down the UI

Products

• VMware
• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

In VMware Integrated OpenStack 7.0, 7.0.1, or 7.2:

• The environment is upgraded from VIO 5.x or earlier.
• The horizon UI of OpenStack experiences extreme sluggishness.
• In the glance database we have an extreme count of entries in the image_location table with temp:// entries.
• There are errors in the glance-vmw-replicator log for attempting to copy an image with an external URL instead of vi:// or vsphere:// locations.

Environment

VMware Integrated Openstack 7.x

Cause

VMware Integrated OpenStack's glance-vmw-replicator service attempts to copy the image across multiple vCenters. The service fails to do this when the image location is URL based instead of calling the vCenter location.

Resolution

Apply the patch vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553.tgz attached to this KB.

For VMware Integrated OpenStack 7.2:

1. Copy the file vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553.tgz to the VIO manager.
2. Add the patch with the command:

viocli oneoffpatch add -l vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553.tgz

3. Install the patch with:

viocli oneoffpatch install -p vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553

Note: If there is a need to uninstall the patch execute the command:

viocli oneoffpatch uninstall -p vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553

For VMware Integrated OpenStack 7.0 to 7.1

1. Copy file vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553.tgz to the VIO manager.
2. Make a directory for the patch with:

mkdir vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553

3. De-compress the patch with:

tar -zxvf vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553.tgz -C vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553

4. Run these two commands:

cd vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553
./install.sh

Note: If there is a need to uninstall the patch execute the commands:

cd vio-patch-7.x-pr2894553
./uninstall.sh