2014-01-29 13:53:33.676 11460 WARNING nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver [-] Task [EnterMaintenanceMode_Task] (returnval){
value = "task-16575"
_type = "Task"
} status: error The operation is not allowed in the current state.
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 ERROR nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp [req-6f322278-1678-4d67-a13f-14cdf15540f8 1046177891a84835b30a1560373055bf 2d7cc2bff7f44dd8aa09c9b64108ee90] Exception during message handling
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp Traceback (most recent call last):
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/amqp.py", line 461, in _process_data
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp **args)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 172, in dispatch
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp result = getattr(proxyobj, method)(ctxt, **kwargs)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/exception.py", line 90, in wrapped
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp payload)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/exception.py", line 73, in wrapped
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return f(self, context, *args, **kw)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 3255, in host_maintenance_mode
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return self.driver.host_maintenance_mode(host, mode)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 353, in host_maintenance_mode
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return self._host.host_maintenance_mode(host, mode)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/host.py", line 76, in host_maintenance_mode
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp self._session._wait_for_task(host, host_task)
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 898, in _wait_for_task
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp ret_val = done.wait()
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/event.py", line 116, in wait
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return hubs.get_hub().switch()
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 177, in switch
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp return self.greenlet.switch()
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp NovaException: The operation is not allowed in the current state.
2014-01-29 13:53:33.735 11460 TRACE nova.openstack.common.rpc.amqp
2014-01-29 13:53:33.745 11460 ERROR nova.openstack.common.rpc.common [req-6f322278-1678-4d67-a13f-14cdf15540f8 1046177891a84835b30a1560373055bf 2d7cc2bff7f44dd8aa09c9b64108ee90] Returning exception The operation is not allowed in the current state. to caller
2014-01-29 13:53:33.746 11460 ERROR nova.openstack.common.rpc.common [req-6f322278-1678-4d67-a13f-14cdf15540f8 1046177891a84835b30a1560373055bf 2d7cc2bff7f44dd8aa09c9b64108ee90] ['Traceback (most recent call last):\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/amqp.py", line 461, in _process_data\n **args)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/openstack/common/rpc/dispatcher.py", line 172, in dispatch\n result = getattr(proxyobj, method)(ctxt, **kwargs)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/exception.py", line 90, in wrapped\n payload)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/exception.py", line 73, in wrapped\n return f(self, context, *args, **kw)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/compute/manager.py", line 3255, in host_maintenance_mode\n return self.driver.host_maintenance_mode(host, mode)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 353, in host_maintenance_mode\n return self._host.host_maintenance_mode(host, mode)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/host.py", line 76, in host_maintenance_mode\n self._session._wait_for_task(host, host_task)\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/driver.py", line 898, in _wait_for_task\n ret_val = done.wait()\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/event.py", line 116, in wait\n return hubs.get_hub().switch()\n', ' File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/eventlet/hubs/hub.py", line 177, in switch\n return self.greenlet.switch()\n', 'NovaException: The operation is not allowed in the current state.\n']
2014-01-29 13:53:38.675 11460 WARNING nova.virt.vmwareapi.driver [-] Task [EnterMaintenanceMode_Task] (returnval){
value = "task-16575"
_type = "Task"
} status: error The operation is not allowed in the current state.
On execution of nova host-update compute-01 --maintenance enable I see that it errors out with VMwareVCDriver and other side effect of this is that it puts the first host in the Cluster in the maintenance mode. Better to mark this operation in VMwareVCDriver as NotImplemented to avoid this side effect until a permanent solution is added.