[ovirt-users] Re: move ovirt 4.3.9 to RHEL 8

Ummm.. I realize it's been a while but aren't you supposed to install ovirt-engine-setup and not ovirt-engine? -derek Sent using my mobile device. Please excuse any typos. On January 29, 2021 8:29:00 PM Paul Dyer <pmdyermms(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > thanks Gianluca for the well thought out response. I started over and > tried to install RHEL 8 with ovirt 4.4. I ran into a few problems, which > may be related. First was that the module javapackages-tools could not be > found. > > # yum module enable javapackages-tools > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:17:45 ago on Fri 29 Jan 2021 07:02:20 > PM CST. > Error: Problems in request: > missing groups or modules: javapackages-tools > > > Then, the install of ovirt-engine relies on apache-commons-compress, but > no version could pass module filtering. > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum install ovirt-engine > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:12:16 ago on Fri 29 Jan 2021 07:02:20 > PM CST. > Error: > Problem: package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - cannot install the best candidate for the job > - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-1.module+el8.2.1+6727+059d025f.noarch is > filtered out by modular filtering > - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-3.module+el8.2.1+7436+4afdca1f.noarch is > filtered out by modular filtering > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages or '--nobest' > to use not only best candidate packages) > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum install ovirt-engine --nobest > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:14:26 ago on Fri 29 Jan 2021 07:02:20 > PM CST. > Error: > Problem: conflicting requests > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.0.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.10-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.2-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.1.8-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.2.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.10-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.11-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.12-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.6-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.8-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.3.9-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.1-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.2-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.3-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.4-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.5-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package ovirt-engine-4.4.4.7-1.el8.noarch requires > apache-commons-compress, but none of the providers can be installed > - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-1.module+el8.2.1+6727+059d025f.noarch is > filtered out by modular filtering > - package > apache-commons-compress-1.20-3.module+el8.2.1+7436+4afdca1f.noarch is > filtered out by modular filtering > (try to add '--skip-broken' to skip uninstallable packages) > (failed reverse-i-search)`java=': yum module list |grep -i ^Cva > > > Sorry for the length of these errors. I just thought --nobest might > find something for me. > > Here is the enabled modules.... > > [root@r8-bacchus yum.repos.d]# yum module list --enabled > Updating Subscription Management repositories. > Last metadata expiration check: 0:23:39 ago on Fri 29 Jan 2021 07:02:20 > PM CST. > Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 for x86_64 - AppStream (RPMs) > Name Stream Profiles Summary > > container-tools rhel8 [d][e] common [ Most recent (rolling) versions > of podma > d] n, buildah, skopeo, runc, > conmon, runc, > conmon, CRIU, Udica, etc as > well as de > pendencies such as > container-selinux bu > ilt and tested together, and > updated as > frequently as every 12 weeks. > pki-deps 10.6 [e] PKI Dependencies module for PKI > 10.6 or > later > postgresql 12 [e] client, PostgreSQL server and client > module > server [ > d] > python36 3.6 [d][e] build, c Python programming language, > version 3. > ommon [d 6 > ] > satellite-5-client 1.0 [d][e] common [ Red Hat Satellite 5 client > packages > d], gui > virt rhel [d][e] common [ Virtualization module > > d] > > Hint: [d]efault, [e]nabled, [x]disabled, [i]nstalled > > > Paul > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 5:21 PM Gianluca Cecchi < > gianluca.cecchi(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: > >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2021 at 8:44 PM Paul Dyer <pmdyermms(a)gmail.com&gt; wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I am laying the groupwork for upgrade ovirt to 4.4. Since the >>> standalone ovirt mgr is now running on RHEL 7, I have installed RHEL 8 to a >>> new VM. Unfortunately, after installing ovirt-release43, I am not able to >>> find documentation for the dnf modules required. All the current >>> documentation point to ovirt-release44 and dnf modules not available for >>> ovirt 4.3/RHEL 8. >>> >>> >>> >> oVirt 4.3.x (both engine server and hypervisors) are only based on >> CentOS 7.x or RH EL 7.x >> oVirt 4.4.y (both engine server and hypervisors) are only based on >> CentOS 8.x or RH EL 8.x >> >> I think 4.3 on RH EL 8 never tested at all by the developers. >> >> If your target is upgrade from 4.3 to 4.4 you have to do an >> "application" backup of the 4.3 engine (see the link at the bottom) and >> restore it on the new engine in 4.4, that is a scratch install on a new >> system, but can have the same ip/hostname as the old engine server, so that >> it could be transparent from an user access point of view. >> Already done both on oVirt and RHV with external engine, local database. >> The old engine and the new one are two vSphere virtual machines. >> You can install the new engine based on RH EL 8 with temporary network >> parameters and then as soon as you have completed the backup of the 4.3 one >> and copied over it you can shutdown the 4.3 engine server, to keep at a >> minimum the absence of an engine for the environment that anyway doesn't >> compromise the workload of your virtual machines. >> Of course HA reactions or live migration are not possible in this time >> frame without an engine. >> The restore and the reconfiguration take minutes if you prepare the new >> engine server in advance. >> >> Read also here for the full details: >> https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/upgrade_guide/ >> >> HIH, >> Gianluca >> >> > > -- > Paul Dyer, > Mercury Consulting Group, RHCE > 504-338-8750 > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/GY34KCSUCDN... >