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From: "Ted Miller" <tmiller@hcjb.org> To: "users" <users@ovirt.org> Sent: Tuesday, April 1, 2014 10:40:38 PM Subject: [Users] Migrate cluster 3.3 -> 3.4 hosted on existing hosts
Current setup:
* 3 identical hosts running on HP GL180 g5 servers
* 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
* 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 and 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.
Basically things remained the same, with some details changing perhaps.
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)
Fedora/Centos/RHEL are supposed to work. ovirt node is currently not supported - iirc it's planned to be supported soon, not sure.
# 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:
Please see [1]. Specifically, if you had a local db, you'll first have to create it yourself. [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Ovirt-engine-backup#Howto
# 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
The above assumes a db was already created and ready to use (access etc) using the supplied credentials. You'll naturally have to provide your own.
# 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?
Yes.
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?
a. Probably yes, for now. I did not hear much about testing such a migration using an existing host - ovirt or gluster or both. I did not test that myself either. If at all possible, you should use a new clean host. Do plan well and test. Also see discussions on the mailing lists, e.g. this one: http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2014-March/thread.html#22441 Good luck, and please report back! -- Didi