[ovirt-users] How to run "engine-backup"?

[Simone Tiraboschi]

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Will Dennis <wdennis at nec-labs.com> wrote:

> n/m, found this URL cleverly concealed in the output of “—help” ;)
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> http://www.ovirt.org/Ovirt-engine-backup
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> Still would be good to know how I could get a console...
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You have more options:
1. You can just ssh to the engine VM; if you deployed using the appliance
you were asked about setting its root password via cloud-init.
2. Since 3.6.1, the engine will import the hosted-engine storage domain and
you'll see the engine VM in the engine. You could open its console from
here as for other VMs.
3. You could directly connect to it with VNC/spice also from other hosts:
on the host where the engine VM runs:
  [root at c72het20151222h1 vdsm_logs]# hosted-engine --add-console-password
  Enter password:
code = 0
message = 'Done'
on your machine:
   /bin/remote-viewer vnc://<host_ip>:5900
4. You could use the VM virtio serial console if the VM is configured for
that (and the engine appliance is) as described here:
http://www.ovirt.org/Serial_Console_Setup#I_need_to_access_the_console_the_old_way




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> *From:* Will Dennis
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:37 PM
> *To:* 'Simone Tiraboschi'
> *Cc:* users
> *Subject:* RE: [ovirt-users] How to run "engine-backup"?
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> Are there any docs on using this (other than the ‘—help” option text)?
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> Also, I do not have a GUI environment on my oVirt hosts; how to I display
> the console of the hosted engine VM if I need it?
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> *From:* Simone Tiraboschi [mailto:stirabos at redhat.com
> <stirabos at redhat.com>]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:44 AM
> *To:* Will Dennis
> *Cc:* users
> *Subject:* Re: [ovirt-users] How to run "engine-backup"?
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> yes, engine-backup is on the engine VM :-)
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