Thanks Bob,

I had already gone through this path once early in my ovirt lifetime and didn't get it working, I was able to make it happen this time. Thanks.
I was hoping for some other method, but this will work, it's going to be slow-going to get everything online this way since we have to re-import everything which essentially copies it all.
And with only 1 export domain allowed at a time, and 3 nfs machines, i'm going to have to do them in sequence.. urgghhh


On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 12:17 PM, Bob Doolittle <bob@doolittle.us.com> wrote:
On 05/22/2014 03:08 PM, David Smith wrote:
I meant ovirt-engine (i was calling it the manager)
also i'll need to reinstall version 3.3.4, whats the best path for that w/restore?

One thing, if all else fails, is to convert your Export Domain to a Data Domain with a few edits to the metadata.
Then install a fresh engine and import your old VMs.

Personally, I'd install the same version as you had previously, then make sure you can attach your new Export domain (old Data domain), then upgrade.

Some guides for conversion are in this thread:
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-October/010258.html
http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2012-November/010273.html

Note that's from a while ago. I am not sure it still works exactly the same. Make sure to backup your metadata file first.

I did something a bit similar earlier today, by editing the metadata on an Export domain to remove information about the previously-attached Data Center.

-Bob



On Thu, May 22, 2014 at 11:58 AM, David Smith <dsmith@mypchelp.com> wrote:
So the ovirt manager hard disk died, 3.3.4 version, i can't get it to spin up to get any data off.
I have an old copy of the manager database which was living on the manager machine.

What is the best procedure for restoring my ovirt setup? I've not been able to import the data store, only export and iso in the past.

Thanks in advance,
David



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