[ovirt-users] importing existing storage domain

[Charles Kozler]

I did read that but that doc doesnt seem to have any real actionable items.
It seems more like a design spec rather than a walkthrough / README or
HOWTO on how to recover from a backed up storage domain

I tried 'An import screen for NFS Storage Domain' by doing the following :

system -> "storage tab" -> import existing domain

Below you can see the CLI of the backed up domain

[root at node01 t]# ll
total 4
drwxr-xr-x. 5 vdsm kvm 4096 Dec  8 10:05
c2ce3235-1e09-46b6-9dcd-3fffd6238879
-rwxr-xr-x. 1 vdsm kvm    0 Feb  1 23:14 __DIRECT_IO_TEST__
[root at njsevcnp01 t]# du -sch ./* | grep G
29G ./c2ce3235-1e09-46b6-9dcd-3fffd6238879
29G total


and this is the result I received (before/after) http://imgur.com/a/UvGmr

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 9:20 AM, Elad Ben Aharon <ebenahar at redhat.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Did you try to import the data domain as an existing one to the DC [1]?
>
> [1] http://www.ovirt.org/Features/ImportStorageDomain
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 3:25 PM, Charles Kozler <charles at fixflyer.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Say I have backed up a storage domain to another NFS. I now want to
>> restore that backup. What would be the best method to restore all the disk
>> images on that domain? I have tried export domains and importing existing
>> domains but every time it says they are not empty and they "may be from
>> somewhere else". They are in fact from somewhere else but that is somewhat
>> the point of the exercise
>>
>> I am attempting to simulate a restore-from-backup (basically just an
>> rsync of the entire storage domain to an offsite location) and its not
>> going as planned. I have all the VM images and can ensure they are all in
>> tact but ovirt refuses to acknowledge it
>>
>> I have also tried setting up a new storage domain and then copying the
>> backup images directory to the new images directory under the newly
>> established storage domain. ovirt sees the used space go down but does not
>> reference / acknowledge / view any of the data actually there unless it
>> creates it itself
>>
>> How can I restore an rsync backup of a storage domain? I am feeling like
>> there isnt a way to readily do it so if not, how can I restore these backed
>> up images?
>>
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>>
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*Charles Kozler*
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