[Users] Upgrading ovirt-engine from Centos dre repo

[Ofer Schreiber]

----- Original Message -----
> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 1:04 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com>
> wrote:
> 
> > you need to run the upgrade script since the setup locks the rpm's
> > to make
> > sure the code isn't updated without updating the db in sync
> 
> Thanks Itamar,
> 
> I see after running engine-check-update I get..
> 
> 12 Updates available:
>  * ovirt-engine-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-backend-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-config-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-dbscripts-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-genericapi-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-notification-service-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-restapi-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-setup-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-tools-common-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-userportal-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal-3.1.0-3.15.el6.noarch
>  * vdsm-bootstrap-4.10.0-0.191.9.el6.noarch
> 
> Can this update be done on a live system with multiple hosts running?

yes.

> I'm currently running the engine on one of the nodes, which I know
> isn't ideal.
> I've searched a bit regarding the upgrade procedures from 3.1 to 3.1,
> does the DB need backing up, are there any wiki pages on the correct
> steps?

The upgrade should work fine between 3.1 to 3.1, although we never tested it.
the upgrade utility backup the entire DB before starting, feel free to backup the host before that, since you'll probably be the first to try it.recommandedrecommanded

> 
> Thanks very much.
> 
> Regards.
> 
> Neil Wilson.
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