[Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1

[Dominic Kaiser]

So what is the answer we have to blow away our installations?  What?  That
sounds like an awful way to upgrade.

dk

On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>>
>>
>> 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.....
>>
>> 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...
>>
>> - 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.
>>
>>  ______________________________**__________ 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
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I know I am not the 1st to ask, and I know I will not be the
>>> last....
>>>
>>> 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...
>>>
>>> Can I do the same thing via a Clean Install of F17 (I do not like
>>> Upgrades of OS's) ?
>>>
>>> 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 ?
>>>
>>> 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 ?
>>>
>>> Is this Documented yet ?
>>>
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