Re: [ovirt-users] Best way to shutdown and restart hypervisor?

On Wed, Feb 8, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Gianluca Cecchi < gianluca.cecchi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > Hello, > what is considered the best way to shutdown and restart an hypervisor, > supposing plain CentOS 7 host? > > For example to cover these scenarios: > 1) update host from 4.0 to 4.1 > 2) planned maintenance to the cabinet where the server is located and > take the opportunity to update also OS packages > > My supposed workflow: > > - put host into maintenance > - yum update on host > - shutdown os from inside host (because from power mgmt it is brutal > power off / power on) > --> should I get any warning from web admin gui in this case, even if the > host was in maintenance mode? > - power mgmt -> start from webadmin gui > (or power on button/virtual button at host side?) > > Would be advisable to put inside power mgmt functionality some logic > about os mgmt, so for example, if action is restart, first try to shutdown > OS and only in case of failure power off/power on? > > Thanks in advance, > Gianluca > I see that one of the new features of 4.1 is Host restart through SSH Power Mgmt --> SSH Mgmt --> Restart How does it fit in question above? Can I choose this way after having run "yum update" on host? Thanks Gianluca _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users