[ovirt-users] oVirt Engine redundant ?

Mon Oct 12 03:37:14 UTC 2015

On 12/10/2015 1:56 AM, Nico wrote:
>
>
> Hello
>
> I got a question regarding the redundancy of oVirt Engine; where we can
> control everything through the GUI; aka the vCenter.
>
> Initially; my setup was on a single server; installed following the doc
> AllinOne.
>
> Then after; i figured out that i would need redundancy; so i installed a
> second node.
>
> my question is about the vCenter; is it possible to start it on the
> second node when the first node is down or in maintenance ? how to
> ensure it is replicated ? i see there is a postgres DB on first node;
> but not on second node. I'm a bit worried.
>
> So, is it possible to have a dormant/slave ovirt ENGINE (oVirt web GUI )
> ; and if yes, could you point me to the related documentation as i
> didn't find it.
>
> Maybe, it is possible to run it in a VM ? is it a good idea ? and is it
> still possible to migrate ?

The oVirt hosted-engine will do what you want. Have a read of the below.

http://www.ovirt.org/Migrate_to_Hosted_Engine

--julian