Re: [Users] Is there a way to force remove a host?

On Mon 24 Sep 2012 01:24:44 PM PDT, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 09/24/2012 08:49 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote: >> This conversation is fine but if I want to force remove no matter what I >> should be able to from the GUI. The nodes are no longer available I >> want to get rid of them ovirt does not let me. I can delete from >> database but why not from the GUI? I am sure others may run into this >> problem as well. > > what happens to the status of the host when you right click on the > host and specify you confirm it was shutdown? I'm having this same issue. Confirming the host is shut down doesn't make a difference. I'm seeing lots of "Failed to GlusterHostRemoveVDS, error = Unexpected exception" errors in my engine log that seem to correspond w/ the failed remove host attempts.

> >> >> Dominic >> >> On Sep 22, 2012 4:19 PM, "Eli Mesika" <emesika(a)redhat.com >> <mailto:emesika@redhat.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Douglas Landgraf" <dougsland(a)redhat.com >> <mailto:dougsland@redhat.com>> >> > To: "Dominic Kaiser" <dominic(a)bostonvineyard.org >> <mailto:dominic@bostonvineyard.org>> >> > Cc: "Eli Mesika" <emesika(a)redhat.com >> <mailto:emesika@redhat.com>>, users(a)ovirt.org >> <mailto:users@ovirt.org>, "Robert Middleswarth" >> <robert(a)middleswarth.net <mailto:robert@middleswarth.net>> >> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 8:12:27 PM >> > Subject: Re: [Users] Is there a way to force remove a host? >> > >> > Hi Dominic, >> > >> > On 09/20/2012 12:11 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote: >> > > Sorry I did not explain. >> > > >> > > I had tried to remove the host and had not luck >> troubleshooting it. >> > > I >> > > then had removed it and used it for a storage unit reinstalling >> > > fedora >> > > 17. I foolishly thought that I could just remove the host >> > > manually. >> > > It physically is not there. (My fault I know) Is there a >> way that >> > > you know of to remove a host brute force. >> > > >> > > dk >> > >> > Fell free to try the below script (not part of official >> project) for >> > brute force: >> > >> > (from the engine side) >> > # yum install python-psycopg2 -y >> > # wget >> > >> >> https://raw.github.com/dougsland/misc-rhev/master/engine_force_remove_Hos... >> >> >> > # (edit the file and change the db password) >> > # python ./engine_force_remove_Host.py >> >> Hi , had looked in the Python script you had provided: >> First, I must say that handling the database directly may leave DB >> in inconsistent state, therefore, if there is no other option, the >> database should be backed up prior to this operation. >> In addition, I do not like the execution of the SQL statements in >> the script. >> There is a SP called DeleteVds(v_vds_id UUID) and you should use >> that since it encapsulates all details. >> For example, your script does not handle permission clean-up as the >> SP does and therefore leaves garbage in the database. >> In addition, a failure in your script may leave database in >> inconsistent state while the SP is executed in one transaction and >> will leave DB consistent. >> So, in short I would prefer in this case that the relevant SP will >> do the clean-up since this is the one that is used by the code and >> that insures (at least I hope so) , that all related entities are >> removed as well. >> >> >> > >> > Thanks >> > >> > -- >> > Cheers >> > Douglas >> > >> > >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list >> Users(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users -- @jasonbrooks