[Users] Fedora upgrading from 3.1 to 3.2
Alex Lourie
alourie at redhat.com
Sun Jun 23 09:35:51 UTC 2013
Hi Karli
I've written up all we know at [1], please try to follow it (if you
haven't yet) and let us know how it goes. If anything goes wrong, we
will look for the ways to resolve it.
Alex.
[1] http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_3.1_to_3.2_upgrade
On Thu, Jun 20, 2013 at 8:05 PM, Alex Lourie <alourie at redhat.com> wrote:
> Hi Karli
>
> I am reviewing all the actions again, and hopefully will have
> something
> documented on Sunday.
>
> Alex.
>
> On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 10:46 AM, Karli Sjöberg
> <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> wrote:
> > tis 2013-06-18 klockan 10:06 +0300 skrev Moran Goldboim: On
> > 06/17/2013 02:51 PM, Karli Sjöberg wrote:
> >>
> >>
> > mån 2013-06-17 klockan 10:11 +0003 skrev Alex Lourie: On Fri,
> > Jun 14, 2013 at 12:26 PM, Karli Sjöberg <Karli.Sjoberg at slu.se>
> >>>> wrote:
> >>>> > Hi!
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> Hi Karli,
> >>>>
> >>>> >
> >>>> > More than two months have passed without any notices or
> updates
> >>>> on
> >>>> > this issue, and looking at the bugreport absolutely nothing
> has
> >>>> been
> >>>> > done since then. What´s confusing me is that the release
> >>>> management
> >>>> > for oVirt 3.2 has this clearly printed:
> >>>> > "MUST: Upgrade from previous release"
> >>>> >
> >>>> > And you all seem too busy with getting the next release out of
> >>>> the
> >>>> > door before fixing the current... What gives? Don´t you care
> >>>> about
> >>>> > early adopters?
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> >>>> I apologise that this issue wasn't taken care of yet. It is
> clear
> >>>> that
> >>>> the priorities of developers shifted towards work on features in
> >>>> 3.3
> >>>> release, which feature freeze is happening in about 2 weeks, so
> >>>> you can
> >>>> understand the time pressure they all have. There's no need to
> be
> >>>> angry
> >>>> about that. It is an open source project and as resources for
> the
> >>>> development are limited, we're trying to do our best to cover as
> >>>> much
> >>>> issues as possible. This can lead to situations as this issue,
> >>>> which
> >>>> may be left behind for some time.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> I´m not angry, as I stated before, I´m more confused, and maybe
> a
> >>> little disappointed that important(in my opinion) pieces of a
> >>> projects continuum have been ignored like that. I´m having a
> hard
> >>> time understanding the reasoning behind the priorities that have
> >>> made this issue appear. In my mind, making sure that users of any
> >>> project are able to follow between minor upgrades is a given,
> with
> >>> a schedule like; 1) Feature freeze, 2) Fix release blockers
> >>> (upgrading being one of them), 3) Release, in that order. Now
> >>> what´s happening is that you are kind of hoping to drag this out
> >>> until the problem goes away by itself when you decide it´s time
> to
> >>> stop supporting 3.1.
> >>>
> >>>> That said, the process for upgrading the oVirt 3.1 on Fedora 17
> to
> >>>> oVirt 3.2 on Fedora 18 is complex and non-trivial, that's why it
> >>>> is
> >>>> taking time to resolve all the issues that come up in the
> process.
> >>>>
> >>>> If this matter is not extremely urgent, we are currently working
> >>>> on a
> >>>> tool that may make this upgrade easier, albeit, maybe, not
> >>>> completely
> >>>> automatic.
> >>>>
> >>>> On the other hand, if this is a completely and utterly urgent,
> we
> >>>> may
> >>>> try to guide you through possible manual attempts to perform the
> >>>> upgrade. Mind though, that they weren't thoroughly tested, and
> not
> >>>> promised to go smoothly or even work, and we may have to think
> >>>> about
> >>>> possible alternative solutions on the go.
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> Straight answer: Am I ever going to be able to upgrade from 3.1
> to
> >>> 3.2?
> >>>
> >>> My concern (fear) is about being left behind, abandoned. It makes
> >>> me feel non-important. Just like any admin, the work put down to
> >>> make Templates, to set up quotas, create VMPools, a dozen of
> >>> guests. And then have to export everything (nullifying the idea
> of
> >>> "Thin Provisioning"), redo every Role, reset every permission,
> >>> quota, and so on, isn´t (in my opinion) viable in the long run
> for
> >>> oVirt as a project to demand. That´s why I had the notion that
> >>> upgrading surely had to be a high priority. Was I wrong about
> that?
> >>>
> >>
> >> upgrade actually was high priority task, but due to lots of
> platform
> >> (fedora 18) changes, it became a huge operation to support it
> (which
> >> comes on top new features/bugs/support etc.).
> >> in addition we have noticed that the interest from the community
> >> regarding it, is very limited.
> >>
> >> from where i see i we have couple of options:
> >> -if there is enough interest from the community we can give it
> >> another go (though i think most of it moved long ago to oVirt 3.2)
> >>
> >
> > You certainly have my interest at least;)
> >
> >> -we can help individuals by making a migration (3.1->3.2) document
> >> on fedora base systems- we'll probably need your assistance on
> >> testing side here
> >>
> >
> > A document explaining how to upgrade would be completly acceptable
> > for me. I´m not asking for a turnkey command that makes everything
> > for me, I´ve managed to get quite far by myself any way. I would
> > love to help testing the procedure, as I´ve stated before, we have
> > set up a dedicated test environment dedicated for this specific
> > upgrade task in mind, with engine, hosts and storage somewhat equal
> > to the production system. Please, if there´s anything I can do to
> > help, don´t hesitate to ask!
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>>
> >>>> Best regards,
> >>>> Alex Lourie,
> >>>> Software Developer in Integration,
> >>>> RHEV, Red Hat.
> >>>>
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Best Regards
> >>>> > Karli Sjöberg
> >>>> >
> >>>> > fre 2013-04-05 klockan 10:24 +0200 skrev Sandro Bonazzola: Hi
> >>>> Karli,
> >>>> >> we're still working on it
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> Il 02/04/2013 12:22, Karli Sjöberg ha scritto:
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> > Hi,
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> has there been any progress regarding this matter?
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> Best Regards
> >>>> >>> Karli Sjöberg
> >>>> >>>
> >>>> >>> fre 2013-03-15 klockan 14:12 +0000 skrev Karli Sjöberg:
> >>>> >>>> fre 2013-03-15 klockan 14:59 +0100 skrev Sandro Bonazzola:
> >>>> >>>>> Il 13/03/2013 12:24, Karli Sjöberg ha scritto:
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>> ons 2013-03-13 klockan 12:00 +0100 skrev Dave Neary: Hi
> >>>> Karli,
> >>>> >>>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>>> On 03/11/2013 12:16 PM, Karli Sjöberg wrote:
> >>>> >>>>>>> > Hi,
> >>>> >>>>>>> >
> >>>> >>>>>>> > in the absence of any official path, we have started
> >>>> working
> >>>> >>>>>>> out our own
> >>>> >>>>>>> > procedure for going from oVirt-3.1/Fedora 17 to
> >>>> >>>>>>> oVirt-3.2/Fedora 18.
> >>>> >>>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>>> Indeed, I have not seen any documentation in the wiki
> yet
> >>>> on
> >>>> >>>>>>> upgrading
> >>>> >>>>>>> oVirt - would you be interested in writing up your
> >>>> experiences
> >>>> >>>>>>> there as
> >>>> >>>>>>> a guide to others?
> >>>> >>>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>>> Thanks!
> >>>> >>>>>>> Dave.
> >>>> >>>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>> That was my intention to share a working procedure once
> it
> >>>> was
> >>>> >>>>>> complete but I unfortunately hit a wall at
> >>>> "engine-upgrade". I
> >>>> >>>>>> would be very glad, and able to continue, if that
> obstacle
> >>>> could
> >>>> >>>>>> be lifted.
> >>>> >>>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> My experience in upgrading from oVirt-3.1/Fedora 17 to
> >>>> >>>>> oVirt-3.2/Fedora 18:
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> On Fedora 17:
> >>>> >>>>> Be sure to have the latest updates running: yum distro-sync
> >>>> >>>>> Set exclude=ovirt* in /etc/yum.conf
> >>>> >>>>> Execute: fedup --disablerepo=ovirt* --network 18
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> When you have a running Fedora 18:
> >>>> >>>>> # systemctl list-units --failed
> >>>> >>>>> UNIT LOAD ACTIVE SUB DESCRIPTION
> >>>> >>>>> httpd.service loaded failed failed The Apache HTTP
> >>>> Server
> >>>> >>>>> postgresql.service loaded failed failed PostgreSQL
> database
> >>>> server
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # systemctl stop postgresql.service
> >>>> >>>>> # tar cJvf pgsql-backup.tar.xz /var/lib/pgsql/data/
> >>>> >>>>> # yum install postgresql-upgrade
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # cp /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
> /root/pg_hba.conf.ovirt
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> edit /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf changing md5 to trust
> >>>> on the
> >>>> >>>>> local line.
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # diff -u pg_hba.conf.ovirt pg_hba.conf
> >>>> >>>>> --- pg_hba.conf.ovirt 2013-01-30 20:58:49.404000000 +0100
> >>>> >>>>> +++ pg_hba.conf 2013-01-30 20:59:06.709000000 +0100
> >>>> >>>>> @@ -77,7 +77,7 @@
> >>>> >>>>> # TYPE DATABASE USER ADDRESS
>
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>> METHOD
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # "local" is for Unix domain socket connections only
> >>>> >>>>> -local all all
>
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>> md5
> >>>> >>>>> +local all all
>
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>> trust
> >>>> >>>>> # IPv4 local connections:
> >>>> >>>>> host all all 127.0.0.1/32
>
> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>> md5
> >>>> >>>>> # IPv6 local connections:
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # postgresql-setup upgrade
> >>>> >>>>> Redirecting to /bin/systemctl stop postgresql.service
> >>>> >>>>> Upgrading database: OK
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> See /var/lib/pgsql/pgupgrade.log for details.
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # cp /root/pg_hba.conf.ovirt
> /var/lib/pgsql/data/pg_hba.conf
> >>>> >>>>> # systemctl postgrsql.service restart
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> edit /etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf:
> >>>> >>>>> # diff -u ssl.conf.ovirt ssl.conf
> >>>> >>>>> --- ssl.conf.ovirt 2013-01-30 21:21:06.906000000 +0100
> >>>> >>>>> +++ ssl.conf 2013-01-30 21:22:02.757000000 +0100
> >>>> >>>>> @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> >>>> >>>>> # consult the online docs. You have been warned.
> >>>> >>>>> #
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> -LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
> >>>> >>>>> +#LoadModule ssl_module modules/mod_ssl.so
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> #
> >>>> >>>>> # When we also provide SSL we have to listen to the
> >>>> >>>>> @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
> >>>> >>>>> # Semaphore:
> >>>> >>>>> # Configure the path to the mutual exclusion semaphore
> the
> >>>> >>>>> # SSL engine uses internally for inter-process
> >>>> >>>>> synchronization.
> >>>> >>>>> -SSLMutex default
> >>>> >>>>> +#SSLMutex default
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # Pseudo Random Number Generator (PRNG):
> >>>> >>>>> # Configure one or more sources to seed the PRNG of the
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # /bin/systemctl restart httpd.service
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> Remove the line exclude=ovirt* from /etc/yum.conf
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> # yum update ovirt-engine-setup
> >>>> >>>>> # engine-upgrade
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>> However, during the upgrade I've stepped into
> >>>> >>>>> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=906270
> >>>> >>>>> We are still working on the upgrade actions.
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>> Our procedures looks almost exactly the same, and we have
> >>>> gotten
> >>>> >>>> just as far as you have. Good to know.
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>> /Karli
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>>>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >> --
> >>>> >> Sandro Bonazzola
> >>>> >> Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community
> >>>> >> collaboration.
> >>>> >> See how it works at redhat.com
> >>>> >>
> >>>> >
> >>>> > --
> >>>> >
> >>>> > Med Vänliga Hälsningar
> >>>> >
> >>>>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>>> > Karli Sjöberg
> >>>> > Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
> >>>> > Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kronåsvägen 8)
> >>>> > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
> >>>> > Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66
> >>>> > karli.sjoberg at slu.se
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>>
> >>> Med Vänliga Hälsningar
> >>>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >>> Karli Sjöberg
> >>> Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
> >>> Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kronåsvägen 8)
> >>> S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
> >>> Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66
> >>> karli.sjoberg at slu.se
> >>>
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> >
> > --
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> >
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Karli Sjöberg
> > Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
> > Box 7079 (Visiting Address Kronåsvägen 8)
> > S-750 07 Uppsala, Sweden
> > Phone: +46-(0)18-67 15 66
> > karli.sjoberg at slu.se
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