On Mon, Jan 8, 2018 at 12:57 PM, Edward Haas <ehaas@redhat.com> wrote:



hello,
any update on how to give JSON representation (or other way) to use vdsm-client and change ip/gateway of ovirt-ng node?
Thanks

How to use vdsm-client in general: Just check its man page.
You will need to fill up the existing management network details in the json format, replacing just the IP address.
The main concern here is, that if you missed something, it may be removed.
You should follow https://access.redhat.com/solutions/168983 for full details.

I would suggest using a different approach, although I have not tested it myself:
Edit the persisted relevant configuration files: /var/lib/vdsm/persistence/netconf
(Change the IP there, without touching the other stuff)
Then, reboot the host.. It should identify that the existing config is not in sync with the persisted one and a reconfig will be issued automatically.
The risk here is that the config will not successfully get applied, so make sure you save the previous version.

Thanks,
Edy.


Actually I see some misalignment between what I see in man page, what I get with "-h" option and real command usage.
Eg in oVirt 4.1.7 (vdsm-client-4.19.37-1.el7.centos.noarch):

man vdsm-client

"
   Invoking commands with complex parameters
       For invoking commands with complex or many arguments, you can read a JSON dictionary from a file:

           vdsm-client Lease info -f lease.json

       where lease.json file content is:

           {
               "lease": {
                   "sd_id": "75ab40e3-06b1-4a54-a825-2df7a40b93b2",
                   "lease_id": "b3f6fa00-b315-4ad4-8108-f73da817b5c5"
               }
           }
"

But actually if I create a json file and execute

[root@ovirtng4101 ~]# vdsm-client Host setupNetworks -f network.json

I get:

usage: vdsm-client [-h] [-a HOST] [-p PORT] [--unsecure] [--insecure]
                   [--timeout TIMEOUT] [-f FILE]
                   namespace method [arg=value] ...
vdsm-client: error: unrecognized arguments: -f

I have to try it in 4.1.8 if solved

The workaround to change in place the file (in my case ipaddr and gateway fileds): /var/lib/vdsm/persistence/netconf.1515365150707441369/nets/ovirtmgmt
and then shutdown/power on seems to work ok instead. I can reinstall the host and the change remains persistent across reboots

Thanks for the pointer for RHEV doc, because I didn't find it at first glance and I have to do the same for a RHEV eval too; but it seems the problem is present also there with RHV-H installed in December (nodectl info reports that current layer is rhvh-4.1-0.20171101.0+1; probably the problem has been already solved, I have to check). I can give more details on this off-list if you like as this doesn't directly relate with oVirt.

Thanks in the mean time for the persistence file method that I think/hope will work for RHV-H too if I don't update the image

Gianluca

PS: ok also for the "not officially supported." advise. This is only a test where two hosts are to be moved from datacenter 1 to datacenter 2...