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On 11/08/2014 04=3A55 AM=2C Yair Zaslavsky wrote=3A
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=3E ----- Original Message -----
=3E=3E From=3A =22Robert Story=22 =3Crstory=40tislabs=2Ecom=3E
=3E=3E To=3A users=40ovirt=2Eorg
=3E=3E Sent=3A Saturday=2C November 8=2C 2014 3=3A09=3A02 AM
=3E=3E Subject=3A =5Bovirt-users=5D how to =27reset=27 a failed install=3F=
=3E=3E
=3E=3E I=27ve been doing lots of unsuccessful 3=2E5 hosted-engine installs=
in my lab=2C
=3E=3E where it=27s easy for me to re-install the OS if I need to start ove=
r=2E Now I
=3E=3E need to try an install in a remote datacenter where I won=27t be abl=
e to
=3E=3E re-install the OS=2E So I was wondering if there is a way to =27rese=
t=27 a failed
=3E=3E install so that another install can be attempted=2E=2E=2E
=3E=3E
=3E=3E My thoughts so far are=3A
=3E=3E
=3E=3E - stop vdsm=2C supervdsm=2C and libvirt
=3E=3E - use etckeeper to reset everything under /etc
=3E=3E - delete old log files
=3E=3E - delete hosted=5Fengine storage domain on storage =28if install got=
that far=29
=3E=3E - restart vdsm=2C supervdsm=2C and libvirt
=3E=3E
=3E=3E What am I missing=3F Maybe some remnants in /var =28hmm=2C probably=
the vdsm
=3E=3E persistent config=29=3F Anything else=3F
Why not use engine-cleanup and be done with it=3F Or doesn=27t it work on=
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hosted engine=3F
Kind regards=2C
Jorick
Met vriendelijke groet=2C With kind regards=2C
Jorick Astrego
Netbulae Virtualization Experts=20
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On 11/08/2014 04:55 AM, Yair Zaslavsky wrote: <br>
<font color=3D"#000000">> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">> ----- Original Message
----- </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> From: "Robert
Story" <rstory@=
<a
href=3D"mailto:tislabs.com">tislabs.com</a>> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> To: users@<a
href=3D"mailto:ovirt.org">ovi=
rt.org</a> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014
3:09:02 A=
M </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> Subject: [ovirt-users] how to
'reset' a fa=
iled install? </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> I've been doing lots of
unsuccessful 3.5 h=
osted-engine installs in my lab, </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> where it's easy for me to
re-install the O=
S if I need to start over. Now I </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> need to try an install in a
remote datacen=
ter where I won't be able to </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> re-install the OS. So I was
wondering if t=
here is a way to 'reset' a failed </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> install so that another install
can be att=
empted... </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> My thoughts so far
are: </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> - stop vdsm, supervdsm, and
libvirt </=
font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> - use etckeeper to reset
everything under =
/etc </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> - delete old log
files </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> - delete hosted_engine storage
domain on s=
torage (if install got that far) </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> - restart vdsm, supervdsm, and
libvirt
=
;</font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> What am I missing? Maybe some
remnants in =
/var (hmm, probably the vdsm </font><br>
<font color=3D"#000000">>> persistent config)? Anything
else? </f=
ont><br>
<br>
Why not use engine-cleanup and be done with it? Or doesn't it work on =
<br>
hosted engine? <br>
<br>
Kind regards, <br>
<br>
Jorick <br>
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