[Users] Upgrading ovirt-engine from Centos dre repo

[Robert Middleswarth]

On 07/31/2012 08:17 AM, Ofer Schreiber wrote:
>
> ----- 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
I have used it several times.  The 1st time I tired it failed badly but 
I upgrade the wrong way.  AKA I uninstalled the old packages and 
installed new once when the format of the packages changed.  However 
since then I have done upgrade using engine-upgrade twice without issue.
>
>> Thanks very much.
>>
>> Regards.
>>
>> Neil Wilson.
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