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On 11/08/2014 04:55 AM, Yair Zaslavsky wrote: <br>
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<font color="#000000">> ----- Original Message ----- </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> From: "Robert Story" <rstory@<a href="mailto:tislabs.com">tislabs.com</a>> </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> To: users@<a href="mailto:ovirt.org">ovirt.org</a> </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 3:09:02 AM </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> Subject: [ovirt-users] how to 'reset' a failed install? </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> I've been doing lots of unsuccessful 3.5 hosted-engine installs in my lab, </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> where it's easy for me to re-install the OS if I need to start over. Now I </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> need to try an install in a remote datacenter where I won't be able to </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> re-install the OS. So I was wondering if there is a way to 'reset' a failed </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> install so that another install can be attempted... </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> My thoughts so far are: </font><br>
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<font color="#000000">>> - stop vdsm, supervdsm, and libvirt </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> - use etckeeper to reset everything under /etc </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> - delete old log files </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> - delete hosted_engine storage domain on storage (if install got that far) </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> - restart vdsm, supervdsm, and libvirt </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> What am I missing? Maybe some remnants in /var (hmm, probably the vdsm </font><br>
<font color="#000000">>> persistent config)? Anything else? </font><br>
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Why not use engine-cleanup and be done with it? Or doesn't it work on <br>
hosted engine? <br>
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Kind regards, <br>
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Jorick <br>
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