On Tue, Jul 14, 2020 at 4:40 PM Anton Louw via Users <users@ovirt.org> wrote:
> > > Hi Andrea, > > > > I have had sleepless nights with the same issue, but eventually figured it > out. The two commands I used are below: > > > > 1. Backup the configs > > engine-backup --scope=all --mode=backup --file=Full --log=Log_Full > > > > 1. Restore the configs > > engine-backup --mode=restore --file=Full --log=Log_Full --provision-db > --provision-dwh-db --restore-permissions > Andrea asked about hosted-engine, where you do not (by default) run restore manually yourself. > > > I ran the second command after I built a new HE from scratch. You just > need to download the backup files from the original and copy them to the > new HE before you restore. > > > > Give it a bash and see if it works for you. > > > > Cheers > > > > *Anton Louw* > *Cloud Engineer: Storage and Virtualization* at *Vox* > ------------------------------ > *T:* 087 805 0000 | *D:* 087 805 1572 > *M:* N/A > *E:* anton.l...@voxtelecom.co.za > *A:* Rutherford Estate, 1 Scott Street, Waverley, Johannesburg > www.vox.co.za > > [image: F] <https://www.facebook.com/voxtelecomZA> > [image: T] <https://www.twitter.com/voxtelecom> > [image: I] <https://www.instagram.com/voxtelecomza/> > [image: L] <https://www.linkedin.com/company/voxtelecom> > [image: Y] <https://www.youtube.com/user/VoxTelecom> > > [image: #VoxBrand] > <https://www.vox.co.za/fibre/fibre-to-the-home/?prod=HOME> > *Disclaimer* > > The contents of this email are confidential to the sender and the intended > recipient. 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To find out more Click Here > <https://www.voxtelecom.co.za/security/mimecast/?prod=Enterprise>. > > > *From:* Andrea Chierici <andrea.chier...@cnaf.infn.it> > *Sent:* 14 July 2020 14:54 > *To:* users@ovirt.org > *Subject:* [ovirt-users] Failing to restore a backup > > > > Dear all, > I'm rather new to the list, not to ovirt, that I use since 2014 profitably. > I've a problem with an ovirt instance and I am desperately seeking for > help. > > I run a 4.3 self hosted engine installation, with 8 hypervisors and an > iscsi storage. > Since the storage is not very reliable, I bought a dell powervault where > to move everything. No problem to move the VMs, the problem came out with > the hosted engine. > I've read many documentation and the procedure I think I must follow > involves backing up the current HE, powering it off, installing a new host > where to create a new HE recovering the backup. > The command I used to generate the backup is: > engine-backup --mode=backup --file=file_name --log=log_file_name > > and the command used to restore it on the new HE is: > hosted-engine --deploy --restore-from-file=backup/file_name > > The problem comes out during the recovering of the backup. > > With versions prior to 4.3.11 and also with 4.4.0 I got the error: > 2020-06-25 15:17:34,950+0200 ERROR ansible failed { > "ansible_host": "localhost", > "ansible_playbook": > "/usr/share/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/ansible/trigger_role.yml", > "ansible_result": { > "_ansible_no_log": false, > "changed": false, > "invocation": { > "module_args": { > "ca_file": null, > "compress": true, > "headers": null, > "hostname": null, > "insecure": null, > "kerberos": false, > "ovirt_auth": { > "ansible_facts": { > "ovirt_auth": { > "ca_file": null, > "compress": true, > "headers": null, > "insecure": true, > "kerberos": false, > "timeout": 0, > "token": > "1f5Zoys35sQmLb2MiEg6bhWm2rDJULFan3eBK0juJJR3S-nXtN_b31jac1sZ0KRz3d1KSDmr8tyf7ExNe_pqJg", > "url": > "https://ovirt-sgsi.cnaf.infn.it/ovirt-engine/api"; > <https://ovirt-sgsi.cnaf.infn.it/ovirt-engine/api> > } > }, > "attempts": 1, > "changed": false, > "failed": false > }, > "password": null, > "state": "absent", > "timeout": 0, > "token": null, > "url": null, > "username": null > } > }, > "msg": "You must specify either 'url' or 'hostname'." > }, > "ansible_task": "Always revoke the SSO token", > "ansible_type": "task", > "status": "FAILED", > "task_duration": 3 > } > I think this is not a critical failure, and is not what failed the restore. > > > Recently I tried the 4.3.11 beta and 4.4.1 and the error now is different: > > [ INFO ] Upgrading CA\n[ ERROR ] Failed to execute stage 'Misc > configuration': (2, 'No such file or directory')\n[ INFO ] DNF Performing > DNF transaction rollback\n > This is part of 'engine-setup' output, which 'hosted-engine' runs inside the engine VM. If you can access the engine VM, you can try finding more information in /var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/* there. Otherwise, the hosted-engine deploy script might have managed to get a copy to /var/log/ovirt-hosted-engine-setup/engine-logs*. Please check/share these. Thanks. > > I simply can't figure out what file is missing. > If, as a test, I try to install the HE without restoring the backup, the > installation goes smoothly to the end, but at that point I can't restore > the backup, as far as I can understand. > Another option is to do the restore manually. To find relevant information, search the net for "enginevm_before_engine_setup". Best regards, > > Any hint on what I may be missing? > Thanks, > Andrea > > > -- > > Andrea Chierici - INFN-CNAF > > Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 BOLOGNA > > Office Tel: +39 051 2095463 > > SkypeID ataruz > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/privacy-policy.html > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/Q4GGDSLBACN4M6X7Q3L4ATW6YQE5P2RJ/ > -- Didi
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