Instance Booted via UEFI Unable to be Deleted

Problem

Instances launched with UEFI boot enabled will not delete with error "Requested operation is not valid: cannot delete inactive domain with nvram".

Environment

• Platform9 Managed OpenStack - v3.6.0 and Higher
• Nova
• OVMF
• Libvirt/Virsh

Cause

This behavior is related to an upstream bug - LP#1567807. Nova creates a libvirt instance with [loader] and [nvram] elements, and libvirt refuses to implicitly delete the nvram file.

Resolution

1. Obtain the UUID and Host of the instance you are trying to delete. For example, via Clarity UI.

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2. SSH into the host where the instance is launched.
3. Verify if the instance is running on the hypervisor.

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virsh list -all | grep [instance_uuid]

4. Undefine the domain using virsh.

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virsh undefine [instance_uuid] --nvram

Note: The --nvram flag has to be explicitly defined, else un-define will fail with the same error as initially described.

5. The instance may now be deleted successfully.

Additional Information

• Setup Hypervisor for UEFI boot
• Manual: virsh
• Documentation: OVMF