Re: [Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1

On 08/09/2012 02:35 PM, Gavin Spurgeon wrote: Eli/Ofer/Juan - what was the result of fixing the upgrade script to work from 3.0 to 3.1? > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On 08/09/2012 11:55 AM, Jacob Wyatt wrote: >> See the migration instructions at the bottom of the relese notes. >> Basically you shut down all of your VMs, export them to your >> export >> domain. Now all you have to do is preserve that export domain >> storage. Everything else should be blown away and rebuilt as a >> completely new install. Then you import that storage domain you >> saved and restore the VM's. It worked just fine for me. > > But this requires that my entire Production Environment being > off-line, to do a point update of the oVirt from 3.0 to 3.1..... > > oVirt Nodes can run without a Manager being present and all Guest > will > stay Up and running. What if, Taking the whole environment off > line, > is not an option... > > - From a DR point of view, oVirt needs a Backup solution to backup > the > Manager, and more importantly a Restore Option that would mean you > can > bring an oVirt Manager Back online without the whole lot being > off-line. > >> ________________________________________ From: >> users-bounces(a)ovirt.org [users-bounces(a)ovirt.org] on behalf of >> Gavin Spurgeon [gspurgeon(a)dageek.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, August >> 08, >> 2012 11:35 AM To: users(a)ovirt.org Cc: Dale Macartney Subject: Re: >> [Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1 >> >> >> Hi All, >> >> I know I am not the 1st to ask, and I know I will not be the >> last.... >> >> I have oVirt3.0 on F16, The Release Notes for 3.1 give a guide on >> how to upgrade oVirt to 3.1 via a Fedora Upgrade... >> >> Can I do the same thing via a Clean Install of F17 (I do not like >> Upgrades of OS's) ? >> >> Or is there a documented DR procedure assuming the host was backed >> up and a new Host/OS had to be used to get oVirt back on-line ? >> >> Basically, What do I need to backup to then bring down the >> F16/oVirt3.0 Box and replace it with a F17/oVirt3.1 Box ? >> >> Is this Documented yet ? >> >> >> -- This message was scanned by DaGeek Spam Filter and is believed >> to be clean. >> >> _______________________________________________ Users mailing list >> Users(a)ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >> >> >> >> -- This message was scanned by DaGeek Spam Filter and is believed >> to be clean. Click here to report this message as spam. >> https://spam.dc.dageek.co.uk/cgi-bin/learn-msg.cgi?id=CCB7E27DF7.B3479 >> >> >> > > - -- > > Gavin Spurgeon. > AKA Da Geek > > - > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > "The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of > everything, > they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.." > > > -- > This message was scanned by DaGeek Spam Filter and is believed to > be clean. > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >