[Users] Is there a way to force remove a host?

[Jason Brooks]

On Mon 24 Sep 2012 01:24:44 PM PDT, Itamar Heim wrote:
> On 09/24/2012 08:49 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
>> This conversation is fine but if I want to force remove no matter what I
>> should be able to from the GUI.  The nodes are no longer available I
>> want to get rid of them ovirt does not let me.  I can delete from
>> database but why not from the GUI?  I am sure others may run into this
>> problem as well.
>
> what happens to the status of the host when you right click on the
> host and specify you confirm it was shutdown?

I'm having this same issue. Confirming the host is shut down doesn't 
make a difference.

I'm seeing lots of "Failed to GlusterHostRemoveVDS, error = Unexpected 
exception" errors in my engine log that seem to correspond w/ the 
failed remove host attempts.


>
>>
>> Dominic
>>
>> On Sep 22, 2012 4:19 PM, "Eli Mesika" <emesika at redhat.com
>> <mailto:emesika at redhat.com>> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>     ----- Original Message -----
>>      > From: "Douglas Landgraf" <dougsland at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:dougsland at redhat.com>>
>>      > To: "Dominic Kaiser" <dominic at bostonvineyard.org
>>     <mailto:dominic at bostonvineyard.org>>
>>      > Cc: "Eli Mesika" <emesika at redhat.com
>>     <mailto:emesika at redhat.com>>, users at ovirt.org
>>     <mailto:users at ovirt.org>, "Robert Middleswarth"
>>     <robert at middleswarth.net <mailto:robert at middleswarth.net>>
>>      > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2012 8:12:27 PM
>>      > Subject: Re: [Users] Is there a way to force remove a host?
>>      >
>>      > Hi Dominic,
>>      >
>>      > On 09/20/2012 12:11 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
>>      > > Sorry I did not explain.
>>      > >
>>      > > I had tried to remove the host and had not luck
>> troubleshooting it.
>>      > >  I
>>      > > then had removed it and used it for a storage unit reinstalling
>>      > > fedora
>>      > > 17.  I foolishly thought that I could just remove the host
>>      > > manually.
>>      > >  It physically is not there. (My fault I know)  Is there a
>> way that
>>      > > you know of to remove a host brute force.
>>      > >
>>      > > dk
>>      >
>>      > Fell free to try the below script (not part of official
>> project) for
>>      > brute force:
>>      >
>>      > (from the engine side)
>>      > # yum install python-psycopg2 -y
>>      > # wget
>>      >
>>
>> https://raw.github.com/dougsland/misc-rhev/master/engine_force_remove_Host.py
>>
>>      > # (edit the file and change the db password)
>>      > # python ./engine_force_remove_Host.py
>>
>>     Hi , had looked in the Python script you had provided:
>>     First, I must say that handling the database directly may leave DB
>>     in inconsistent state, therefore, if there is no other option, the
>>     database should be backed up prior to this operation.
>>     In addition, I do not like the execution of the SQL statements in
>>     the script.
>>     There is a SP called DeleteVds(v_vds_id UUID) and you should use
>>     that since it encapsulates all details.
>>     For example, your script does not handle permission clean-up as the
>>     SP does and therefore leaves garbage in the database.
>>     In addition, a failure in your script may leave database in
>>     inconsistent state while the SP is executed in one transaction and
>>     will leave DB consistent.
>>     So, in short I would prefer in this case that the relevant SP will
>>     do the clean-up since this is the one that is used by the code and
>>     that insures (at least I hope so) , that all related entities are
>>     removed as well.
>>
>>
>>      >
>>      > Thanks
>>      >
>>      > --
>>      > Cheers
>>      > Douglas
>>      >
>>      >
>>
>>
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