--------------080102010006090400050504 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Current setup: * 3 identical hosts running on HP GL180 g5 servers o gluster running 5 volumes in replica 3 * engine running on VMWare Server on another computer (that computer is NOT available to convert to a host) Where I want to end up: * 3 identical hosted-engine hosts running on HP GL180 g5 servers o gluster running 6 volumes in replica 3 + new volume will be nfs storage for engine VM * hosted engine in oVirt VM * as few changes to current setup as possible The two pages I found on the wiki are: Hosted Engine Howto <http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto> and Migrate to Hosted Engine <http://www.ovirt.org/Migrate_to_Hosted_Engine>. Both were written during the testing process, and have not been updated to reflect production status. I don't know if anything in the process has changed since they were written. Process outlined in above two pages (as I understand it): have nfs file store ready to hold VM Do minimal install (not clear if ovirt node, Centos, or Fedora was used--I am Centos-based) # yum install ovirt-hosted-engine-setup # hosted-engine --deploy Install OS on VM return to host console at "Please install the engine in the VM" prompt on host on VM console # yum install ovirt-engine on old engine: service ovirt-engine stop chkconfig ovirt-engine off set up dns for new engine # engine-backup --mode=backup --file=backup1 --log=backup1.log scp backup file to new engine VM on new VM: # engine-backup --mode=restore --file=backup1 --log=backup1-restore.log --change-db-credentials --db-host=didi-lap --db-user=engine --db-password --db-name=engine # engine-setup on host: run script until: "The system will wait until the VM is down." on new VM: # reboot on Host: finish script My questions: 1. Is the above still the recommended way to do a hosted-engine install? 2. Will it blow up at me if I use my existing host (with glusterfs all set up, etc) as the starting point, instead of a clean install? Thank you for letting me benefit from your experience, Ted Miller Elkhart, IN, USA --------------080102010006090400050504 Content-Type: text/html; charset="ISO-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1"> </head> <body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> Current setup:<br> <ul> <li>3 identical hosts running on HP GL180 g5 servers</li> <ul> <li>gluster running 5 volumes in replica 3<br> </li> </ul> <li>engine running on VMWare Server on another computer (that computer is NOT available to convert to a host)<br> </li> </ul> Where I want to end up:<br> <ul> <li>3 identical hosted-engine hosts running on HP GL180 g5 servers</li> <ul> <li>gluster running 6 volumes in replica 3</li> <ul> <li>new volume will be nfs storage for engine VM</li> </ul> </ul> <li>hosted engine in oVirt VM</li> <li>as few changes to current setup as possible</li> </ul> <p>The two pages I found on the wiki are: <a href="http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Howto">Hosted Engine Howto</a> and <a href="http://www.ovirt.org/Migrate_to_Hosted_Engine">Migrate to Hosted Engine</a>. Both were written during the testing process, and have not been updated to reflect production status. I don't know if anything in the process has changed since they were written.<br> </p> <p>Process outlined in above two pages (as I understand it):<br> </p> <blockquote> <p>have nfs file store ready to hold VM</p> <p>Do minimal install (not clear if ovirt node, Centos, or Fedora was used--I am Centos-based)</p> # yum install ovirt-hosted-engine-setup<br> # hosted-engine --deploy<br> <p>Install OS on VM<br> </p> <p>return to host console<br> </p> <p>at "Please install the engine in the VM" prompt on host<br> </p> <p>on VM console<br> # yum install ovirt-engine<br> </p> <p>on old engine: <br> service ovirt-engine stop<br> chkconfig ovirt-engine off</p> <p>set up dns for new engine<br> </p> <p># engine-backup --mode=backup --file=backup1 --log=backup1.log<br> scp backup file to new engine VM<br> </p> <p>on new VM:<br> # engine-backup --mode=restore --file=backup1 --log=backup1-restore.log --change-db-credentials --db-host=didi-lap --db-user=engine --db-password --db-name=engine<br> # engine-setup<br> </p> <p>on host:<br> run script until: "The system will wait until the VM is down."<br> </p> <p>on new VM:<br> # reboot<br> </p> <p>on Host: finish script<br> </p> </blockquote> My questions:<br> <br> 1. Is the above still the recommended way to do a hosted-engine install?<br> <br> 2. Will it blow up at me if I use my existing host (with glusterfs all set up, etc) as the starting point, instead of a clean install?<br> <br> Thank you for letting me benefit from your experience,<br> Ted Miller<br> Elkhart, IN, USA<br> <br> </body> </html> --------------080102010006090400050504--