[Users] Importing an existing gluster setup

Sahina Bose sabose at redhat.com
Wed Aug 28 10:23:28 EDT 2013


On 08/28/2013 07:41 PM, Nux! wrote:
> On 28.08.2013 14:54, Sahina Bose wrote:
>> On 08/28/2013 06:36 PM, Kanagaraj wrote:
>>> On 08/28/2013 06:16 PM, Nux! wrote:
>>>> On 28.08.2013 13:19, Sahina Bose wrote:
>>>>> On 08/28/2013 05:44 PM, Nux! wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>> I have an existing gluster cluster, it's in production and fully 
>>>>>> functional. I'd like to be able to manage it from within Ovirt.
>>>>>> Can anyone tell me if I can import this gluster setup as it is? I 
>>>>>> don't want Ovirt to change anything on those hosts.
>>>>> Yes, you can, using the Import cluster option when you create a
>>>>> cluster with gluster services enabled (Do not enable virt services on
>>>>> cluster)
>>>>>
>>>>> This will install vdsm on the hosts, but should not affect the
>>>>> gluster setup in any other way.
>>>>
>>>> Hello Sahina,
>>>>
>>>> I've added my existing gluster hosts as well as the VM running the 
>>>> ovirt-engine. It installed vdsm on this VM, set up a bridge called 
>>>> ovirtmgmt and rebooted it. Can you assure me this will not happen 
>>>> with the hosts I have in production. For the moment I cut access 
>>>> for ovirt to the gluster hosts.. my heart just froze when I saw 
>>>> that reboot. :)
>>>>
>>>
>>> It is not supposed to reboot if you have created the cluster with 
>>> 'Enable Gluster service' checked and 'Enable Virt Service' un-checked.
>>
>> This is true for Ovirt version 3.3. Which version are you using?
>
> I have installed 3.2, and only the "gluster" bit so I did not see any 
> "Enable Virt Service".
> Should I upgrade to 3.3?

Yes, since in 3.2 the hosts reboot even for gluster clusters.
You might want to consider waiting till the 3.3 GA build is out.(next week)



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