[Users] [oVirt 3.1] reinstallation

[Dave Neary]

Hi,

On 10/11/2012 03:52 AM, Andres Gonzalez wrote:
> I'm trying to reinstall but when I execute: engine-cleanup I get the
> following errors:

<snip>

> Stopping ovirt-engine service...                        [ ERROR ]
>
> Error: Couldn't connect to the database server.Check that connection is
> working and rerun the cleanup utility
> Error: Cleanup failed.
> please check log at
> /var/log/ovirt-engine/engine-cleanup_2012_10_10_23_38_30.log

I had the same issue and found out what the problem was by looking in 
the oVirt start-up logs - the issue was that the database was not 
starting, because of an operating system setting (which I documented in 
http://wiki.ovirt.org/wiki/Troubleshooting in the section "I am having 
trouble connecting to the database. In the system log, I get the 
following message from Postgres").

The issue is that SHMMAX is set low on Fedora 17 by default, and you 
need to increase it.

Let me know if this is the problem, or whether this is a different issue 
for you.

Thanks,
Dave.

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