Re: [Users] Restoring Virtual Machines
On 02/17/2012 11:51 AM, ?????? wrote:
Can I use the "data of storage domain", created in the old
ovirt to import
virtual machines in a new ovirt?
It is possible to convert the "data of storage domain" in "export
domain"
manually? To mount it as a "Export domain" in a new overt
cc-ing vdsm-devel on how to change the metadata of the SD to make it an
export domain, instead of a data domain (which is pretty arbitrary iirc).
-----Original Message-----
From: Itamar Heim [mailto:iheim@redhat.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:36 AM
To: ??????
Cc: users(a)ovirt.org
Subject: Re: [Users] Restoring Virtual Machines
On 02/15/2012 11:43 AM, ?????? wrote:
> hi, in the process of testing ovirt some questions:
> 1. If you are upgrading ovirt we erased the database postgress,
> whether it is possible to restore the list of virtual machines without
> having to restore the database from the dump? Take a virtual machine
> working on the nodes.
not easily right now.
easiest (other than restore) would probably be to make the storage domain
into an export domain, and import from it in the new engine.
> 2. Is it possible to manage virtual machines through the cli?
yes.
> 3. Is it possible to arrange a backup of virtual machines without
> interruption of its performance?
I don't think there is a simple answer to this question.
can you explain what is the exact concern?
thanks,
Itamar