[Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1

[Itamar Heim]

On 08/09/2012 02:35 PM, Gavin Spurgeon wrote:

Eli/Ofer/Juan - what was the result of fixing the upgrade script to work 
from 3.0 to 3.1?

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> On 08/09/2012 11:55 AM, Jacob Wyatt wrote:
>> See the migration instructions at the bottom of the relese notes.
>> Basically you shut down all of your VMs, export them to your export
>> domain.  Now all you have to do is preserve that export domain
>> storage.  Everything else should be blown away and rebuilt as a
>> completely new install.  Then you import that storage domain you
>> saved and restore the VM's.  It worked just fine for me.
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> But this requires that my entire Production Environment being
> off-line, to do a point update of the oVirt from 3.0 to 3.1.....
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> oVirt Nodes can run without a Manager being present and all Guest will
> stay Up and running. What if, Taking the whole environment off line,
> is not an option...
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> - From a DR point of view, oVirt needs a Backup solution to backup the
> Manager, and more importantly a Restore Option that would mean you can
> bring an oVirt Manager Back online without the whole lot being off-line.
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>> ________________________________________ From:
>> users-bounces at ovirt.org [users-bounces at ovirt.org] on behalf of
>> Gavin Spurgeon [gspurgeon at dageek.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, August 08,
>> 2012 11:35 AM To: users at ovirt.org Cc: Dale Macartney Subject: Re:
>> [Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1
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>> Hi All,
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>> I know I am not the 1st to ask, and I know I will not be the
>> last....
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>> I have oVirt3.0 on F16, The Release Notes for 3.1 give a guide on
>> how to upgrade oVirt to 3.1 via a Fedora Upgrade...
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>> Can I do the same thing via a Clean Install of F17 (I do not like
>> Upgrades of OS's) ?
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>> Or is there a documented DR procedure assuming the host was backed
>> up and a new Host/OS had to be used to get oVirt back on-line ?
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>> Basically, What do I need to backup to then bring down the
>> F16/oVirt3.0 Box and replace it with a F17/oVirt3.1 Box ?
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>> Is this Documented yet ?
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