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

[Yedidyah Bar David]

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Simone Tiraboschi <stirabos at redhat.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Will Dennis <wdennis at nec-labs.com> wrote:
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>> 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

You can also check:

http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Console

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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]
>> 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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Didi