[ovirt-users] Change network of ovirt-nodes of a self-hosted engine cluster

Yedidyah Bar David didi at redhat.com
Mon Mar 30 09:17:53 UTC 2015


----- Original Message -----
> From: "Martin Sivak" <msivak at redhat.com>
> To: "Yedidyah Bar David" <didi at redhat.com>
> Cc: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>, "Kostyrev Aleksandr" <kostyrev at tutu.ru>, "Users" <users at ovirt.org>,
> "Fabian Deutsch" <fabiand at redhat.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 11:44:39 AM
> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Change network of ovirt-nodes of a self-hosted engine cluster
> 
> Hi,
> 
> the steps make good sense indeed, but use global maintenance mode as Sandro
> suggested.
> 
> Good luck and keep us posted.
> 
> --
> Martin Sivák
> msivak at redhat.com
> Red Hat Czech
> RHEV-M SLA / Brno, CZ
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo at redhat.com>
> > > To: "Kostyrev Aleksandr" <kostyrev at tutu.ru>, "Users" <users at ovirt.org>,
> > > "Martin Sivak" <msivak at redhat.com>, "Yedidyah
> > > Bar David" <didi at redhat.com>, "Fabian Deutsch" <fabiand at redhat.com>
> > > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 9:44:05 AM
> > > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Change network of ovirt-nodes of a self-hosted
> > > engine cluster
> > > 
> > > Il 30/03/2015 08:40, Sandro Bonazzola ha scritto:
> > > > Il 25/03/2015 14:32, Kostyrev Aleksandr ha scritto:
> > > >> Good day!
> > > >>
> > > >> I'm in position when I have to change network settings of three
> > > >> ovirt-nodes that comprise my cluster with hosted engine.
> > > >> Am I correct that to change network is not a big deal and it is
> > > >> possible?
> > > >> My plan was:
> > > >> 1. shutdown all vms (except engine itself) on all nodes.
> > > >> 2. enable maintenance mode on all nodes, except the one with running
> > > >> engine
> > > > 
> > > > I think you should use Hosted Engine global maintenance while doing
> > > > this.
> > > > If for some reason the gateway configured in hosted_engine.conf become
> > > > unreachable I'm not sure it won't try to migrate the VM.
> > > > Adding Martin to the loop.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > > Also if for some reason the storage become unavailable during the network
> > > settings update, the engine VM will be paused due to missing storage.
> > > I'm not sure about what will happen with the SSL certificates, didi?
> > 
> > In 3.5+, the certs all use the hostnames, which I understand are not
> > intended
> > to be changed, so no issue there.

That would actually be 3.5.1+.

> > 
> > If some of the hosts were deployed with <= 3.4 and upgraded, the certs will
> > use the IP address, and this will not change unless you manually reinstall
> > (re-deploy?). Didn't try that. I guess at least some things will fail.
> > 
> > > 
> > > >> 3. change network settings in engine node
> > > >> 4. shut engine down with hosted-engine --vm-stop
> > > >> 5. change network settings on all nodes, verify that nodes can ping
> > > >> each
> > > >> other
> > > >> 6. start engine with hosted-engine --vm-start
> > > >> 7. change VLAN tag at Logical Network for VMs
> > > >> 8. activate nodes
> > > >> 9. start vms
> > > >>
> > > >> Does it make sense?
> > > 
> > > If you manage to end successfully the migration it would be really nice
> > > to
> > > have a wiki page describing the steps you took for this task.
> > 
> > Indeed!
> > 
> > Best,
> > --
> > Didi
> > 
> 

-- 
Didi




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