So every now and then, a clone operation will break on oVirt. However, it will often leave the source machine in a locked state, unable to be used. Luckily, the solution is pretty simple. All you need to do is ssh into the oVirt-engine machine and run the following. Unlock all disks /usr/share/ovirt-engine/setup/dbutils/unlock_entity.sh -t allUnlock
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So you know what makes me angry? Tasks that won’t stop running. This happened to me at work and it infuriated me. I had to go though mailing lists to figure it out, but here is the solution. SSH into ovirt-engine as root, then run: su postgrespsql -d engine -U postgresselect * from job order
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Installing open-vm-tools in Gentoo can lead to errors if the kernel is misconfigured. Here is how to fix that.
Ctrl+u is super useful, which means Windows doesn't have it.