Re: [ovirt-users] open source backup solution for ovirt/VMs
I use Bareos for backup. It is open source. On 02/28/2018 01:14 PM, Junaid Jadoon wrote: HI, Can you please suggest me open source backup solution for ovirt Virtual machines. My backup media is FC tape library which directly attached to my ovirt node. I really appreciate you help thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] Export VM to ova or ovf format
Thanks. I had hoped the ova/ovf spec was good enough that it worked both ways. I was originally running ESXi 6 on this hardware and then moved to oVirt 3.6. I did that by moving all the ESXi stuff to VMware Workstation and running it there. Once oVirt replaced ESXi I then exported from workstation and imported successfully to oVirt so it worked that way but VMware has no real interest in making other stuff importable to them. I did find out I can run ESXi in a VMware Workstation instance so if push comes to shove I can do that and do the VMware P2V to ESXi and then to Workstation. On 06/02/2017 07:42 AM, Tomáš Golembiovský wrote: Hi, On Wed, 31 May 2017 18:14:53 -0400 Brett Holcomb <biholc...@l1049h.com> wrote: Is there anyway to export a oVirt VM to an ova or ovf format. Right click export seems to be intended to transfer between oVirt storage domains. There is a project to setup a gui to do this but it's still in the planning stage. Yes, this is still work in progress. But it is intended only to simplify transfer of VMs between oVirt instances. It is not guaranteed that the OVA will work in VMware -- unless VMware produces a conversion tool or something. I've found various references that basically export it to an export domain and then you strip the disk or disks from it, Yes that is probably the only way right now. There should be also an OVF in the export domain -- inside master/vms directory. You can try to fix the paths to disks and pack it all together to produce an OVA. But than again, it's questionable whether such OVA will be importable to VMware. The OVF specification is too vague and too broad. It does not guarantee interoperability between various platforms. create a VMware workstation VM, and then point it at the new disks you have. VMware's P2V converter is useless because it only converts Linux machines to an ESXi server which I don't have and once you do that it's another conversion to VMware Workstation. Guess nobody wants to run Linux on VMware workstation according to VMware. I'm trying to get some of my critical servers over to VMware Workstation on my Windows Physical box so when I upgrade oVirt I still have my basic network. I'm running a self-hosted Engine setup with only one Physical server at the moment. Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] Export VM to ova or ovf format
Is there anyway to export a oVirt VM to an ova or ovf format. Right click export seems to be intended to transfer between oVirt storage domains. There is a project to setup a gui to do this but it's still in the planning stage. I've found various references that basically export it to an export domain and then you strip the disk or disks from it, create a VMware workstation VM, and then point it at the new disks you have. VMware's P2V converter is useless because it only converts Linux machines to an ESXi server which I don't have and once you do that it's another conversion to VMware Workstation. Guess nobody wants to run Linux on VMware workstation according to VMware. I'm trying to get some of my critical servers over to VMware Workstation on my Windows Physical box so when I upgrade oVirt I still have my basic network. I'm running a self-hosted Engine setup with only one Physical server at the moment. Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] Guests Not Responding
For some reason today my guests have decided to go into a not responding state according to the WebUI. I am running a hosted engine environment with one physical host. I can power them down, then run them and they show good for a few seconds, then go to not responding - the question marks. I can connect to them via ssh but functions such as removing a snapshot fail on the finalizing step. The hosted-engine --vm-status shows good and healthy. The vdsm log on the says the guest is up. The messages log show 11 guests active which is correct. I'm at a loss as to where to look next. I've found some threads which indicated someone deleted live snapshots and things got fixed so I'm attempting to delete some snapshots but that doesn't help. By the way - what is the difference between a snapshot created via Create on a VM Snapshots list and a live snapshot? Any help is appreciated. Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] Migrating VMs because previous host became non-operational
I'm seeing this error "Migrating VM blah-blah because previous host became non-operational. This appears in the WebUI under the task lists and is getting annoying since it disrupts things like creating snapshots. This migration is quite a feat on a single hosted engine installation with only one host so what exactly is going on? I'd be glad to include some logs and have looked at the vdsm logs but have no idea what I'm looking form. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] Upgrade from 3.6 to 4.1
I am currently running oVirt 3.6 on a physical server using hosted engine environment. I have one server since it's a lab setup. The storage is on a Synology 3615xs iSCSI LUN so that's where the vms are. I plan to upgrade to 4.1 and need to check to make sure I understand the procedure. I've read the oVirt 4.1 Release Notes and they leave some questions. First they say I can simply install the 4.1 release repo update all the ovirt-*-setup* and then run engine-setup. 1. I assume this is on the engine VM running on the host physical box. 2. What does engine-setup do. Does it know what I have and simply update or do I have to go through setup again. 3. Then do I go to the host and update all the ovirt stuff? However, they then say for oVirt Hosted Engine follow a link for upgrading which takes me to a Not Found :( page but did have a link back to the release notes which link to the Not Found which So what do I need to know about upgrading a hosted engine setup that there are no directions for. Are there some gotchas? I thought that the release notes said I just had to upgrade the engine and then the host. Given that my VMs are on iSCSI what happens if things go bad and I have to start from scratch. Can I import the VMs created under 3.6 into 4.1 or do I have to do something else like copy them somewhere for backup. Any other hints and tips are appreciated. Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] Chrome and Portal Cert
I'm running 3.6. version of oVirt on Centos 7.2 physical server in a hosted engine configuration environment and I keep getting the untrusted site from Chrome stable current version browser. I've retrieved the cert from https://myengine/ca.crt and saved it. I then go to Chrome and Settings->Advanced->Manage Certificates and import it to trusted authorities and check all the boxes. Chrome enters it and seems happy until I go to the site the next time. My client is Fedora 24. I have checked the oVirt docs and ignoring the ones with broken links it appears I'm following the correct procedure. I assume Google Chrome is the culprit and checking on how to enter certs into Google produces many, many different ways most that are wrong. The current version forces you to the developer mode security tab to view the cert. I've done all that and restarted Chrome and still get the insecure error. If someone has successfully gotten the oVirt cert to work in Chrome on Linux (Fedora 24) I would appreciate a post on how it was done. Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt Console on Windows 7
I tried Chrome and it worked fine right out of the box. All I had to do was download the file first (because Chrome is stupid about that - way to go Google) and then right click on the file in the bottom download bar and select Always open files of this type and it found and used remote-viewer. If I delete the vv file and open another vm console it works fine. Chrome is also more responsive and faster. Bye Firefox - this was the last application that needed you. On 01/18/2017 08:46 AM, Alexander Wels wrote: On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:10:43 PM EST Brett Holcomb wrote: On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect. I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! ). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked). So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7? Also, when will the portal work with Chrome? Download the virt VIEWER from https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-5.0.msi assuming you have a 64 bit windows. If you don't there are links to 32 bit on https://virt-manager.org/download/ again make sure to download the VIEWER not the manager. Then in your browser associate .vv files with the virt viewer and clicking the console button should be all you need to make it work. The portal has worked in Chrome since at least oVirt 3.1 maybe even earlier. Anything in particular that doesn't work for you? Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
Re: [ovirt-users] oVirt Console on Windows 7
I had downloaded the virt-viewer but removed it and downloaded again. I'm on 64 bit windows. When I run the console I set virt viewer under the bin directory as the run with. I get a window and the message "unable to connect to libvirt with URL [none]" I'll try Chrome. I started using oVirt at 3.5 but evidently was mislead by outdated documentation which said it didn't work unless you downloaded tons of stuff and jumped through hoops. I'll try it again since that would let me get rid of Firefox. Thanks to all who answered. On 01/18/2017 08:46 AM, Alexander Wels wrote: On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 6:10:43 PM EST Brett Holcomb wrote: On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect. I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! ). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked). So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7? Also, when will the portal work with Chrome? Download the virt VIEWER from https://virt-manager.org/download/sources/virt-viewer/virt-viewer-x64-5.0.msi assuming you have a 64 bit windows. If you don't there are links to 32 bit on https://virt-manager.org/download/ again make sure to download the VIEWER not the manager. Then in your browser associate .vv files with the virt viewer and clicking the console button should be all you need to make it work. The portal has worked in Chrome since at least oVirt 3.1 maybe even earlier. Anything in particular that doesn't work for you? Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
[ovirt-users] oVirt Console on Windows 7
On my Windows machine I can run the web portal without issues but I would like to use the console from the portal on the VMs. I installed the virt-manager but it if I do spice://myengine.my.domain:5900 it tells me I can't connect. I've found a lot of contradictory advice (big surprise! ). Some say I need to install spice.cab (link does not work and a working link lead to a site with malware which got blocked). So what do I need to use a console in the portal in Windows 7? Also, when will the portal work with Chrome? Thanks. ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
