On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 4:32 AM, Gary Pedretty <[email protected]> wrote: > When attempting to do the restore to a clean engine install before engine > setup is run as per the documentation, the restore ends with an error about > restoring the history. > > > > > root@fai-kvm-engine backup]# engine-backup --mode=restore > --file=/backup/ovirt-backup07302017.bak > --log=/usr/local/share/ovirtbackup.log --provision-db --provision-dwh-db > --restore-permissions > Preparing to restore: > - Unpacking file '/backup/ovirt-backup07302017.bak' > Restoring: > - Files > Provisioning PostgreSQL users/databases: > - user 'engine', database 'engine' > - user 'ovirt_engine_history', database 'ovirt_engine_history' > Restoring: > - Engine database 'engine' > - Cleaning up temporary tables in engine database 'engine' > - Resetting DwhCurrentlyRunning in dwh_history_timekeeping in engine > database > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Please note: > > The engine database was backed up at 2017-07-30 23:05:43.000000000 -0800 . > > Objects that were added, removed or changed after this date, such as virtual > machines, disks, etc., are missing in the engine, and will probably require > recovery or recreation. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > - DWH database 'ovirt_engine_history' > FATAL: Errors while restoring database ovirt_engine_history
Please check/share the restore log. > [root@fai-kvm-engine backup]# > > > > > > If I continue and run engine-setup, then it fails with the following. > > It seems that you are running your engine inside of the hosted-engine VM and > are not in "Global Maintenance" mode Perhaps you ran engine-setup more than once? The above error message should not happen on the first (successful) run immediately after restore. > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Pedretty [email protected] > Systems Manager www.flyravn.com > Ravn Alaska /\ 907-450-7251 > 5245 Airport Industrial Road / \/\ 907-450-7238 fax > Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 /\ / \ \ Second greatest commandment > Serving All of Alaska / \/ /\ \ \/\ “Love your neighbor as > Green, green as far as the eyes can see yourself” Matt 22:39 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Aug 2, 2017, at 9:56 AM, Gary Pedretty <[email protected]> wrote: > > When restoring a self hosted-engine from a backup, the documentation at > > https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/self-hosted/chap-Backing_up_and_Restoring_an_EL-Based_Self-Hosted_Environment/ > > Shows creating a new host server and then doing the hosted-engine —deploy > and manually installing the ovirt-engine instead of using the > ovirt-engine-appliance. If the hosted-engine deployment that was backed up > and is being restored, was created using the appliance, should I still > follow this documentation and manually install the engine, run the restore, > then do the engine-setup? Or should I use the ovirt-engine-appliance and > just run the restore before the engine-setup? There is no inherent difference between using the appliance and not using it. Recent versions, though, only allow using the appliance - so now you really have no option. You do have to make sure you do not ask 'hosted-engine --deploy' to automatically run engine-setup - you have to manually login, restore, then run engine-setup. Best, > > > Gary > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Gary Pedretty [email protected] > Systems Manager www.flyravn.com > Ravn Alaska /\ 907-450-7251 > 5245 Airport Industrial Road / \/\ 907-450-7238 fax > Fairbanks, Alaska 99709 /\ / \ \ Second greatest commandment > Serving All of Alaska / \/ /\ \ \/\ “Love your neighbor as > Green, green as far as the eyes can see yourself” Matt 22:39 > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > -- Didi _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
