[Users] moving ovirt controller

[Vered Volansky]

Hi Rob,

Did you try to upgrade the DB?
Restoring it is only the beginning. Like I said before, under the engine, under packaging/dbscripts, run upgrade.sh .

I'm also trying to get another eye on this, will update.

Regards,
Vered

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Rob Abshear" <rabshear at citytwist.net>
> To: "Vered Volansky" <vered at redhat.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 3:43:50 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] moving ovirt controller
> 
> I just want to move the current controller to new hardware.  That is my
> goal.  My issue, if I may re-explain it, is that the package versions on
> the current controller are older than those on the new controller.  The
> research I have done regarding migrating a controller is that the
> package versions must be the same in order for the database to migrate
> correctly.  I have attempted to backup the database and restore it with
> the version differences, and it does restore, but the web interface is
> blank.  Maybe I'm just missing something.  I have been following the
> instructions at this URL:
> http://www.ovirt.org/User:Adrian15/oVirt_engine_migration
> <http://www.ovirt.org/User:Adrian15/oVirt_engine_migration#Original_package_versions>
> 
> 
> On 12/11/2013 07:36 AM, Vered Volansky wrote:
> > Ohad, can you have a look?
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> From: "Vered Volansky" <vered at redhat.com>
> >> To: "Rob Abshear" <rabshear at citytwist.net>
> >> Cc: users at ovirt.org
> >> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 2:31:10 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [Users] moving ovirt controller
> >>
> >> I'm not sure what is it that you'd like to accomplish.
> >> You mention a DB and then packaging.
> >> Do you just want the current DB working in the new server?
> >> If so just restore it and upgrade (packaging/dbscripts/upgrade.sh).
> >>
> >> In case this is not what you mean, maybe another eye on this would help,
> >> Ohad?
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message -----
> >>> From: "Rob Abshear" <rabshear at citytwist.net>
> >>> To: users at ovirt.org
> >>> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2013 12:54:47 AM
> >>> Subject: [Users] moving ovirt controller
> >>>
> >>> I am running
> >>> ovirt-engine-3.4.0-0.2.master.20131107144332.git214186b.fc18.noarch on a
> >>> server and I want to move it to another physical server.  I did a fresh
> >>> install on the new server and it is running
> >>> ovirt-engine-3.4.0-0.2.master.20131119150718.git949cac2.fc18.noarch. I
> >>> want to migrate the database from the old server to the new server.  How
> >>> can I upgrade the old server so that the package versions match the new
> >>> server?  Or, how can I downgrade the new server so that the packages
> >>> match the old server?
> >>>
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