On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 1:04 AM, Simone Tiraboschi <stira...@redhat.com> wrote: > > > On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 7:41 PM, Will Dennis <wden...@nec-labs.com> wrote: >> >> n/m, found this URL cleverly concealed in the output of “—help” ;) >> >> >> >> http://www.ovirt.org/Ovirt-engine-backup >> >> >> >> Still would be good to know how I could get a console... > > > You have more options: > 1. You can just ssh to the engine VM; if you deployed using the appliance > you were asked about setting its root password via cloud-init. > 2. Since 3.6.1, the engine will import the hosted-engine storage domain and > you'll see the engine VM in the engine. You could open its console from here > as for other VMs. > 3. You could directly connect to it with VNC/spice also from other hosts: > on the host where the engine VM runs: > [root@c72het20151222h1 vdsm_logs]# hosted-engine --add-console-password > Enter password: > code = 0 > message = 'Done' > on your machine: > /bin/remote-viewer vnc://<host_ip>:5900 > 4. You could use the VM virtio serial console if the VM is configured for > that (and the engine appliance is) as described here: > http://www.ovirt.org/Serial_Console_Setup#I_need_to_access_the_console_the_old_way
You can also check: http://www.ovirt.org/Hosted_Engine_Console > > > >> >> >> >> From: Will Dennis >> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 1:37 PM >> To: 'Simone Tiraboschi' >> Cc: users >> Subject: RE: [ovirt-users] How to run "engine-backup"? >> >> >> >> Are there any docs on using this (other than the ‘—help” option text)? >> >> >> >> Also, I do not have a GUI environment on my oVirt hosts; how to I display >> the console of the hosted engine VM if I need it? >> >> >> >> From: Simone Tiraboschi [mailto:stira...@redhat.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, December 22, 2015 11:44 AM >> To: Will Dennis >> Cc: users >> Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] How to run "engine-backup"? >> >> >> >> yes, engine-backup is on the engine VM :-) >> >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users@ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users