[Users] Wondering about updating ovirt from 3.0 to 3.1

[Itamar Heim]

On 08/09/2012 11:41 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
> So what is the answer we have to blow away our installations?  What?
>   That sounds like an awful way to upgrade.

that is the question i asked below, so would wait for a reply first.

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> dk
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> On Thu, Aug 9, 2012 at 10:50 AM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com
> <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>> wrote:
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>     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:
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>             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 <mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org>
>             [users-bounces at ovirt.org <mailto:users-bounces at ovirt.org>]
>             on behalf of
>             Gavin Spurgeon [gspurgeon at dageek.co.uk
>             <mailto:gspurgeon at dageek.co.uk>] Sent: Wednesday, August 08,
>             2012 11:35 AM To: users at ovirt.org <mailto: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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