[ovirt-users] Re: move ovirt 4.3.9 to RHEL 8

no, but installing ovirt-engine-setup fails in the same way. But, I was able to find the RHEL8 repo that has javapackages-tools, and that one gave me apache-commons-compress.   So, I am again making some progress towards my goals. [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# subscription-manager repos --enable=codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms Repository 'codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms' is enabled for this system. [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum module enable javapackages-tools Updating Subscription Management repositories. Red Hat CodeReady Linux Builder for RHEL 8 x86_ 3.5 MB/s | 4.4 MB     00:01 Dependencies resolved. ================================================================================  Package           Architecture     Version Repository         Size ================================================================================ Enabling module streams:  javapackages-tools                                     201801 Transaction Summary ================================================================================ Is this ok [y/N]: y Complete! [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum info apache-commons-compress Updating Subscription Management repositories. Last metadata expiration check: 0:00:18 ago on Fri 29 Jan 2021 08:00:02 PM CST. Available Packages Name         : apache-commons-compress Version      : 1.18 Release      : 1.module+el8+2598+06babf2e Architecture : noarch Size         : 526 k Source       : apache-commons-compress-1.18-1.module+el8+2598+06babf2e.src.rpm Repository   : codeready-builder-for-rhel-8-x86_64-rpms Summary      : Java API for working with compressed files and archivers URL          : http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-compress/ License      : ASL 2.0 Description  : The Apache Commons Compress library defines an API for working              : with ar, cpio, Unix dump, tar, zip, gzip, XZ, Pack200 and bzip2              : files. In version 1.14 read-only support for Brotli decompression              : has been added, but it has been removed form this package. On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 7:43 PM Derek Atkins <derek(a)ihtfp.com <mailto:derek@ihtfp.com>> wrote: Ummm.. I realize it's been a while but aren't you supposed to install ovirt-engine-setup and not ovirt-engine? -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On January 29, 2021 8:29:00 PM Paul Dyer <pmdyermms(a)gmail.com <mailto:pmdyermms@gmail.com>> wrote: > thanks Gianluca for the well thought out response.   I started > over and tried to install RHEL 8 with ovirt 4.4.   I ran into a > few problems, which may be related.   First was that the module > javapackages-tools could not be found. > > # yum module enable javapackages-tools > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:17:45 ago on Fri 29 Jan > 2021 07:02:20 PM CST. > Error: Problems in request: > missing groups or modules: javapackages-tools > > > Then, the install of ovirt-engine relies > on apache-commons-compress, but no version could pass module > filtering. > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum install ovirt-engine > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:12:16 ago on Fri 29 Jan > 2021 07:02:20 PM CST. > Error: >  Problem: package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - cannot install the best candidate for the job >   - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-1.module+el8.2.1+6727+059d025f.noarch > is filtered out by modular filtering >   - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-3.module+el8.2.1+7436+4afdca1f.noarch > is filtered out by modular filtering > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or > '--nobest' to use not only best candidate packages) > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum install ovirt-engine --nobest > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:26 ago on Fri 29 Jan > 2021 07:02:20 PM CST. > Error: >  Problem: conflicting requests >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.0.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.10-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.2-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.8-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.2.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.10-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.11-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.12-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.8-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.9-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed > >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.2-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be > installed >   - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-1.module+el8.2.1+6727+059d025f.noarch > is filtered out by modular filtering >   - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-3.module+el8.2.1+7436+4afdca1f.noarch > is filtered out by modular filtering > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) > (failed reverse-i-search)`java=': yum module list |grep -i ^Cva > > > Sorry for the length of these errors.   I just thought --nobest > might find something for me. > > Here is the enabled modules.... > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum module list --enabled > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:39 ago on Fri 29 Jan > 2021 07:02:20 PM CST. > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) > Name               Stream       Profiles Summary > container-tools    rhel8 [d][e] common [ Most recent > (rolling) versions of podma >                                 d] n, buildah, skopeo, runc, > conmon, runc, > conmon, CRIU, Udica, etc as well as de >  pendencies such as container-selinux bu >  ilt and tested together, and updated as > frequently as every 12 weeks. > pki-deps           10.6 [e]  PKI Dependencies module for PKI > 10.6 or > later > postgresql         12 [e]       client,  PostgreSQL server > and client module >                                 server [ >                                 d] > python36           3.6 [d][e]   build, c Python programming > language, version 3. >                                 ommon [d 6 >                                 ] > satellite-5-client 1.0 [d][e]   common [ Red Hat Satellite 5 > client packages >                                 d], gui > virt               rhel [d][e]  common [ Virtualization module >                                 d] > > Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled > > > Paul > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 5:21 PM Gianluca Cecchi > <gianluca.cecchi(a)gmail.com <mailto:gianluca.cecchi@gmail.com>> wrote: > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:44 PM Paul Dyer > <pmdyermms(a)gmail.com <mailto:pmdyermms@gmail.com>> wrote: > > Hi, > > I am laying the groupwork for upgrade ovirt to 4.4.  >  Since the standalone ovirt mgr is now running on RHEL 7, > I have installed RHEL 8 to a new VM.   Unfortunately, > after installing ovirt-release43, I am not able to find > documentation for the dnf modules required.   All the > current documentation point to ovirt-release44 and dnf > modules not available for ovirt 4.3/RHEL 8. > > > > oVirt 4.3.x (both engine server and hypervisors) are only > based on CentOS 7.x or RH EL 7.x > oVirt 4.4.y (both engine server and hypervisors) are only > based on CentOS 8.x or RH EL 8.x > > I think 4.3 on RH EL 8 never tested at all by the developers. > > If your target is upgrade from 4.3 to 4.4 you have to do an > "application" backup of the 4.3 engine (see the link at the > bottom) and restore it on the new engine in 4.4, that is a > scratch install on a new system, but can have the same > ip/hostname as the old engine server, so that it could be > transparent from an user access point of view. > Already done both on oVirt and RHV with external engine, > local database. > The old engine and the new one are two vSphere virtual machines. > You can install the new engine based on RH EL 8 with > temporary network parameters and then as soon as you have > completed the backup of the 4.3 one and copied over it you > can shutdown the 4.3 engine server, to keep at a minimum the > absence of an engine for the environment that anyway doesn't > compromise the workload of your virtual machines. > Of course HA reactions or live migration are not possible in > this time frame without an engine. > The restore and the reconfiguration take minutes if you > prepare the new engine server in advance. > > Read also here for the full details: > https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ > > HIH, > Gianluca > > > > -- > Paul Dyer, > Mercury Consulting Group, RHCE > 504-338-8750 > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org <mailto:users%40ovirt.org> > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > <mailto:users-leave%40ovirt.org> > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/GY34KCSUCDN... -- Paul Dyer, Mercury Consulting Group, RHCE 504-338-8750 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