From andreil1 at starlett.lv Mon Mar 19 21:23:28 2018 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============4410171631809098778==" MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Andrei Verovski To: users at ovirt.org Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Migration oVirt Engine from Dedicated Host to Self-Hosted Engine Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2018 23:23:16 +0200 Message-ID: <5fa32c49-7f8a-fc2b-8439-6e059ecc29c0@starlett.lv> In-Reply-To: CAD7b65JHrhgZWmLzooDncJSQJeu0pNRuHRrnHNLQwiBFbSt+Kg@mail.gmail.com --===============4410171631809098778== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------9BBBB7C1F1E7E9E7EA052C72 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Dutf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Your current setup is optimal. For example - if node running self-hosted engine dies for whatever reason, what happens next? As an option you can buy a couple of fanless Celeron mini PCs (1 active + 2nd backup with 8GB RAM and 128 - 256 GB SSD) and run host engine here under KVM, so image can be easily cloned/restored/moved if necessary. On 03/19/2018 06:41 PM, FERNANDO FREDIANI wrote: > Just to add up, for the second question I am following this URL: > > https://ovirt.org/documentation/self-hosted/chap-Migrating_from_Bare_Meta= l_to_an_EL-Based_Self-Hosted_Environment/ > > So the question is more of anything else that may be good to take in > attention other than what is already there. > > Thanks > Fernando > > 2018-03-19 13:38 GMT-03:00 FERNANDO FREDIANI > >: > > Hello folks > > I currently have a oVirt Engine which runs in a Dedicated Virtual > Machine in another ans separate environment. It is very nice to > have it like that because every time I do a oVirt Version Upgrade > I take a snapshot before and if it failed (and it did failed in > the past several times) I just go back in time before the snapshot > and all comes back to normal. > > Two quick questions: > > - Going to a Self-Hosted Engine will snapshots or recoverable ways > be possible ? > > - To migrate the Engine from the current environment to the > self-hosted engine is it just a question to backup the Database, > restore it into the self-hosted engine keeping it with the same IP > address ? Are there any special points to take in consideration > when doing this migration ? > > Thanks > Fernando > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users --------------9BBBB7C1F1E7E9E7EA052C72 Content-Type: text/html; charset=3Dutf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

Your current setup is optimal.
For example - if node running self-hosted engine dies for whatever reason, what happens next?

As an option you can buy a couple of fanless Celeron mini PCs (1 active + 2nd backup with 8GB RAM and 128 - 256 GB SSD) and run host engine here under KVM, so image can be easily cloned/restored/moved if necessary.


On 03/19/2018 06:41 PM, FERNANDO FREDIANI wrote:
So the question is more of anything else that may be good to take in attention other than what is already there.

Thanks
Fernando

2018-03-19 13:38 GMT-03:00 FERNANDO FREDIANI <fernando.frediani(a)upx.com><= /span>:
Hello folks

I currently have a oVirt Engine which runs in a Dedicated Virtual Machine in another ans separate environment. It is very nice to have it like that because every time I do a oVirt Version Upgrade I take a snapshot before and if it failed (and it did failed in the past several times) I just go back in time before the snapshot and all comes back to normal.

Two quick questions:

- Going to a Self-Hosted Engine will snapshots or recoverable ways be possible ?

- To migrate the Engine from the current environment to the self-hosted engine is it just a question to backup the Database, restore it into the self-hosted engine keeping it with the same IP address ? Are there any special points to take in consideration when doing this migration ?

Thanks
Fernando





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