Ok.. digging around a bit. ############################## [root@medusa vmstore]# tree -h /media/data/ /media/data/ ├── [ 48] 7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06 │ ├── [ 89] dom_md │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] ids │ │ ├── [ 16M] inbox │ │ ├── [ 2.0M] leases │ │ ├── [ 549] metadata │ │ ├── [ 16M] outbox │ │ └── [ 1.2M] xleases │ ├── [ 8.0K] images │ │ ├── [ 8.0K] 060cb15c-efb4-45fd-82e3-9001312cffdf │ │ │ ├── [ 160K] d3f7ab6e-d371-4748-bc6d-26557ce9812a │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] d3f7ab6e-d371-4748-bc6d-26557ce9812a.lease │ │ │ └── [ 430] d3f7ab6e-d371-4748-bc6d-26557ce9812a.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 138a359c-13e6-4448-b543-533894e41fca │ │ │ ├── [ 1.7G] ece912a4-6756-4944-803c-c7ac58713ef4 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] ece912a4-6756-4944-803c-c7ac58713ef4.lease │ │ │ └── [ 304] ece912a4-6756-4944-803c-c7ac58713ef4.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 26def4e7-1153-417c-88c1-fd3dfe2b0fb9 │ │ │ ├── [ 100G] 0136657f-1f6f-4140-8c7b-f765316d4e3a │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 0136657f-1f6f-4140-8c7b-f765316d4e3a.lease │ │ │ └── [ 316] 0136657f-1f6f-4140-8c7b-f765316d4e3a.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 2d684975-06e1-442e-a785-1cfcc70a9490 │ │ │ ├── [ 4.3G] 688ce708-5be2-4082-9337-7209081082bf │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 688ce708-5be2-4082-9337-7209081082bf.lease │ │ │ └── [ 343] 688ce708-5be2-4082-9337-7209081082bf.meta │ │ ├── [ 8.0K] 444ee51d-da70-419e-8d8e-a94aed28d0fa │ │ │ ├── [ 112M] 23608ebc-f8a4-4482-875c-e12eaa69c8eb │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 23608ebc-f8a4-4482-875c-e12eaa69c8eb.lease │ │ │ ├── [ 377] 23608ebc-f8a4-4482-875c-e12eaa69c8eb.meta │ │ │ ├── [ 683M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.lease │ │ │ └── [ 369] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 54cfa3af-9045-4e9b-ba8d-4ac7181490da │ │ │ ├── [ 113M] a1807521-7009-4896-9325-6a2a7c0e29ef │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] a1807521-7009-4896-9325-6a2a7c0e29ef.lease │ │ │ └── [ 288] a1807521-7009-4896-9325-6a2a7c0e29ef.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 5917ba35-689c-409b-a89c-37bd08f06e76 │ │ │ ├── [ 7.7G] ea6610cd-c0b9-457f-aaf5-d199a3bd1a83 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] ea6610cd-c0b9-457f-aaf5-d199a3bd1a83.lease │ │ │ └── [ 351] ea6610cd-c0b9-457f-aaf5-d199a3bd1a83.meta │ │ ├── [ 8.0K] 6914d63d-e57f-4e9f-9ca2-a378ad2f0a4f │ │ │ ├── [ 683M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.lease │ │ │ ├── [ 369] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.meta │ │ │ ├── [ 100M] b0deed57-f5fe-4e44-8d0a-105029bdeae5 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] b0deed57-f5fe-4e44-8d0a-105029bdeae5.lease │ │ │ └── [ 377] b0deed57-f5fe-4e44-8d0a-105029bdeae5.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 7daa2083-29d8-4b64-a50a-d09ab1428513 │ │ │ ├── [ 100G] d96bf89f-351a-4c86-9865-9531d8f7a97b │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] d96bf89f-351a-4c86-9865-9531d8f7a97b.lease │ │ │ └── [ 316] d96bf89f-351a-4c86-9865-9531d8f7a97b.meta │ │ ├── [ 8.0K] 7e523f3d-311a-4caf-ae34-6cd455274d5f │ │ │ ├── [ 683M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.lease │ │ │ ├── [ 369] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.meta │ │ │ ├── [ 4.6G] 55ebf216-b404-4c09-8cbc-91882f42cb94 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 55ebf216-b404-4c09-8cbc-91882f42cb94.lease │ │ │ └── [ 316] 55ebf216-b404-4c09-8cbc-91882f42cb94.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] 9ccb26cf-dd4a-4c9a-830c-ee084074d7a1 │ │ │ ├── [ 11G] a704ef38-6883-4857-b2fa-423033058927 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] a704ef38-6883-4857-b2fa-423033058927.lease │ │ │ └── [ 311] a704ef38-6883-4857-b2fa-423033058927.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] a2bbc814-015a-4a37-8f58-68aa6ef73f8e │ │ │ ├── [ 19G] a5cb25e3-28a0-4d88-b2ca-d3732765b5fb │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] a5cb25e3-28a0-4d88-b2ca-d3732765b5fb.lease │ │ │ └── [ 311] a5cb25e3-28a0-4d88-b2ca-d3732765b5fb.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] adecc80f-8ce0-4ce0-9d73-d5de8f4a72e1 │ │ │ ├── [ 10G] cc010af4-ce51-4917-9f2c-db0ec9353103 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] cc010af4-ce51-4917-9f2c-db0ec9353103.lease │ │ │ └── [ 326] cc010af4-ce51-4917-9f2c-db0ec9353103.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308 │ │ │ ├── [ 20G] f5a891db-4492-49e4-bf6a-72182ba4bf15 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] f5a891db-4492-49e4-bf6a-72182ba4bf15.lease │ │ │ └── [ 314] f5a891db-4492-49e4-bf6a-72182ba4bf15.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] ce4133ad-562f-4f23-add6-cd168a906267 │ │ │ ├── [ 118M] a09c8a84-1904-4632-892e-beb55abc873a │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] a09c8a84-1904-4632-892e-beb55abc873a.lease │ │ │ └── [ 313] a09c8a84-1904-4632-892e-beb55abc873a.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] d0038fa8-eee1-4548-82b9-b7f79adb182c │ │ │ ├── [ 7.7G] 7568e474-8ab5-4953-8cd3-a9c9b8df3595 │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 7568e474-8ab5-4953-8cd3-a9c9b8df3595.lease │ │ │ └── [ 349] 7568e474-8ab5-4953-8cd3-a9c9b8df3595.meta │ │ ├── [ 149] f6679e35-fa56-4ed8-aa47-18492e00fd01 │ │ │ ├── [ 683M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c │ │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.lease │ │ │ └── [ 369] 3f2f0fc7-cb3c-4bbc-9f7b-4f196588c78c.meta │ │ └── [ 8.0K] fff3c1de-e21e-4f03-8905-d587448f6543 │ │ ├── [ 160K] 6f4343b6-dc3d-40e3-b872-6a954b8d1a7b │ │ ├── [ 1.0M] 6f4343b6-dc3d-40e3-b872-6a954b8d1a7b.lease │ │ └── [ 430] 6f4343b6-dc3d-40e3-b872-6a954b8d1a7b.meta │ └── [ 30] master │ ├── [ 6] tasks │ └── [ 6] vms ######################### This kind of represents where my "production VMs" live I assume... that their is no means to map host to those files.. but based on size i kind of know which are which. Ex: Three VMs I want back: ns01, ns02, ansible00 1) parse all the .meta files to get mapping structure Ex: from mount of gluster /media/data/7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06/find . |grep .meta | xargs cat | grep -A 5 ansible00 Ex: [root@medusa vmstore]# cat /media/data/7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06/images/b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308/f5a891db- DESCRIPTION={"DiskAlias":"ansible00_boot","DiskDescription":"ansible00_boot"} DISKTYPE=DATA DOMAIN=7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06 FORMAT=COW GEN=0 IMAGE=7e523f3d-311a-4caf-ae34-6cd455274d5f -- DESCRIPTION={"DiskAlias":"ansible00_var","DiskDescription":"ansible00_var"} DISKTYPE=DATA DOMAIN=7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06 FORMAT=RAW GEN=0 IMAGE=b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308 ############ ansible00 7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06 - Boot 7e523f3d-311a-4caf-ae34-6cd455274d5f (folder for image) - VAR b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308 (folder for image) # Now attempt import [root@medusa b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308]# python3 /usr/share/doc/python3-ovirt-engine-sdk4/examples/upload_disk.py --engine-url https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/ --username admin@internal --password-file /media/vmstore/.ovirt.password --cafile /media/vmstore/.ovirte01_pki-resource.cer --sd-name data --disk-sparse /media/data/7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06/images/b8bd6924-fcd3-4479-a7da-6b255431a308/f5a891db-4492-49e4-bf6a-72182ba4bf15 Checking image... Image format: raw Disk format: raw Disk content type: data Disk provisioned size: 21474836480 Disk initial size: 21474836480 Disk name: f5a891db-4492-49e4-bf6a-72182ba4bf15.raw Disk backup: False Connecting... Creating disk... Disk ID: 77f1af5a-0912-484f-a2d3-d9564641e031 Creating image transfer... Transfer ID: 7911904b-2573-4b57-b398-76de8f79670d Transfer host name: medusa Uploading image... [ ------- ] 0 bytes, 0.00 seconds, 0 bytes/s [root@medusa 7e523f3d-311a-4caf-ae34-6cd455274d5f]# python3 /usr/share/doc/python3-ovirt-engine-sdk4/examples/upload_disk.py --engine-url https://ovirte01.penguinpages.local/ --username admin@internal --password-file /media/vmstore/.ovirt.password --cafile /media/vmstore/.ovirte01_pki-resource.cer --sd-name data --disk-sparse /media/data/7801d608-0416-4e5e-a469-2fefa2398d06/images/7e523f3d-311a-4caf-ae34-6cd455274d5f/55ebf216-b404-4c09-8cbc-91882f42cb94 Checking image... Image format: qcow2 Disk format: cow Disk content type: data Disk provisioned size: 10737418240 Disk initial size: 6278938624 Disk name: 55ebf216-b404-4c09-8cbc-91882f42cb94.qcow2 Disk backup: False Connecting... Creating disk... Disk ID: bcf3d639-7b01-4c22-ac50-d20d7fd9ab29 Creating image transfer... Transfer ID: e6cb5763-987b-453e-8a5b-34f7671c476a Transfer host name: medusa Uploading image... [ ------- ] 0 bytes, 0.00 seconds, 0 bytes/s # now in oVirt engine rename volumes and create new VM with definitions 77f1af5a-0912-484f-a2d3-d9564641e031 ansible00_var bcf3d639-7b01-4c22-ac50-d20d7fd9ab29 ansible00_boot oVirt Engine -> Storage -> disk -> select volume -> edit - change aliase to be human name # Attach to VM as disk .. and set "boot" disk and then power on. One down.. two to go. PS: And now dig into how to make an oVirt-Engine backup... and... restore it.. # Optional: Backup / Restore Process for Engine Ex: Make a replica saved on NAS systemctl stop ovirt-engine time engine-backup --scope=all --mode-backup --file=/media/sw2_usb_A2/penguinpages_local_cluster/ovirte01_`date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`.bck --log=/media/sw2_usb_A2/penguinpages_local_cluster/ovirte01_log_`date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`.log # Restore would be.. ######### Needs testing!!!! engine-backup --mode=restore --file=/media/sw2_usb_A2/penguinpages_local_cluster/ovirte01_`date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`.bck --log=/media/sw2_usb_A2/penguinpages_local_cluster/ovirte01_restore_log_`date +%y%m%d%H%M%S`.log --provision-db --provision-dwh-db --restore-permissions