[ovirt-users] Comparing upgrade guide between oVirt and RHEV

[Simone Tiraboschi]

On Tue, Nov 15, 2016 at 1:16 PM, Gianluca Cecchi <gianluca.cecchi at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 2) Command to upgrade the engine
>> In oVirt page we have
>> yum update "ovirt-engine-setup*"
>>
>> In RHEV we have the command without the star
>> yum update ovirt-engine-setup
>>
>> If I remember correctly the star was important in the past....
>> Any comments on this difference? Documentation error or different
>> functionalities or dependency chain changed so that now it is not necessary
>> the star also in oVirt?
>>
>>
> Being on RHEL 7 OS with 4.0.4 they seems now equivalent
>

Both of them could be wrong if in the past you installed DWH.
The right one is:
yum update ovirt-*-setup*

I'm triggering the procedures to fix the two documents.


>
> - yum update ovirt-engine-setup
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ============================================================
> ========================================
>  Package                                           Arch    Version
>         Repository  Size
> ============================================================
> ========================================
> Updating:
>  ovirt-engine-setup                                noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   10 k
> Updating for dependencies:
>  ovirt-engine-lib                                  noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   29 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-base                           noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   97 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine            noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0  165 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common     noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   83 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper  noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   28 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy         noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   27 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ============================================================
> ========================================
> Upgrade  1 Package (+6 Dependent packages)
>
>
> - yum update "ovirt-engine-setup*"
>
> Dependencies Resolved
>
> ============================================================
> ========================================
>  Package                                           Arch    Version
>         Repository  Size
> ============================================================
> ========================================
> Updating:
>  ovirt-engine-setup                                noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   10 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-base                           noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   97 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine            noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0  165 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-ovirt-engine-common     noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   83 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-vmconsole-proxy-helper  noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   28 k
>  ovirt-engine-setup-plugin-websocket-proxy         noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   27 k
> Updating for dependencies:
>  ovirt-engine-lib                                  noarch
>  4.0.5.5-1.el7.centos    ovirt-4.0   29 k
>
> Transaction Summary
> ============================================================
> ========================================
> Upgrade  6 Packages (+1 Dependent package)
>
> Total download size: 440 k
> Is this ok [y/d/N]:
>
>
> BTW:
> In my opinion it is not clear in RHEV documentation that if you have a
> Self Hosted Engine environment you have to put global maintenance before
> upgrading engine.
> Inside the Upgrade Guide it is only covered the specific case when you
> migrate from 3.6 to 4.0 the Self Hosted Engine, while in minor upgrades at
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-
> virtualization/4.0/paged/upgrade-guide/chapter-2-
> updates-between-minor-releases
> it is not specified.
>
> Inside the Self Hosted Engine guide at
> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en/red-hat-
> virtualization/4.0/paged/self-hosted-engine-guide/chapter-5-
> maintenance-and-upgrading-resources
>
> when describing maintenance modes it is indeed specified
> "
> The global maintenance mode must be applied for any setup or upgrade
> operations that require the engine to be stopped, such as upgrading to a
> later version of Red Hat Virtualization.
> "
> but in my opinion it should be put in clear also inside the Upgrade Guide.
> In case let me know how can I open a documentation bug for this if you
> agree.
>

You are more than welcome.
Thanks!


>
> Gianluca
>
>
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