[ovirt-users] Q: Copying VMs between Export domains of different data centres

[Eyal Shenitzky]

Exactly.


On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Andrei Verovski <andreil1 at starlett.lv>
wrote:

> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Eyal Shenitzky <eshenitz at redhat.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Andrei,
>>
>> I think you miss understand the concept of export domain.
>>
>> Export domain allows you to pass entities from one data center to another.
>>
>
>
> OK, now I’ve got it. Thanks for so clear and short explanation. It should
> go straight into the oVirt manual and QA.
>
> One Data Center can have only one Export storage domain, right ?
>
> So 1 (single) export domain used as some kind of shared exchange buffer
> (VM “clipboard” in desktop metaphor) in whole oVirt setup, per 1 host
> engine.
>
>
>
>> The flow is:
>>
>> 1) Create an export domain in DC-A
>> 2) Export required entities to the export domain
>> 3) Deactivate (enter the storage domain to maintenance mode) and detach
>> the export domain
>> 4)  Attach the export domain to DC-B and import the entities to it.
>>
>> You can see more information here:
>> -  https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Storage/
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Andrei Verovski <andreil1 at starlett.lv>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I have 2 data centers (with 1 node each because 1 have local data domain)
>>>
>>> Copied exported from DC #1, exports -> 1d7208ce-d3a1-4406-9638-fe7051562994
>>> -> images -> 12f48f07-7e93-4c66-b0e9-00efc1fec418, with 2 files inside
>>> fc469474-94fd-416b-b921-58604f46411c - 171 GB (seems like disk image)
>>> fc469474-94fd-416b-b921-58604f46411c.meta
>>>
>>> to DC #2, export -> 36bc8d5d-30e9-4df5-94cd-c837483c5e41 -> images
>>> -> 12f48f07-7e93-4c66-b0e9-00efc1fec418, with these above listed files
>>> inside.
>>> (screenshot attached)
>>>
>>> However, in “Import Virtual machine(s)” dialog this VM is not visible
>>> even after running “Load” command inside import dialog.
>>> Looks like for whatever reason oVirt don’t refresh content of this
>>> directory.
>>>
>>> How to instruct oVirt to refresh and index these files?
>>>
>>> Or this method won’t work at all, and one have to import/export OVA
>>> images, or use lengthy procedure described by Fred Roland here ?
>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2018-February/087304.html
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>> Andrei
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>  <Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 15.53.34.jpg>
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Regards,
>> Eyal Shenitzky
>>
>
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Regards,
Eyal Shenitzky
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