Enable UEFI on KVM hosts (by default), and configure with some default settings #11740

sureshanaparti · 2025-09-26T15:18:40Z

Description

This PR enables UEFI on KVM hosts (by default), and configure with some default settings.
and updates the logs while listing host for migration of a UEFI enabled VM (fixes #11963).

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How Has This Been Tested?

Verified the UEFI packages and settings at /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties in ol8/ol9/debian12.

KVM Host / Agent (OL8):

[root@ol8-kvm1 ~]# yum list installed | grep -i swtpm
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
swtpm.x86_64                                      0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70     @ol8_appstream     
swtpm-libs.x86_64                                 0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70     @ol8_appstream     
swtpm-tools.x86_64                                0.7.0-1.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.6.0+20659+3dcf7c70     @ol8_appstream     
[root@ol8-kvm1 ~]# yum list installed | grep -i edk2-ovmf
Invalid configuration value: failovermethod=priority in /etc/yum.repos.d/epel.repo; Configuration: OptionBinding with id "failovermethod" does not exist
edk2-ovmf.noarch                                  20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.8                            @ol8_appstream     
[root@-ol8-kvm1 ~]#
[root@ol8-kvm1 ~]# cat /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties 
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# under the License.

# Configuration file for UEFI

guest.nvram.template.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd
guest.loader.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.cc.fd
guest.nvram.template.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
guest.loader.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
guest.nvram.path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
[root@ol8-kvm1 ~]#
[root@ol8-kvm1 ~]# cd /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/
[root@ol8-kvm1 ovmf]# ls -lrt
total 11676
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 2594816 Aug 26 08:45 UefiShell.iso
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  949568 Aug 26 08:45 Shell.efi
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  540672 Aug 26 08:45 OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root  540672 Aug 26 08:45 OVMF_VARS.fd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3653632 Aug 26 08:45 OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 3653632 Aug 26 08:45 OVMF_CODE.cc.fd
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root   19264 Aug 26 08:45 EnrollDefaultKeys.efi
[root@ol8-kvm1 ovmf]#

MS (OL8):

mysql> SELECT * FROM host_details WHERE name LIKE '%uefi%';
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
| id | host_id | name             | value |
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
| 13 |       1 | host.uefi.enable | true  |
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

KVM Host / Agent (Debian12):

root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent# dpkg -l | grep ovmf
ii  ovmf                                 2022.11-6+deb12u2               all          UEFI firmware for 64-bit x86 virtual machines
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent#
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent# dpkg -l | grep swtpm
ii  swtpm                                0.7.1-1.3                       amd64        Libtpms-based TPM emulator
ii  swtpm-libs:amd64                     0.7.1-1.3                       amd64        Common libraries for TPM emulators
ii  swtpm-tools                          0.7.1-1.3                       amd64        Tools for the TPM emulator
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent#
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent# cat uefi.properties 
# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
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# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
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# software distributed under the License is distributed on an
# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
# specific language governing permissions and limitations
# under the License.

# Configuration file for UEFI

guest.nvram.template.legacy=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS_4M.fd
guest.loader.legacy=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.fd
guest.nvram.template.secure=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_VARS_4M.ms.fd
guest.loader.secure=/usr/share/OVMF/OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
guest.nvram.path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent# 
root@debian12-kvm1:/etc/cloudstack/agent# cd /usr/share/OVMF
root@debian12-kvm1:/usr/share/OVMF# ls -lrt
total 12816
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  131072 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_VARS.ms.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  131072 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_VARS.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  540672 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_VARS_4M.snakeoil.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  540672 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_VARS_4M.ms.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  540672 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_VARS_4M.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1966080 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      20 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE.ms.fd -> OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1966080 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE.fd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE_4M.snakeoil.fd -> OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3653632 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      23 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE_4M.ms.fd -> OVMF_CODE_4M.secboot.fd
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3653632 Nov  5  2024 OVMF_CODE_4M.fd
root@debian12-kvm1:/usr/share/OVMF#

MS (Debian12):

mysql> SELECT * FROM host_details WHERE name LIKE '%uefi%';
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
| id | host_id | name             | value |
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
| 13 |       1 | host.uefi.enable | true  |
+----+---------+------------------+-------+
1 row in set (0.00 sec)

mysql>

How did you try to break this feature and the system with this change?

sureshanaparti · 2025-09-26T15:19:42Z

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Pull Request Overview

Enables UEFI support on KVM hosts by default with appropriate configuration settings across multiple system components.

Adds UEFI configuration properties for legacy and secure boot modes with OVMF firmware paths
Integrates UEFI properties files into system VM agents and console proxy components
Updates packaging dependencies to include required OVMF and swtpm packages

Reviewed Changes

Copilot reviewed 7 out of 7 changed files in this pull request and generated no comments.

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File	Description
agent/conf/uefi.properties.in	Defines UEFI configuration properties with template placeholders for firmware paths
packaging/el8/replace.properties	Sets OVMF firmware file paths for CentOS/RHEL 8 systems
packaging/debian/replace.properties	Sets OVMF firmware file paths for Debian-based systems
packaging/el8/cloud.spec	Adds edk2-ovmf and swtpm package dependencies for RPM builds
debian/control	Adds ovmf and swtpm package dependencies for Debian builds
pom.xml	Excludes uefi.properties from license header checks
systemvm/systemvm-agent-descriptor.xml	Includes uefi.properties in system VM agent configuration

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codecov · 2025-09-26T15:27:18Z

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sureshanaparti · 2025-09-26T15:29:01Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-09-26T15:30:06Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-09-26T17:54:22Z

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15193

weizhouapache

code lgtm

checked the settings on ol8 and u24

daviftorres · 2025-10-02T20:36:39Z

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-06T03:50:11Z

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

will check it @daviftorres

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-06T03:58:58Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-10-06T04:00:03Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-10-06T05:32:19Z

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15298

weizhouapache · 2025-10-06T06:42:50Z

Hey @sureshanaparti ,

I am having problem with Snapshots of Windows guest instances because they require UEFI.

Apparently, libvirt can't do Instance Snapshots when using UEFI. The workaround is to do the Volume Snapshot (or a full backup using the NAS Backup plugin). See https://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/linux/LibvirtUEFISnapshots

Have you consider this condition?

@daviftorres
instance snapshot with memory or without memory (disk-only) ?

btw: the issue does not block this PR as this only changes the KVM host setting, not vm settings

DaanHoogland · 2025-10-06T07:18:58Z

@sureshanaparti , ready to merge?

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-14T11:35:44Z

@sureshanaparti , ready to merge?

not yet @DaanHoogland , will update you.

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-15T06:34:25Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-10-15T06:36:04Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-10-15T07:46:36Z

Packaging result [SF]: ✖️ el8 ✖️ el9 ✔️ debian ✖️ suse15. SL-JID 15463

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-16T03:57:26Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-10-16T03:58:03Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-10-17T07:56:05Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Trillian-Jenkins test job (ol8 mgmt + kvm-ol8) has been kicked to run smoke tests

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-17T08:02:18Z

@sureshanaparti , ready to merge?

not yet @DaanHoogland , will update you.

@DaanHoogland this is ready after smoke tests

rosi-shapeblue · 2025-10-17T09:27:07Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-10-17T09:28:04Z

@rosi-shapeblue a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-10-17T11:21:58Z

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15491

blueorangutan · 2025-10-17T23:52:03Z

[SF] Trillian test result (tid-14704)
Environment: kvm-ol8 (x2), zone: Advanced Networking with Mgmt server ol8
Total time taken: 54303 seconds
Marvin logs: https://github.com/blueorangutan/acs-prs/releases/download/trillian/pr11740-t14704-kvm-ol8.zip
Smoke tests completed. 148 look OK, 1 have errors, 0 did not run
Only failed and skipped tests results shown below:

Test	Result	Time (s)	Test File
test_01_vpc_site2site_vpn_multiple_options	`Failure`	311.04	test_vpc_vpn.py
test_01_vpc_site2site_vpn	`Failure`	265.51	test_vpc_vpn.py

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-23T06:03:42Z

@blueorangutan package

blueorangutan · 2025-10-23T06:06:03Z

@sureshanaparti a [SL] Jenkins job has been kicked to build packages. It will be bundled with KVM, XenServer and VMware SystemVM templates. I'll keep you posted as I make progress.

blueorangutan · 2025-10-23T07:31:03Z

Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✔️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15528

weizhouapache · 2025-10-23T07:37:00Z

@sureshanaparti
can you create doc PR to remove Ubuntu 20.04 from compatibility matrix ?

rosi-shapeblue · 2025-10-23T16:40:30Z

Test Results:

Test Case 1 - Deploy Pre-Upgrade BIOS VM (Control)

1.1 Deploy BIOS VM on Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=preupgrade-bios-vm displayname=preupgrade-bios-vm zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 hostid=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732 templateid=3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "/",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "fdf8b82d-79d9-4852-b5ca-8d54157432b9",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T14:39:52+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Expected Result: VM deploys successfully and is in Running state

Actual Result: VM deploys successfully and is in Running state

1.2 Verified It's Using BIOS

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

[root@ref-trl-9867-k-Mol9-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep nvram
[root@ref-trl-9867-k-Mol9-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep loader

Expected Results:

No output from grep loader (no loader element)
Machine type shows pc-i440fx or similar (not q35)
No or tags in OS section
No NVRAM file in /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/

Actual Results:
ALL CHECKS PASSED - VM is using BIOS boot mode

No loader element found (grep returned nothing)
Machine type: pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0 (traditional BIOS)
No nvram element
Traditional boot device order

1.3 Stop/Start VM Lifecycle Test

Stop the VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > stop virtualmachine id=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "0%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "/",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "0ee0bdd7-b7a9-4248-acdc-6a84dfbeccf1",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T14:51:29+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Start the VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > start virtualmachine id=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "0%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "/",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "b78eb910-102b-445f-8458-ffbc58f0bd6b",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T14:52:09+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify it's running

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines id=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068 filter=name,id,state
{
  "count": 1,
  "virtualmachine": [
    {
      "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
      "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
      "state": "Running"
    }
  ]
}

Expected Result: VM stops and starts successfully

Actual Result: VM stops and starts successfully

1.4 Migrate VM to Host2 (Pre-Upgrade)

(localcloud) 🐱 > migrate virtualmachine virtualmachineid=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068 hostid=f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "68.34%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 3115,
    "diskiowrite": 667,
    "diskkbsread": 128041,
    "diskkbswrite": 6598,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "/",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "c5d93d07-3472-4545-b187-4d1baebbc950",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T14:53:48+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 1,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify on Host2:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep -A 5 "<os>"
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Expected Result: Migration succeeds, VM remains running on Host2

Actual Result:

Migration completed successfully
VM still using BIOS boot mode after migration
No loader or nvram elements added

Test Case 2 – Upgrade to PR Version

2.1 Upgrade MS / Agents on Both KVM Hosts

Host1

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep cloudstack-agent

cloudstack-agent-4.22.0.0-shapeblue17703.noarch

Host2

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# rpm -qa | grep cloudstack-agent

cloudstack-agent-4.22.0.0-shapeblue17703.noarch

Management Server

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-mgmt1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep cloudstack-management
cloudstack-management-4.22.0.0-shapeblue17703.noarch
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-mgmt1 ~]#

**Expected Result: Management Server / Agents upgraded successfully
Actual Results: Successfully upgraded MS + Hosts

2.2 Verify UEFI Config Files Created

Check if uefi.properties exists on Host1 / Host2

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -l /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties
-rw-r--r--. 1 root root 297 Oct 23 10:17 /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# cat /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties
guest.nvram.template.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
guest.nvram.template.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd
guest.nvram.path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
guest.loader.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
guest.loader.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.cc.fd

and

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# cat /etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties
guest.nvram.template.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
guest.nvram.template.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd
guest.nvram.path=/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
guest.loader.secure=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd
guest.loader.legacy=/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.cc.fd

Verify OVMF packages are installed

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i ovmf

edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.8.noarch
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i swtpm

swtpm-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64
swtpm-tools-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64
swtpm-libs-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64

and

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i ovmf

edk2-ovmf-20220126gitbb1bba3d77-13.el8_10.8.noarch
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# rpm -qa | grep -i swtpm

swtpm-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64
swtpm-tools-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64
swtpm-libs-0.7.0-4.20211109gitb79fd91.module+el8.9.0+90052+d3bf71d8.x86_64

Actual Results:

/etc/cloudstack/agent/uefi.properties exists
File contains OVMF paths for legacy and secure boot
edk2-ovmf package is installed
swtpm package is installed

2.3 Restart Agents and Management Server

Expected Result: Agent restarts successfully with no errors
Actual Results: Agents restart successfully with no errors

2.5 Check Host UEFI Capabilities on Management Server

(localcloud) 🐱 > list hosts id=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732 | grep -i uefi
        "host.uefi.enable": "true",
      "ueficapability": true,

(localcloud) 🐱 > list hosts id=f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215 | grep -i uefi
        "host.uefi.enable": "true",
      "ueficapability": true,
(localcloud) 🐱 >

Actual Result: UEFI is successfully enabled by default on both KVM hosts after the upgrade!

"host.uefi.enable": "true" for both Hosts
"ueficapability": true for both Hosts

Test Case 3 – Validate Old BIOS VM After Upgrade

3.1 Check State of Old Pre-Upgrade VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines filter=id,name,state
{
  "count": 1,
  "virtualmachine": [
    {
      "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
      "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
      "state": "Running"
    }
  ]
}

3.2. Stop/Start the VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > stop virtualmachine id=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "19.96%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 4,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 24,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "25168220-665c-41d8-a2ef-2863d5ec1e1e",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T15:53:55+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Start VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > start virtualmachine id=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "19.96%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 4,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 24,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "2ae44cc1-4d28-46b2-ada7-cabd403d047e",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T15:54:30+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Actual Result VM boots normally (still as BIOS)

3.2 Verify XML Still Shows BIOS (Not Converted)

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh list --all
 Id   Name       State
--------------------------
 1    s-1-VM     running
 3    i-2-3-VM   running

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxmle i-2-3-VM | grep -A 10 "<os>"
error: unknown command: 'dumpxmle'
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep -A 10 "<os>"
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
  </features>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep loader
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# ls -l /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ | grep i-2-3-VM
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]#

3.3 Migrate Old BIOS VM Between Hosts

(localcloud) 🐱 > migrate virtualmachine virtualmachineid=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068 hostid=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "30.16%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 681,
    "diskiowrite": 300,
    "diskkbsread": 13360,
    "diskkbswrite": 4252,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "1c27cccd-c670-48db-99f1-6863692754da",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T15:57:16+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 1,
    "networkkbswrite": 6,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Expected Result: BIOS VM migrates successfully between upgraded hosts

Actual Result: BIOS VM migrated successfully from Host2 to Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines filter=id,name,hostname,state
{
  "count": 1,
  "virtualmachine": [
    {
      "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
      "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
      "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
      "state": "Running"
    }
  ]
}

Actual Result: VM migrated successfully and in a Running state

Test Case 4 – Deploy New VM Post-Upgrade (Should Be UEFI)

4.1. Deploy New VM on Host1 After Upgrade

Expected Result: VM deploys successfully in Running state

Actual Result VM deploys successsfully in Running state:

(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-test-bootmode displayname=uefi-test-bootmode zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0 networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 hostid=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732 bootmode=uefi

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T16:30:32+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "displayname": "uefi-test-bootmode",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "60874661-e415-4894-acbd-ba98370c71be",
    "instancename": "i-2-7-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.254",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "331acf24-8234-44d0-b2c8-bdc24a81baba",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T16:30:40+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "uefi-test-bootmode",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "aaf2d634-b52d-49ea-9662-fd5e3020f5ea",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.254",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:05",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

4.2 Verify New VM is Using UEFI

The VM deploys as UEFI only when explicitly specifying boottype=UEFI and bootmode=LEGACY or bootmode=SECURE during deployment. By default, the VM still boots with BIOS, even on UEFI-capable hosts.

Default Deployment:

(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=force-uefi-test-with-bootmode-1 zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7  serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb  networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 details[0].key=uefi details[0].value=true

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:07:38+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "key": "uefi",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault",
      "value": "true"
    },
    "displayname": "force-uefi-test-with-bootmode-1",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "8612e628-4e90-4622-9b8d-0798a4c5bc35",
    "instancename": "i-2-12-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.44",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "6fc1f69d-207d-4cf8-9a13-55dc46f50341",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:07:48+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "force-uefi-test-with-bootmode-1",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "8d805169-f2ff-4db6-b8c8-f6750cc293bb",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.44",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0a",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-7-VM | grep -i loader
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-7-VM | grep -i nvram
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-7-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]#

Deployment with boottype=UEFI and bootmode=LEGACY

(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-test-boottype-UEFI zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 boottype=UEFI bootmode=LEGACY

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "legacy",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:20:26+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "UEFI": "LEGACY",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "61a14a40-1413-4fd7-bf37-fe300633edd4",
    "instancename": "i-2-13-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.13",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "3efcb3eb-b44f-4033-9766-a18921eccc18",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:20:35+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "b525e1fb-d53e-4369-90db-d53025d8bb1a",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.13",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0b",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-13-VM | grep -iE 'loader|nvram'
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.cc.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/61a14a40-1413-4fd7-bf37-fe300633edd4.fd</nvram>

and

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-13-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='no' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.cc.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/61a14a40-1413-4fd7-bf37-fe300633edd4.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Deployment with boottype=UEFI and bootmode=SECURE

(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 boottype=UEFI bootmode=SECURE

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:21:03+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "instancename": "i-2-14-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "e1c32936-d683-4b35-9c9b-808f1323133e",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:21:11+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "c13b4668-22b2-469c-99c3-c1bdc530ac5e",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0c",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep -iE 'loader|nvram'
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd</nvram>

and

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

4.4 Check NVRAM File Created

List NVRAM files

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
total 528K
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 17:21 5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd

Check if i-2-14-VM references this NVRAM file

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43"
  <uuid>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</uuid>
      <entry name='serial'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
      <entry name='uuid'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd</nvram>

4.5. Stop/Start and Migrate UEFI VM

Stop VM on Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 >stop virtualmachine id=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.6%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:21:03+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "instancename": "i-2-14-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "e1b7c826-0abc-4d87-84a3-fa3cba0b04af",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:42:03+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "c13b4668-22b2-469c-99c3-c1bdc530ac5e",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0c",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Start VM on Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 >start virtualmachine id=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.6%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:21:03+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "instancename": "i-2-14-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "13268c81-e995-48e7-a3c3-97cea30948e3",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:45:16+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "c13b4668-22b2-469c-99c3-c1bdc530ac5e",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0c",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify NVRAM file still exists on Host

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43"
  <uuid>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</uuid>
      <entry name='serial'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
      <entry name='uuid'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd</nvram>

Verify VM has booted successfully

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines id=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43 filter=name,state,hostname,hostid
{
  "count": 1,
  "virtualmachine": [
    {
      "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
      "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
      "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
      "state": "Running"
    }
  ]
}

Migrate to Host2

migrate virtualmachine virtualmachineid=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43 hostid=f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "5.03%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:21:03+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "instancename": "i-2-14-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "cf06a452-ad71-428c-8903-fb6f61994a88",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T17:51:59+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "c13b4668-22b2-469c-99c3-c1bdc530ac5e",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0c",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify migration succeeded

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines id=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43 | grep hostname
      "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",

Check NVRAM file was copied to Host2

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
total 1.1M
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 17:51 5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd

Check the VM XML references this exact file

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43"
  <uuid>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</uuid>
      <entry name='serial'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
      <entry name='uuid'>5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43</entry>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd</nvram>

Verify VM still has UEFI config

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep -i loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>

Actual Results:

VM stops successfully
NVRAM file persists on host during stop
VM starts successfully
VM migrates successfully to Host2
NVRAM file is present on Host2 after migration
VM still boots with UEFI on Host2

Test Case 5 - Snapshot Testing

5.1. Create VM Snapshot of BIOS VM

create create vmsnapshot virtualmachineid=75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068

{
  "vmsnapshot": {
    "account": "admin",
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:09:59+0000",
    "current": true,
    "displayname": "i-2-3-VM_VS_20251023180959",
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "b72062fe-32b5-4ecb-a69d-a50b75ace24d",
    "name": "i-2-3-VM_VS_20251023180959",
    "state": "Ready",
    "tags": [],
    "type": "Disk",
    "virtualmachineid": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "virtualmachinename": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

5.2. Create VM Snapshot of UEFI VM

create vmsnapshot virtualmachineid=5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43

{
  "vmsnapshot": {
    "account": "admin",
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:08:32+0000",
    "current": true,
    "displayname": "i-2-14-VM_VS_20251023180831",
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "1a7b305c-5296-4c27-bb2d-d1331da8e21e",
    "name": "i-2-14-VM_VS_20251023180831",
    "state": "Ready",
    "tags": [],
    "type": "Disk",
    "virtualmachineid": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "virtualmachinename": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify snapshots are created for BIOS and UEFI VMs

(localcloud) 🐱 > list vmsnapshot

{
  "count": 2,
  "vmSnapshot": [
    {
      "account": "admin",
      "created": "2025-10-23T18:09:59+0000",
      "current": true,
      "displayname": "i-2-3-VM_VS_20251023180959",
      "domain": "ROOT",
      "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "domainpath": "ROOT",
      "hasannotations": false,
      "hypervisor": "KVM",
      "id": "b72062fe-32b5-4ecb-a69d-a50b75ace24d",
      "name": "i-2-3-VM_VS_20251023180959",
      "state": "Ready",
      "tags": [],
      "type": "Disk",
      "virtualmachineid": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
      "virtualmachinename": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
      "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
      "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
    },
    {
      "account": "admin",
      "created": "2025-10-23T18:08:32+0000",
      "current": true,
      "displayname": "i-2-14-VM_VS_20251023180831",
      "domain": "ROOT",
      "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "domainpath": "ROOT",
      "hasannotations": false,
      "hypervisor": "KVM",
      "id": "1a7b305c-5296-4c27-bb2d-d1331da8e21e",
      "name": "i-2-14-VM_VS_20251023180831",
      "state": "Ready",
      "tags": [],
      "type": "Disk",
      "virtualmachineid": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
      "virtualmachinename": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
      "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
      "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
    }
  ]
}

5.3. Restore and Verify Boot Mode Preserved

Stop VMs and revert to Snapshots
- BIOS VM:

(localcloud) 🐱 >revert tovmsnapshot vmsnapshotid=b72062fe-32b5-4ecb-a69d-a50b75ace24d

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "18.05%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T14:38:07+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 4,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 24,
    "displayname": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "75a3c3e0-059b-4df3-b02c-55fe090a9068",
    "instancename": "i-2-3-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T18:13:49+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "preupgrade-bios-vm",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ca4ca57b-7619-4c03-b2c2-130f988842b2",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.201",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:01",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "templatename": "CentOS 5.5(64-bit) no GUI (KVM)",
    "templatetype": "BUILTIN",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

 - UEFI VM:

(localcloud) 🐱 >revert tovmsnapshot vmsnapshotid=1a7b305c-5296-4c27-bb2d-d1331da8e21e

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.54%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T17:21:03+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43",
    "instancename": "i-2-14-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T18:17:25+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "uefi-test-boottype-UEFI-bootmode-SECURE",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "c13b4668-22b2-469c-99c3-c1bdc530ac5e",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.206",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0c",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Start VMs and verify BIOS VM still BIOS

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | grep loader
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-3-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Verify UEFI VM still UEFI

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-14-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>

Verify NVRAM still exists for UEFI

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd 
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 18:18 /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd

Test Case 6 - Template Creation

6.1. Stop VM and Create Template from BIOS VM

create template displaytext="BIOS VM Template" name=bios-vm-template ostypeid=3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0 volumeid=74038472-0c2c-44e2-abcc-57c6dbef85a5

{
  "template": {
    "account": "admin",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bits": 0,
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:34:28+0000",
    "crossZones": false,
    "deployasis": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "directdownload": false,
    "displaytext": "BIOS VM Template",
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "downloaddetails": [
      {
        "datastore": "NFS://10.0.32.4/acs/secondary/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-sec1",
        "datastoreId": "7c34b1e2-81f1-4bb9-a315-af9d9abf0730",
        "datastoreRole": "Image",
        "downloadPercent": "100",
        "downloadState": "DOWNLOADED"
      }
    ],
    "forcks": false,
    "format": "QCOW2",
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "25d5f6ee-6ae2-43e0-97f3-c9c1e205efca",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "isextractable": true,
    "isfeatured": false,
    "ispublic": false,
    "isready": true,
    "name": "bios-vm-template",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "ostypename": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "physicalsize": 1589182464,
    "requireshvm": true,
    "size": 8589934592,
    "sourcetemplateid": "3d85fb88-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "sshkeyenabled": false,
    "status": "Download Complete",
    "tags": [],
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

6.2. Create Template from UEFI VM

create template displaytext="UEFI VM Template" name=uefi-vm-template ostypeid=bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0 volumeid=4fb1c738-27e5-4d93-a5e8-6b1c244a6a9a

{
  "template": {
    "account": "admin",
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bits": 0,
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:38:09+0000",
    "crossZones": false,
    "deployasis": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "directdownload": false,
    "displaytext": "UEFI VM Template",
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "downloaddetails": [
      {
        "datastore": "NFS://10.0.32.4/acs/secondary/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-sec1",
        "datastoreId": "7c34b1e2-81f1-4bb9-a315-af9d9abf0730",
        "datastoreRole": "Image",
        "downloadPercent": "100",
        "downloadState": "DOWNLOADED"
      }
    ],
    "forcks": false,
    "format": "QCOW2",
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "35853bba-4bf2-44d7-9097-cb6f7136b3e0",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "isextractable": false,
    "isfeatured": false,
    "ispublic": false,
    "isready": true,
    "name": "uefi-vm-template",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "ostypename": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "physicalsize": 2586968064,
    "requireshvm": true,
    "size": 5368709120,
    "sourcetemplateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "sshkeyenabled": false,
    "status": "Download Complete",
    "tags": [],
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

6.3. Deploy VM from BIOS and UEFI Templates

BIOS:

deploy virtualmachine name=VM-from-bios-template displayname=from-bios-template zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=25d5f6ee-6ae2-43e0-97f3-c9c1e205efca networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:41:51+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0"
    },
    "displayname": "from-bios-template",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "7fd62e21-167c-4a45-bbe6-27d3c76fad4f",
    "instancename": "i-2-15-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.181",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "7ba2f82c-482d-4d2a-817b-df5e78efe466",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T18:42:15+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "VM-from-bios-template",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "ec25de46-463e-42ef-b267-f37162ba855a",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.181",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0d",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "CentOS 5.5 (64-bit)",
    "ostypeid": "3def23fa-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "BIOS VM Template",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "25d5f6ee-6ae2-43e0-97f3-c9c1e205efca",
    "templatename": "bios-vm-template",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

UEFI:

deploy virtualmachine name=VM-from-uefi-template displayname=from-uefi-template zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=35853bba-4bf2-44d7-9097-cb6f7136b3e0 networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T18:43:41+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "displayname": "from-uefi-template",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885",
    "instancename": "i-2-16-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.205",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "b955ab3a-952b-4c77-b651-4b555c54efa2",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T18:44:07+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "VM-from-uefi-template",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "9da86f45-71d4-4ab1-b02e-4ac695f9b33a",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.205",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0e",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "UEFI VM Template",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "35853bba-4bf2-44d7-9097-cb6f7136b3e0",
    "templatename": "uefi-vm-template",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

6.4. Check Boot Mode in libvirt XML for VMs deployed from BIOS Templates

Check full OS section:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-15-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Check for loader and nvram (should be empty):

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-15-VM | grep loader
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-15-VM | grep nvram
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]#

Check machine type:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-15-VM | grep machine
    <partition>/machine</partition>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0'>hvm</type>

Verify NO NVRAM file exists:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-15-VM | grep uuid | head -1
  <uuid>7fd62e21-167c-4a45-bbe6-27d3c76fad4f</uuid>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ | grep 7fd62e21-167c-4a45-bbe6-27d3c76fad4f

Actual Results:

No loader element - Empty grep result confirms no UEFI loader
No NVRAM element - Empty grep result confirms no NVRAM configuration
Machine type: pc-i440fx-rhel7.6.0 - Traditional BIOS chipset (not Q35)
No NVRAM file on disk - File does not exist for UUID 7fd62e21-167c-4a45-bbe6-27d3c76fad4f
Clean OS section - Only basic BIOS boot configuration (cdrom, hd)

6.7. Check Boot Mode in libvirt XML for VMs deployed from UEFI Templates

Check full OS section:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-16-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Check for loader

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-16-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>

Check for nvram

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-16-VM | grep nvram
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885.fd</nvram>

Check machine type:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-16-VM | grep machine
    <partition>/machine</partition>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>

Verify NVRAM file exists

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-16-VM | grep uuid | head -1
  <uuid>5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885</uuid>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ | grep 5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 18:44 5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885.fd

Actual Results

Loader: /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd with secure='yes'
NVRAM template: /usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd
NVRAM file path: /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885.fd
Machine type: pc-q35-rhel8.6.0 (Q35 chipset for UEFI)
File size: 528K (correct for OVMF)
UUID correlation: Matches between VM and NVRAM filename

Test Case 7 - Unmanage/Import UEFI VM Lifecycle

7.1 Deploy UEFI VM for Unmanage Testing

deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-unmanage-test-VM displayname=uefi-unmanage-test-VM zoneid=ed28691c-(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-unmanage-test-VM displayname=uefi-unmanage-test-VM zoneid=ed28691c-(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-unmanage-test-VM displayname=uefi-unmanage-test-VM zoneid=ed28691c-(localcloud) 🐱 > deploy virtualmachine name=uefi-unmanage-test-VM displayname=uefi-unmanage-test-VM zoneid=ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7 serviceofferingid=e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507 templateid=96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb networkids=89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15 boottype=UEFI bootmode=SECURE

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "created": "2025-10-23T19:00:54+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
    },
    "displayname": "uefi-unmanage-test-VM",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845",
    "instancename": "i-2-17-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.117",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "b0327f2d-d9b6-4560-a7ad-4d2011f1422e",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T19:01:05+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "name": "uefi-unmanage-test-VM",
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "4e45c99a-47e1-415b-823c-677bda62c7ec",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.117",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Actual Result: Expected Result: VM deploys successfully with UEFI secure boot

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep nvram
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>

7.2. Record VM Configuration Before Unmanage

Record VM details

cmk list virtualmachines id=7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845 > /tmp/vm-before-unmanage.json

then

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-mgmt1 ~]# cat /tmp/vm-before-unmanage.json

{
  "count": 1,
  "virtualmachine": [
    {
      "account": "admin",
      "affinitygroup": [],
      "arch": "x86_64",
      "bootmode": "secure",
      "boottype": "Uefi",
      "cpunumber": 1,
      "cpuspeed": 500,
      "cpuused": "4.17%",
      "created": "2025-10-23T19:00:54+0000",
      "deleteprotection": false,
      "details": {
        "UEFI": "SECURE",
        "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
        "rootDiskController": "osdefault"
      },
      "diskioread": 0,
      "diskiowrite": 0,
      "diskkbsread": 0,
      "diskkbswrite": 0,
      "displayname": "uefi-unmanage-test-VM",
      "displayvm": true,
      "domain": "ROOT",
      "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "domainpath": "ROOT",
      "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "haenable": false,
      "hasannotations": false,
      "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
      "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
      "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
      "hypervisor": "KVM",
      "id": "7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845",
      "instancename": "i-2-17-VM",
      "ipaddress": "10.1.1.117",
      "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
      "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T19:01:05+0000",
      "memory": 512,
      "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
      "memorykbs": 524288,
      "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
      "name": "uefi-unmanage-test-VM",
      "networkkbsread": 0,
      "networkkbswrite": 0,
      "nic": [
        {
          "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
          "deviceid": "0",
          "extradhcpoption": [],
          "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
          "id": "4e45c99a-47e1-415b-823c-677bda62c7ec",
          "ipaddress": "10.1.1.117",
          "isdefault": true,
          "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
          "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
          "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
          "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
          "networkname": "test",
          "secondaryip": [],
          "traffictype": "Guest",
          "type": "Isolated"
        }
      ],
      "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
      "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "passwordenabled": false,
      "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
      "receivedbytes": 0,
      "rootdeviceid": 0,
      "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
      "securitygroup": [],
      "sentbytes": 0,
      "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
      "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
      "state": "Running",
      "tags": [],
      "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
      "templateformat": "QCOW2",
      "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
      "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
      "templatetype": "USER",
      "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
      "username": "admin",
      "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
      "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
    }
  ]
}

Verify boot configuration

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-mgmt1 ~]# cmk list virtualmachines id=7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845 | grep -E "boottype|bootmode|UEFI" 
      "bootmode": "secure",
      "boottype": "Uefi",
        "UEFI": "SECURE",

On KVM host - save libvirt XML

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM > /tmp/vm-libvirt-before.xml
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]#

then

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-mgmt1 ~]# cat /tmp/vm-libvirt-before.xml

<domain type='kvm' id='14'>
  <name>i-2-17-VM</name>
  <uuid>7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845</uuid>
  <description>Ubuntu 24.04 LTS</description>
  <memory unit='KiB'>524288</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='KiB'>524288</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>1</vcpu>
  <cputune>
    <shares>250</shares>
  </cputune>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <sysinfo type='smbios'>
    <system>
      <entry name='manufacturer'>Apache Software Foundation</entry>
      <entry name='product'>CloudStack KVM Hypervisor</entry>
      <entry name='serial'>7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845</entry>
      <entry name='uuid'>7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845</entry>
    </system>
  </sysinfo>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>
  <features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
    <pae/>
    <smm state='on'/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='custom' match='exact' check='full'>
    <model fallback='forbid'>qemu64</model>
    <topology sockets='1' dies='1' cores='1' threads='1'/>
    <feature policy='require' name='x2apic'/>
    <feature policy='require' name='hypervisor'/>
    <feature policy='require' name='lahf_lm'/>
    <feature policy='disable' name='svm'/>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='utc'>
    <timer name='kvmclock'/>
  </clock>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/libexec/qemu-kvm</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='qcow2' cache='none'/>
      <source file='/mnt/8a56ab93-9d21-3088-9700-86088cddf664/039f2ac3-e111-4c04-a646-331df48d8ba4' index='2'/>
      <backingStore type='file' index='3'>
        <format type='qcow2'/>
        <source file='/mnt/8a56ab93-9d21-3088-9700-86088cddf664/96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb'/>
        <backingStore/>
      </backingStore>
      <target dev='vda' bus='virtio'/>
      <serial>039f2ac3e1114c04a646</serial>
      <alias name='virtio-disk0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x05' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu'/>
      <target dev='sdd' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
      <alias name='sata0-0-3'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='3'/>
    </disk>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='qemu-xhci'>
      <alias name='usb'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x03' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
      <alias name='ide'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x1f' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'>
      <alias name='pcie.0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='virtio-serial' index='0'>
      <alias name='virtio-serial0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x04' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='1' port='0x10'/>
      <alias name='pci.1'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x0' multifunction='on'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='2' port='0x11'/>
      <alias name='pci.2'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x1'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='3' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='3' port='0x12'/>
      <alias name='pci.3'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x2'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='4' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='4' port='0x13'/>
      <alias name='pci.4'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x3'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='5' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='5' port='0x14'/>
      <alias name='pci.5'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x4'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='6' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='6' port='0x15'/>
      <alias name='pci.6'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x5'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='7' model='pcie-to-pci-bridge'>
      <model name='pcie-pci-bridge'/>
      <alias name='pci.7'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x01' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='8' model='pcie-root-port'>
      <model name='pcie-root-port'/>
      <target chassis='8' port='0x16'/>
      <alias name='pci.8'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x02' function='0x6'/>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <mac address='02:01:00:cc:00:0f'/>
      <source bridge='breth1-2587'/>
      <bandwidth>
        <inbound average='25000' peak='25000'/>
        <outbound average='25000' peak='25000'/>
      </bandwidth>
      <target dev='vnet19'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
      <link state='up'/>
      <alias name='net0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x02' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </interface>
    <serial type='pty'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/9'/>
      <target type='isa-serial' port='0'>
        <model name='isa-serial'/>
      </target>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </serial>
    <console type='pty' tty='/dev/pts/9'>
      <source path='/dev/pts/9'/>
      <target type='serial' port='0'/>
      <alias name='serial0'/>
    </console>
    <channel type='unix'>
      <source mode='bind' path='/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/i-2-17-VM.org.qemu.guest_agent.0'/>
      <target type='virtio' name='org.qemu.guest_agent.0' state='disconnected'/>
      <alias name='channel0'/>
      <address type='virtio-serial' controller='0' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </channel>
    <input type='tablet' bus='usb'>
      <alias name='input0'/>
      <address type='usb' bus='0' port='1'/>
    </input>
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input1'/>
    </input>
    <input type='keyboard' bus='ps2'>
      <alias name='input2'/>
    </input>
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5908' autoport='yes' listen='10.0.34.104'>
      <listen type='address' address='10.0.34.104'/>
    </graphics>
    <audio id='1' type='none'/>
    <video>
      <model type='cirrus' vram='16384' heads='1' primary='yes'/>
      <alias name='video0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x00' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </video>
    <watchdog model='i6300esb' action='none'>
      <alias name='watchdog0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x07' slot='0x01' function='0x0'/>
    </watchdog>
    <memballoon model='virtio'>
      <alias name='balloon0'/>
      <address type='pci' domain='0x0000' bus='0x06' slot='0x00' function='0x0'/>
    </memballoon>
  </devices>
  <seclabel type='dynamic' model='dac' relabel='yes'>
    <label>+0:+0</label>
    <imagelabel>+0:+0</imagelabel>
  </seclabel>
</domain>

Record NVRAM UUID

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh domuuid i-2-17-VM
7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845

Record NVRAM file

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 19:01 /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd

7.3 Unmanage the UEFI VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > unmanageVirtualMachine id=7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845
{
  "unmanagevirtualmachineresponse": {
    "details": "VM unmanaged successfully",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "success": true
  }
}

Actual Result: VM is unmanaged, removed from CloudStack database but continues running

VM not present on CS anymore

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines id=7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845
(localcloud) 🐱 >

VM still running on KVM Host:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh list | grep i-2-17-VM
 14   i-2-17-VM   running

7.4. Verify VM Still Runs with UEFI on KVM Host

Verify UEFI configuration unchanged

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Verify loader still present

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secb

Verify NVRAM still present

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep nvram
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>

Verify NVRAM file still exists

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ | grep 7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 19:01 7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd

Compare with saved XML

7.5 List Unmanaged Instances

list unmanagedinstances clusterid=2256735d-0919-47af-a550-fd871fd3a2b5

{
  "count": 1,
  "unmanagedinstance": [
    {
      "bootmode": "SECURE",
      "boottype": "UEFI",
      "clusterid": "2256735d-0919-47af-a550-fd871fd3a2b5",
      "clustername": "p1-c1",
      "cpucorepersocket": 1,
      "cpunumber": 1,
      "cpuspeed": 250,
      "disk": [
        {
          "capacity": 5368709120,
          "controller": "virtio",
          "datastorehost": "10.0.32.4",
          "datastorename": "/acs/primary/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm-pri1",
          "datastorepath": "/acs/primary/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova/ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm-pri1",
          "datastoretype": "file",
          "id": "0",
          "imagepath": "/mnt/8a56ab93-9d21-3088-9700-86088cddf664/039f2ac3-e111-4c04-a646-331df48d8ba4",
          "label": "vda",
          "position": 0
        }
      ],
      "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
      "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
      "memory": 512,
      "name": "i-2-17-VM",
      "nic": [
        {
          "adaptertype": "virtio",
          "id": "0",
          "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
          "networkname": "vnet19",
          "vlanid": 2587
        }
      ],
      "powerstate": "PowerOn"
    }
  ]
}

7.6 Re-import the UEFI VM

Screencast.from.2025-10-23.22-33-46.webm

Actual Result: VM successfully imported back into CloudStack

**7.7 Verify UEFI Boot Mode Preserved After Import

Check if boot mode metadata is present after import

(localcloud) 🐱 > list virtualmachines id=ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5 | jq '.virtualmachine[0] | {boottype, bootmode, details}'
{
  "boottype": "Uefi",
  "bootmode": "secure",
  "details": {
    "UEFI": "SECURE",
    "deployvm": "true",
    "kvm.vnc.password": "lmDJ8HJCxHaldSYHpNAYdr",
    "nicAdapter": "virtio",
    "rootDiskController": "virtio"
  }
}

On KVM host - verify libvirt XML

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM  | sed -n '/<os>/,/<\/os>/p'
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-rhel8.6.0'>hvm</type>
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
    <boot dev='hd'/>
    <smbios mode='sysinfo'/>
  </os>

Verify loader:

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>

Verify NVRAM

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep nvram
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd</nvram>

Check NVRAM file

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh domuuid i-2-17-VM
7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd 
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 19:01 /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd

Actual Results:

"boottype": "Uefi" present in VM details
"bootmode": "secure" present in VM details
"UEFI": "SECURE" in details metadata
Libvirt XML has <loader> element
Libvirt XML has <nvram> element
NVRAM file exists with correct size (~528K)

7.8 Test Re-imported VM Lifecycle

Stop VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > stop virtualmachine id=ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.12%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T19:34:04+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "deployvm": "true",
      "kvm.vnc.password": "lmDJ8HJCxHaldSYHpNAYdr",
      "nicAdapter": "virtio",
      "rootDiskController": "virtio"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5",
    "instancename": "i-2-17-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "aae70071-e8d5-48d9-bde2-3d877fcb766d",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T19:44:31+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "894a9e11-5ab5-4917-8c52-3be37f795375",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
        "isdefault": true,
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Stopped",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify NVRAM persists

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd 
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 19:01 /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845.fd

Start VM

(localcloud) 🐱 > start virtualmachine id=ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.12%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T19:34:04+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "kvm.vnc.password": "lmDJ8HJCxHaldSYHpNAYdr",
      "nicAdapter": "virtio",
      "rootDiskController": "virtio"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "f32bba83-2167-42fd-b44d-956748133215",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm2",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5",
    "instancename": "i-2-17-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "07d4ae0c-c4ee-46e7-9eaa-444b01863b42",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T19:46:07+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "894a9e11-5ab5-4917-8c52-3be37f795375",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Verify still UEFI

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>

Migrate VM on Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 > migrate virtualmachine virtualmachineid=ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5 hostid=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732

{
  "account": "admin",
  "accountid": "d8414bf0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
  "cmd": "org.apache.cloudstack.api.command.admin.vm.MigrateVMCmd",
  "completed": "2025-10-23T19:48:09+0000",
  "created": "2025-10-23T19:48:07+0000",
  "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
  "domainpath": "ROOT",
  "jobid": "299b6f68-556a-4daa-84d5-999c3e0fef7a",
  "jobinstanceid": "ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5",
  "jobinstancetype": "VirtualMachine",
  "jobprocstatus": 0,
  "jobresult": {
    "errorcode": 530,
    "errortext": "Exception during migrate: org.libvirt.LibvirtException: operation failed: domain 'i-2-17-VM' already exists with uuid 7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845"
  },
  "jobresultcode": 530,
  "jobresulttype": "object",
  "jobstatus": 2,
  "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0"
}
🙈 Error: async API failed for job 299b6f68-556a-4daa-84d5-999c3e0fef7a

Screencast.from.2025-10-23.22-50-27.webm

Actual Result

Old libvirt domain still exists on Host1 (from before unmanage)
Same UUID: 7bf01e01-11a1-443a-be3f-74c6af6b3845
Libvirt refuses: "domain with this UUID already exists"

Workaround:

Clean up the old domain on Host1

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh undefine i-2-17-VM --nvram
Domain 'i-2-17-VM' has been undefined

Re-attempt migration to Host1

(localcloud) 🐱 > migrate virtualmachine virtualmachineid=ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5 hostid=809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732

{
  "virtualmachine": {
    "account": "admin",
    "affinitygroup": [],
    "arch": "x86_64",
    "bootmode": "secure",
    "boottype": "Uefi",
    "cpunumber": 1,
    "cpuspeed": 500,
    "cpuused": "4.46%",
    "created": "2025-10-23T19:34:04+0000",
    "deleteprotection": false,
    "details": {
      "Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag": "false",
      "UEFI": "SECURE",
      "cpuOvercommitRatio": "2.0",
      "kvm.vnc.password": "lmDJ8HJCxHaldSYHpNAYdr",
      "nicAdapter": "virtio",
      "rootDiskController": "virtio"
    },
    "diskioread": 0,
    "diskiowrite": 0,
    "diskkbsread": 0,
    "diskkbswrite": 0,
    "displayname": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "displayvm": true,
    "domain": "ROOT",
    "domainid": "3d76a8c0-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "domainpath": "ROOT",
    "guestosid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "haenable": false,
    "hasannotations": false,
    "hostcontrolstate": "Enabled",
    "hostid": "809cab41-5034-434f-851b-522f651a4732",
    "hostname": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1",
    "hypervisor": "KVM",
    "id": "ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5",
    "instancename": "i-2-17-VM",
    "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
    "isdynamicallyscalable": false,
    "jobid": "46183eb8-fc89-4c11-b8fb-b267917e4ac1",
    "jobstatus": 0,
    "lastupdated": "2025-10-23T19:55:54+0000",
    "memory": 512,
    "memoryintfreekbs": -1,
    "memorykbs": 524288,
    "memorytargetkbs": 524288,
    "name": "test-import-uefi-VM",
    "networkkbsread": 0,
    "networkkbswrite": 0,
    "nic": [
      {
        "broadcasturi": "vlan://2587",
        "deviceid": "0",
        "extradhcpoption": [],
        "gateway": "10.1.1.1",
        "id": "894a9e11-5ab5-4917-8c52-3be37f795375",
        "ipaddress": "10.1.1.125",
        "isdefault": true,
        "isolationuri": "vlan://2587",
        "macaddress": "02:01:00:cc:00:0f",
        "netmask": "255.255.255.0",
        "networkid": "89223ead-f632-4cb3-95b5-a9cf25085a15",
        "networkname": "test",
        "secondaryip": [],
        "traffictype": "Guest",
        "type": "Isolated"
      }
    ],
    "osdisplayname": "Ubuntu 24.04 LTS",
    "ostypeid": "bfc3d962-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "passwordenabled": false,
    "pooltype": "NetworkFilesystem",
    "receivedbytes": 0,
    "rootdeviceid": 0,
    "rootdevicetype": "ROOT",
    "securitygroup": [],
    "sentbytes": 0,
    "serviceofferingid": "e29a0a7a-999c-4d5d-bd31-59cd4fdf5507",
    "serviceofferingname": "Small Instance",
    "state": "Running",
    "tags": [],
    "templatedisplaytext": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templateformat": "QCOW2",
    "templateid": "96b4984d-cb7f-4821-8b13-02e6dc8192eb",
    "templatename": "Ubuntu-24.04",
    "templatetype": "USER",
    "userid": "d8425aac-aff6-11f0-8ff1-1e00110002e0",
    "username": "admin",
    "zoneid": "ed28691c-cf37-456f-95c6-469903cff4e7",
    "zonename": "ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova"
  }
}

Actual Result: Migration succeeds.

Verify UEFI on new Host1

[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep loader
    <loader readonly='yes' secure='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd</loader>
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/
5462d7a7-fe66-4779-9f9a-f1506a883e43.fd  5eb95a52-4e2c-4009-a5b1-828a163ec885.fd  ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5.fd
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# ls -lh /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5.fd 
-rw-------. 1 root root 528K Oct 23 19:55 /var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5.fd
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# 
[root@ref-trl-9845-k-Mol8-rositsa-kyuchukova-kvm1 ~]# virsh dumpxml i-2-17-VM | grep nvram
    <nvram template='/usr/share/edk2/ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd'>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/ebf73c5d-dbba-4370-96bd-41bb9dc794a5.fd</nvram>

Actual Results:

Stop/start works normally
NVRAM file persists
UEFI configuration maintained
Migration successful after clean up of the old domain on Host1
NVRAM copied to new host

sureshanaparti · 2025-10-24T08:09:10Z

@sureshanaparti can you create doc PR to remove Ubuntu 20.04 from compatibility matrix ?

@weizhouapache doc PR here: apache/cloudstack-documentation#589

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Packaging result [SF]: ✔️ el8 ✔️ el9 ✔️ el10 ✖️ debian ✔️ suse15. SL-JID 15651

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Enable UEFI on KVM hosts (by default), and configure with some default settings #11740

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