Re: unable to find any master var store for loader error

Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2020 at 2:51 PM From: "Michal Privoznik" <mprivozn(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "daggs" <daggs(a)gmx.com&gt;, libvirt-users(a)redhat.com Subject: Re: unable to find any master var store for loader error Hey, I'll paste the interesting part of domain XML here so that it doesn't get lost: <os> <type arch='x86_64' machine='pc-q35-5.0'>hvm</type> <loader readonly='yes' type='pflash'>/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd</loader> <nvram>/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/vm1_VARS.fd</nvram> <boot dev='hd'/> </os> And then in qemu.conf you define the pair: nvram = [ "/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd:/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_VARS.fd", "/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_CODE.secboot.fd:/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_VARS.secboot.fd" ] But as the comment in qemu.conf (just above your line) says, this is ignored if FW metadata files exist which is exactly your case and this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1763477 For your convenience you can switch to <os firmware='efi'/> (the <loader/> element will be removed automatically) or if you insist on using the old style then provide @template attribute to <nvram/>: <nvram template="/usr/share/edk2-ovmf/OVMF_CODE.fd">/var/lib/libvirt/qemu/nvram/vm1_VARS.fd</nvram> There is an internal list that is still consulted when finding matching _VARS fails, but your path is not on it: https://gitlab.com/libvirt/libvirt/-/blob/master/src/qemu/qemu_conf.c#L98 But it exists mostly to give distros enough time to switch to FW descriptors. Michal