Exactly.
On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 5:51 PM, Andrei Verovski <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:26 PM, Eyal Shenitzky <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Andrei, >> >> I think you miss understand the concept of export domain. >> >> Export domain allows you to pass entities from one data center to another. >> > > > OK, now I’ve got it. Thanks for so clear and short explanation. It should > go straight into the oVirt manual and QA. > > One Data Center can have only one Export storage domain, right ? > > So 1 (single) export domain used as some kind of shared exchange buffer > (VM “clipboard” in desktop metaphor) in whole oVirt setup, per 1 host > engine. > > > >> The flow is: >> >> 1) Create an export domain in DC-A >> 2) Export required entities to the export domain >> 3) Deactivate (enter the storage domain to maintenance mode) and detach >> the export domain >> 4) Attach the export domain to DC-B and import the entities to it. >> >> You can see more information here: >> - https://www.ovirt.org/documentation/admin-guide/chap-Storage/ >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Mar 20, 2018 at 4:04 PM, Andrei Verovski <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have 2 data centers (with 1 node each because 1 have local data domain) >>> >>> Copied exported from DC #1, exports -> 1d7208ce-d3a1-4406-9638-fe7051562994 >>> -> images -> 12f48f07-7e93-4c66-b0e9-00efc1fec418, with 2 files inside >>> fc469474-94fd-416b-b921-58604f46411c - 171 GB (seems like disk image) >>> fc469474-94fd-416b-b921-58604f46411c.meta >>> >>> to DC #2, export -> 36bc8d5d-30e9-4df5-94cd-c837483c5e41 -> images >>> -> 12f48f07-7e93-4c66-b0e9-00efc1fec418, with these above listed files >>> inside. >>> (screenshot attached) >>> >>> However, in “Import Virtual machine(s)” dialog this VM is not visible >>> even after running “Load” command inside import dialog. >>> Looks like for whatever reason oVirt don’t refresh content of this >>> directory. >>> >>> How to instruct oVirt to refresh and index these files? >>> >>> Or this method won’t work at all, and one have to import/export OVA >>> images, or use lengthy procedure described by Fred Roland here ? >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2018-February/087304.html >>> >>> Thanks. >>> Andrei >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> <Screen Shot 2018-03-20 at 15.53.34.jpg> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> Eyal Shenitzky >> > > > > -- > Regards, > Eyal Shenitzky > > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users > > -- Regards, Eyal Shenitzky
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