[Users] Documentation: Storage Domain conversion from Data Domain to Export Domain

[Simon Grinberg]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
> To: "Michael Ayers" <ayersmj at redhat.com>
> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 10:57:52 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Documentation: Storage Domain conversion from Data Domain to Export Domain
> 
> On 10/30/2012 09:29 PM, Michael Ayers wrote:
> > Hey All,
> >
> > I ran into this issue myself where I needed to convert a data
> > domain to
> > an export domain in order to recover virtual guests from a
> > corrupted
> > ovirt/rhevm instance into a new ovirt/rhevm instance.  This wasn’t
> > documented anywhere that I saw but with the help of Itamar Heim and
> > an
> > well timed email to the list from Igor Lvovsky last night I was
> > able to
> > do this and wanted to send to the list a documented procedure for
> > how to
> > modify the metadata of the data domain prior to import as an export
> > domain.  This procedure works for both RHEV-M and Ovirt.  Let me
> > know if
> > you have any questions.
> 
> glad it worked.

Will this work if the recovered storage domain was not the master?


> care to wikify for others?
> 
> thanks,
>    Itamar
> 
> >
> > Original Data Domain Metadata File
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > CLASS=Data
> >
> > DESCRIPTION=vm-storage
> >
> > IOOPTIMEOUTSEC=10
> >
> > LEASERETRIES=3
> >
> > LEASETIMESEC=60
> >
> > LOCKPOLICY=
> >
> > LOCKRENEWALINTERVALSEC=5
> >
> > MASTER_VERSION=2
> >
> > POOL_DESCRIPTION=MyPool
> >
> > POOL_DOMAINS=dd8bc200-6e28-4185-bfe0-f0affb94f283:Active,ddefdf6c-ef68-419c-9f72-76d27bf7d788:Active,66b3b243-6cc6-465f-b130-6f2cd0b70514:Active
> >
> > POOL_SPM_ID=2
> >
> > POOL_SPM_LVER=17
> >
> > POOL_UUID=a207f052-f4bf-44a3-b637-c6d2020a7c41
> >
> > REMOTE_PATH=nfsserver:/ovirt/vm-storage
> >
> > ROLE=Master
> >
> > SDUUID=66b3b243-6cc6-465f-b130-6f2cd0b70514
> >
> > TYPE=NFS
> >
> > VERSION=0
> >
> > _SHA_CKSUM=009fa538321ac56749669127f43cc754aa59d398
> >
> > Diff between Original DD Metadata File and ED Metadata File
> >
> > --------------------------------------------------
> >
> > --- metadata-data-storage       2012-10-30 12:24:52.484006958 -0700
> >
> > +++ metadata-exp-storage        2012-10-30 12:14:59.043807789 -0700
> >
> > @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> >
> > -CLASS=Data
> >
> > -DESCRIPTION=vm-storage
> >
> > +CLASS=Backup
> >
> > +DESCRIPTION=export-storage
> >
> > IOOPTIMEOUTSEC=10
> >
> > LEASERETRIES=3
> >
> > LEASETIMESEC=60
> >
> > @@ -7,13 +7,12 @@
> >
> > LOCKRENEWALINTERVALSEC=5
> >
> > MASTER_VERSION=2
> >
> > POOL_DESCRIPTION=MyPool
> >
> > -POOL_DOMAINS=dd8bc200-6e28-4185-bfe0-f0affb94f283:Active,ddefdf6c-ef68-419c-9f72-76d27bf7d788:Active,66b3b243-6cc6-465f-b130-6f2cd0b70514:Active
> >
> > +POOL_DOMAINS=
> >
> > POOL_SPM_ID=2
> >
> > POOL_SPM_LVER=17
> >
> > -POOL_UUID=a207f052-f4bf-44a3-b637-c6d2020a7c41
> >
> > -REMOTE_PATH=nfsserver:/ovirt/vm-storage
> >
> > -ROLE=Master
> >
> > +POOL_UUID=
> >
> > +REMOTE_PATH=nfsserver:/ovirt/export-storage
> >
> > +ROLE=Regular
> >
> > SDUUID=66b3b243-6cc6-465f-b130-6f2cd0b70514
> >
> > TYPE=NFS
> >
> > VERSION=0
> >
> > -_SHA_CKSUM=009fa538321ac56749669127f43cc754aa59d398
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Michael
> >
> > -------------------------------------
> >
> > Michael J. Ayers
> >
> > Red Hat Inc.
> >
> > Solutions Architect
> >
> > e: ayersmj at redhat.com <mailto:ayersmj at redhat.com>
> >
> > w: www.redhat.com <http://www.redhat.com/>
> >
> >
> >
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