[ovirt-users] Re: Cannot restart ovirt after massive failure.

On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 2:46 PM Yedidyah Bar David <didi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 1:56 PM Gilboa Davara <gilboad(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > > > > > > > > On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 12:16 PM Gilboa Davara <gilboad(a)gmail.com&gt; > wrote: > >> > >> Hello, > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:50 AM Yedidyah Bar David <didi(a)redhat.com&gt; > wrote: > >>> > >>> On Mon, Aug 9, 2021 at 11:43 AM Strahil Nikolov via Users > >>> <users(a)ovirt.org&gt; wrote: > >>> > > >>> > Corrupted metadata is the problem you see. > >>> > > >>> > I think there was a command to fix it, but I can't recall it right > now. > >>> > >>> I think you refer to 'hosted-engine --clean_metadata'. Gilboa - I > >>> suggest to search the net/archives for docs/mentions/discussions of > >>> this option - it's rather drastic. Good luck. > >>> > >>> That said, I must say that if your metadata is corrupted, I wonder > >>> what else is - so would continue using this setup with great care. > >>> Ideally restore from backups, after testing/replacing the hardware. > >>> > >>> Best regards, > >>> > >> > >> Thanks for the pointer. > >> This is a side setup that's about to replaced by a real setup (3 host > Gluster). > >> That said, beyond the corrupted meta data, everything else seems to be > working just fine, host boot just fine, RAID sync showed no issues. XFS > partitions mounted OK, etc. > >> The only thing that seems damaged is the hosted engine meta data. > >> > >> I'll test it and report back. > >> > >> - Gilboa > >> > > > > > > Stupid question: > > Won't clean meta data remove the host from the "cluster" and given the > fact that its a single host configuration, require a clean redploy? > > It's not stupid. > > Generally speaking, the metadata is populated by the HA daemons > themselves, not something "external". If a specific host's entry is > missing, they should write it. > > OK. Thanks again for the prompt answer. - Gilboa