Re: [Users] oVirt professional support?

2013-09-18 Thread Alan Johnson
Thanks, Dave! I have had one such reply off list. Are you encouraging them to post on list despite the commercial nature of the response? Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> On Wed, Sep 18, 2013 at 5:16 AM, Dave Neary wrote: >

[Users] oVirt professional support?

2013-09-17 Thread Alan Johnson
. Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users

[Users] convert thin provisioned disks to preallocated

2013-09-17 Thread Alan Johnson
when it grows? Any other down sides to this? Thanks in advance for your thoughts and consideration. Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com Date Format PSA <http://xkcd.com/1179/> ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovi

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 12:59 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > Be sure to read my other post before running with this as it may be a dead > end, but here is the dump from last night's backup (just the one row): > > INSERT INTO vds_interface(addr, bond_name, bond_type, gateway, id, >

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Moti Asayag wrote: > I tried same scenario but haven't got any error like this. However, I'm > working on the latest version... > > Could you send the content of the vds_interface table ? even off-list so > I can try to debug it on my system ? > Be sure to read

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:46 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Roy Golan wrote: > >> logic/flow aside, still the error is on engine side - validating the >> VdsNetworkInterface entity which >> seems to be missing an "interfaces"

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 5:34 AM, Roy Golan wrote: > logic/flow aside, still the error is on engine side - validating the > VdsNetworkInterface entity which > seems to be missing an "interfaces" field or method thus throwing this > runtime error. > I wonder if GWT serialized something unexpected h

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 9:38 AM, Alan Johnson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Igor Lvovsky wrote: > >> To be sure that this is a case, I need to know your vdsm version > > and vdsm log will be good as well >> > > There is nothing in the log with that t

Re: [Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-15 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Nov 15, 2012 at 1:11 AM, Igor Lvovsky wrote: > Hi Alan, > > > If I understand you correctly, you try to add a new VM-VLANed network > (sandbox) > to interface em1 that already has another VM network (ovirtmgmt). > > If so, this operation is not permited. You can't attach VM-VLANed netwo

[Users] cannot add new logical network to host

2012-11-14 Thread Alan Johnson
I am trying to add a network for a sandbox environment that only certain VMs will have access to and those VMs will not have access to the rest of our network. This is to allow new systems to be tested in a safe environment where they can't possibly muck with our live systems. I'm trying to follo

Re: [Users] Ovirt Backup

2012-11-12 Thread Alan Johnson
I think you would also want to backup /etc/ovirt-engine/ as least, but I don't know if there are other critical directories. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 8:23 AM, Allon Mureinik wrote: > Hi Eric, > > AFAIK, backing up the database shoul

Re: [Users] Procedure to change engine host name

2012-11-12 Thread Alan Johnson
On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 12:26 PM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > On 11/12/2012 06:12 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > > I greatly appreciated these instructions, however there seems to be some > > points missing. The links on the landing page (User > > Portal, Administrator Portal, Repor

Re: [Users] Procedure to change engine host name

2012-11-12 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Jason Brooks wrote: > On 10/05/2012 08:03 AM, Juan Hernandez wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I see some interest on how to change the host name of the machine where >> the engine runs (in release 3.1). This is a manual procedure that you >> can use to do that: >> > I great

Re: [Users] Ovirt Memory Page Sharing or to less memory

2012-10-17 Thread Alan Johnson
ble that the engine limits VMs on the hosts based on CMO as well as PMG and actual use, but I just don't know for sure either way. I would greatly appreciated it if some guru could school me on this point. _______ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com

Re: [Users] Ovirt Memory Page Sharing or to less memory

2012-10-17 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:22 AM, Noam Slomianko wrote: > I stand corrected, it seems that this change is supported. > If you go and check the memory optimisation tab you'll find that it is set > to "Custom Value" > I'm not seeing that. I select my cluster, then click Edit > Memory Optimization,

Re: [Users] how to convince oVirt a VM is down

2012-10-12 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:20 AM, Roy Golan wrote: > > since the VM run_on_vds was empty, the "confirm host..." didn't clear its > status because its not selected from the DB as one of the host VMs. > I'll try to dig in to see at what point this value was cleared - probably > around the failed mig

Re: [Users] how to convince oVirt a VM is down

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 4:01 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > You have me thinking... perhaps oVirt thinks they are running on the host > they were being migrated to. If so, maybe putting that host into > maintenance will clear it up. I'll try that as soon as I get the down host >

Re: [Users] how to convince oVirt a VM is down

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Itamar Heim wrote: > On 10/09/2012 09:23 PM, Alan Johnson wrote: > >> Anyway, is there anyway to convince the engine that a VM is down so I >> can bring it back up again, like with "Confirm 'host has been rebooted'" >

[Users] how to convince oVirt a VM is down

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Johnson
e engine that a VM is down so I can bring it back up again, like with "Confirm 'host has been rebooted'" on hosts? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users

[Users] call for suggests on oVirt authentication back-end (directory service, etc.)

2012-10-09 Thread Alan Johnson
e NIS setup (thought we hope to get away from that soon), so some means of authenticating through the systems local PAM system would be the next most convenient. These are just thoughts and I am completely open to suggestions. Thanks in advance for any input! =) ___ Alan John

Re: [Users] Increase storage domain

2012-10-08 Thread Alan Johnson
On Sat, Sep 29, 2012 at 3:47 PM, Ayal Baron wrote: > > > However, as I read this email, it occurred that some other things > > > might not be equal. Specifically, using multiple LUNs could provide > > > a means of shrinking the storage domain in the future. LVM provides > > > a simple means to re

Re: [Users] Increase storage domain

2012-09-27 Thread Alan Johnson
On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Ayal Baron wrote: > > > > Alan Johnson < a...@datdec.com > meant to write: > > So, no change. > > This looks like an LVM issue. Have you tried deactivating the VG before > pvresize? > I have not, but I don't think I&#

Re: [Users] Increase storage domain

2012-09-27 Thread Alan Johnson
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 6:12 PM, Ayal Baron wrote: > Sounds really over-complicated for what you're trying to do. > Agreed! That's why I asked. =) To be clear, all that was necessary to end up where I wanted was to reboot the hosts, which is not terribly complicated, but time consuming and sho

Re: [Users] I can't figure out how to add a user?

2012-09-26 Thread Alan Johnson
On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Tim Hildred wrote: > Hey Alan; > > I think the missing piece might be a directory server of some kind (Active > Directory, IPA, RHDS, and I think TivoliDS are the ones that work). You > have to link oVirt engine up with your directory server, and add users to > th

[Users] I can't figure out how to add a user?

2012-09-25 Thread Alan Johnson
steps I mentioned above in the user tab. Any nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated. I'll even accept dope slaps at this point if warranted. =) Thanks in advance for your time and consideration. ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com ___

Re: [Users] Increase storage domain

2012-09-25 Thread Alan Johnson
On Sat, Aug 11, 2012 at 5:56 PM, Ayal Baron wrote: > - Original Message - > > Hi, > > > > pvresize doesn't work, still same size. > > > > How do i disconnect the iscsi session? > > > > Between disconnecting and ovirt connect again, will i loose > > connection to my VMs? > > Of course you

Re: [Users] Can oVirt be installed in a virtual machine?

2012-09-21 Thread Alan Johnson
ng and am wondering if there is any risk in running the engine on a VM managed by the same engine, as you were suggesting before. Did you give this a shot? Itamar, why did you steer Nic away from this? ___ Alan Johnson a...@datdec.com