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I know your = meaning and engine-backup command. But I have some questions with your way:= =A1=B0</span><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:&q= uot;Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue">If the hosted-engine needs to be restored for some reason I will just recreat= e the OS and restore the engine database</span><span lang=3D"EN-US" style= =3D"color:#1F497D">=A1=B1.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"color:#1F497D"> &= nbsp; Do you recreate the Guest using original host? And the host nee= dn=A1=AFt to be fresh installed and just excute hosted-engine =A8Cdep= loyed again, we can recreate another OS?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"color:#1F497D"><o:p>&n= bsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"left" style=3D"text-align:left"><b><span st= yle=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:=CB=CE=CC=E5">=B7=A2=BC=FE=C8=CB<span l= ang=3D"EN-US">:</span></span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10= .0pt;font-family:=CB=CE=CC=E5"> Groten, Ryan [mailto:Ryan.Groten@stantec.co= m] <br> </span><b><span style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:=CB=CE=CC=E5">=B7=A2= =CB=CD=CA=B1=BC=E4<span lang=3D"EN-US">:</span></span></b><span lang=3D"EN-= US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:=CB=CE=CC=E5"> 2014</span><span s= tyle=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:=CB=CE=CC=E5">=C4=EA<span lang=3D"EN-U= S">9</span>=D4=C2<span lang=3D"EN-US">5</span>=C8=D5<span lang=3D"EN-US"> 4:29<br> </span><b>=CA=D5=BC=FE=C8=CB<span lang=3D"EN-US">:</span></b><span lang=3D"= EN-US"> Xie, Chao/</span>=D0=BB =B3=AC<span lang=3D"EN-US">; users@ovirt.or= g<br> </span><b>=D6=F7=CC=E2<span lang=3D"EN-US">:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US"= there is a backup/restore utility called engine-backup. You can use = this to backup the RHEV-M database(s) as well as restore. Of course this won=A1=AFt backup the Guest OS itself.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue">My DR = strategy is to simply copy off these engine-backup files to another locatio= n. If the hosted-engine needs to be restored for some reason I will just recreate the OS and restore the engine database.<o:p></o:p></s= pan></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue">Check = this link for documentation:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><a hre= f=3D"https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtu= alization/3.4/html/Administration_Guide/chap-Backups.html">https://access.r= edhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.4/html/Ad= ministration_Guide/chap-Backups.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-CA" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-= family:"Century Gothic","sans-serif";color:blue"><o:p>&= nbsp;</o:p></span></p> <div> <div style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm = 0cm 0cm"> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"left" style=3D"text-align:left"><b><span la= ng=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","= ;sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span lang=3D"EN-US" style=3D"font-size:= 10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> <a href=3D"mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">users-bounces@ovirt.org</a> [<a = href=3D"mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org">mailto:users-bounces@ovirt.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b><a href=3D"mailto:xiec.fnst@cn.fujitsu.com">xiec.fnst@c= n.fujitsu.com</a><br> <b>Sent:</b> September-03-14 9:54 PM<br> <b>To:</b> <a href=3D"mailto:users@ovirt.org">users@ovirt.org</a><br> <b>Subject:</b> [ovirt-users] How to backup/restore the rhevm-VM in hosted-= engine ?<o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </div> <p class=3D"MsoNormal" align=3D"left" style=3D"text-align:left"><span lang= =3D"EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Hi,All<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; As the mauual, I can=A1=AFt find anyway to backup/restore= the rhevm-VM in the hosted-engine. The I just try to backup the storage of= rhevm-VM (using cp =A8Cprf to make a copy of folder). Then I make so= me change and replace the origin RHEVM-VM content with my backup folder (of course I shu= tdown the rhevm-vm first). At last the vm can be up,but the status is <b>NOT</b> health but as below:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Status up-to-date &n= bsp;  = ; : False<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Hostname  = ; &n= bsp; : 193.168.195.24= 8<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Host ID = &nb= sp; : 1<o:p></o= :p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Engine status = &nb= sp; : unknown stale-data<o:p></o:p></span></p=
<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Score &n= bsp;  = ; := 2400<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Local maintenance &n= bsp;  = ; : False<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Host timestamp  = ; &= nbsp; : 1409743461<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">Extra metadata (valid at timest= amp):<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; metadata_parse_version=3D1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; metadata_feature_version=3D1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; timestamp=3D1409743461 (Wed Sep 3 07:24:21 2014)<o:= p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; host-id=3D1<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; score=3D2400<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; maintenance=3DFalse<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"> &= nbsp; state=3DEngineUp<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D<o:p></o:p></span>= </p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span lang=3D"EN-US">So are there some proper way to= backup the rhevm-vm? <o:p></o:p></span></p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_EE4D679B9474414187D2E27D8B6890F6931EEFG08CNEXMBPEKD03g0_--