This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------------MIME-2418990840-44333527-delim Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 11/08/2014 04=3A55 AM=2C Yair Zaslavsky wrote=3A =3E =3E ----- Original Message ----- =3E=3E From=3A =22Robert Story=22 =3Crstory=40tislabs=2Ecom=3E =3E=3E To=3A users=40ovirt=2Eorg =3E=3E Sent=3A Saturday=2C November 8=2C 2014 3=3A09=3A02 AM =3E=3E Subject=3A =5Bovirt-users=5D how to =27reset=27 a failed install=3F= =3E=3E =3E=3E I=27ve been doing lots of unsuccessful 3=2E5 hosted-engine installs= in my lab=2C =3E=3E where it=27s easy for me to re-install the OS if I need to start ove= r=2E Now I =3E=3E need to try an install in a remote datacenter where I won=27t be abl= e to =3E=3E re-install the OS=2E So I was wondering if there is a way to =27rese= t=27 a failed =3E=3E install so that another install can be attempted=2E=2E=2E =3E=3E =3E=3E My thoughts so far are=3A =3E=3E =3E=3E - stop vdsm=2C supervdsm=2C and libvirt =3E=3E - use etckeeper to reset everything under /etc =3E=3E - delete old log files =3E=3E - delete hosted=5Fengine storage domain on storage =28if install got= that far=29 =3E=3E - restart vdsm=2C supervdsm=2C and libvirt =3E=3E =3E=3E What am I missing=3F Maybe some remnants in /var =28hmm=2C probably= the vdsm =3E=3E persistent config=29=3F Anything else=3F Why not use engine-cleanup and be done with it=3F Or doesn=27t it work on= =20 hosted engine=3F Kind regards=2C Jorick Met vriendelijke groet=2C With kind regards=2C Jorick Astrego Netbulae Virtualization Experts=20 ---------------- =09Tel=3A 053 20 30 270 =09info=40netbulae=2Eeu =09Staalsteden 4-3A =09KvK= 08198180 =09Fax=3A 053 20 30 271 =09www=2Enetbulae=2Eeu =097547 TA Enschede =09BTW= NL821234584B01 ---------------- ------------MIME-2418990840-44333527-delim Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =3Chtml=3E =3Cbody=3E <br> On 11/08/2014 04:55 AM, Yair Zaslavsky wrote: <br> <font color=3D"#000000">> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">> ----- Original Message ----- </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> From: "Robert Story" <rstory@= <a href=3D"mailto:tislabs.com">tislabs.com</a>> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> To: users@<a href=3D"mailto:ovirt.org">ovi= rt.org</a> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> Sent: Saturday, November 8, 2014 3:09:02 A= M </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> Subject: [ovirt-users] how to 'reset' a fa= iled install? </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> I've been doing lots of unsuccessful 3.5 h= osted-engine installs in my lab, </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> where it's easy for me to re-install the O= S if I need to start over. Now I </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> need to try an install in a remote datacen= ter where I won't be able to </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> re-install the OS. So I was wondering if t= here is a way to 'reset' a failed </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> install so that another install can be att= empted... </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> My thoughts so far are: </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> - stop vdsm, supervdsm, and libvirt </= font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> - use etckeeper to reset everything under = /etc </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> - delete old log files </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> - delete hosted_engine storage domain on s= torage (if install got that far) </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> - restart vdsm, supervdsm, and libvirt = ;</font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> What am I missing? Maybe some remnants in = /var (hmm, probably the vdsm </font><br> <font color=3D"#000000">>> persistent config)? Anything else? </f= ont><br> <br> Why not use engine-cleanup and be done with it? 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