<div dir="ltr">Hey Bob,<div><br></div><div>Yea my method worked. I was able to copy the non-master data center VM data into the images folder on the master data center (now "export" domain) and import everything.</div>
<div><br></div><div>This would have been tragic if there wasn't the hard disk space, would have required lots of big data shuffling. I've split the data center model so now we have two clusters with two masters, and will avoid using a non-master data center entirely due to this issue.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The good news is it looks like we didn't lose any data.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 3:56 AM, Bob Doolittle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com" target="_blank">bob@doolittle.us.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="ltr">If you read the whole thread I referenced it says the conversion only works for Master. It does not say how to handle non-Master. Good luck.</p>
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<div class="gmail_quote">On May 23, 2014 2:48 AM, "David Smith" <<a href="mailto:dsmith@mypchelp.com" target="_blank">dsmith@mypchelp.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Hey Bob,<div><br></div><div>Get this.. So this process worked great for one of the nfs servers, however, we had two nfs servers. One was a primary data center (master) and the other non-master.</div><div>When I try to import the non-master data directory with the metadata file edit method, it imports but then shows no VMs/templates/etc available for import.</div>
<div>On the other hand, when i activate the master data center nfs filesystem, i can see VMs that were stored on the non-master NFS, if I try to import them, it blows an error, the files aren't there, and I look at the log on the hv manager and I see the folder that it's looking for which is on the non-master NFS.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Right now I'm trying to copy the folders over from the non-master nfs to the imported master data (now export domain) to see if I can import those VMs.</div><div>I wonder if there's a better way to import VMs from a non-master domain.</div>
</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Bob Doolittle <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bob@doolittle.us.com" target="_blank">bob@doolittle.us.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div>I meant ovirt-engine (i was calling it the manager)</div>
also i'll need to reinstall version 3.3.4, whats the best path
for that w/restore?</div>
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One thing, if all else fails, is to convert your Export Domain to a
Data Domain with a few edits to the metadata.<br>
Then install a fresh engine and import your old VMs.<br>
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Personally, I'd install the same version as you had previously, then
make sure you can attach your new Export domain (old Data domain),
then upgrade.<br>
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Some guides for conversion are in this thread:<br>
<a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-October/010258.html" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-October/010258.html</a><br>
<a href="http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-November/010273.html" target="_blank">http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-November/010273.html</a><br>
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Note that's from a while ago. I am not sure it still works exactly
the same. Make sure to backup your metadata file first.<br>
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I did something a bit similar earlier today, by editing the metadata
on an Export domain to remove information about the
previously-attached Data Center.<br>
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-Bob<br>
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On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:58 AM, David Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dsmith@mypchelp.com" target="_blank">dsmith@mypchelp.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<div dir="ltr">So the ovirt manager hard disk died, 3.3.4
version, i can't get it to spin up to get any data off.
<div>I have an old copy of the manager database which was
living on the manager machine.</div>
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<div>What is the best procedure for restoring my ovirt
setup? I've not been able to import the data store, only
export and iso in the past.</div>
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<div>Thanks in advance,</div>
<div>David</div>
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