[Users] Lost our management server.. have DB backup but no /etc/pki/

[Itamar Heim]

On 20/02/2013 16:53, Saint Keimond wrote:
> All,
>    Thank you for your help! I love the linux community.
>
> I actually was able to get my system up 2 days ago. I did a fresh
> minimal install of F17, and ovirt 3.1.
> * ran engine-setup trying to use as many of the same variables as I
> would have around a year ago.
> * shutdown jboss-as and ovirt-engine
> * imported the database
> * started services back up
> * ran engine-config to reset the password
> * restarted services
> * was able to log in
> * Had to wait roughly 10-15 minutes before ovirt decided that nothing
> was running and I could finally delete the nodes from my cluster
> * Re-added the nodes.. they got the new certificates
> * Networking & Storage (I use ISCSI) came back just fine
> * SUCCESS !!! (such a great feeling)
>
> . . . . and now you IDIOT (me) . . . . back up the certificates too!
>
> ---David

please wikify for other who may need this in the future.
thanks

>
> On 2/18/13 5:00 AM, Adrian Gibanel wrote:
>> If it can help I wrote an oVirt engine migration page for oVirt 3.1 on:
>>
>> http://www.ovirt.org/User:Adrian15/oVirt_engine_migration
>>
>> . I suppose some of the steps might be adapted for your case easily.
>>
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>>
>>     *De: *"Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
>>     *Para: *"Saint Keimond" <st.keimond at gmail.com>
>>     *CC: *users at ovirt.org
>>     *Enviados: *Domingo, 17 de Febrero 2013 9:26:34
>>     *Asunto: *Re: [Users] Lost our management server.. have DB backup
>>     but no        /etc/pki/
>>
>>     On 17/02/2013 04:17, Saint Keimond wrote:
>>     > Hello,
>>     >    We lost our Fedora 17 server with ovirt 3.1 on it. We have a good
>>     > database backup but do not have have any certificates. From what
>>     I read,
>>     > it is possible to still do a restore.. we just have to rejoin
>>     all the
>>     > nodes so that they get a new certificate.
>>     >
>>     > I've tried to bring the database in to a fresh 3.1 install and a
>>     fresh
>>     > 3.2 install.. with no success on either. I need some helping
>>     figuring
>>     > this out :)
>>     >
>>     >
>>     > Thanks,
>>     >     David
>>
>>     i don't remember the exact process of the top of my head, but it
>>     should
>>     be either:
>>     1. restore db, then install ovirt (exact same version by re-using the
>>         db.
>>     2. install ovirt, restore the db over it, and fix some config
>>     entries to
>>     correctly map the new certificates.
>>
>>     then just remove hosts and re-add them to generate new certs for them
>>     (or just move them to maint and re-install them via the link that
>>     should
>>     appear in the general subtab)
>>
>>
>>
>>
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