On Fri, Jan 15, 2021, 20:20 Strahil Nikolov via Users <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > Questions: > > 1) I have two important VMs that have snapshots that I need to boot > > up. Is their a means with an HCI configuration to manually start the > > VMs without oVirt engine being up? > What it worked for me was: > 1) Start a VM via "virsh" > define a virsh alias: > alias virsh='virsh -c qemu:///system?authfile=/etc/ovirt-hosted- > engine/virsh_auth.conf' > Check the host's vdsm.log ,where the VM was last started - you will > find the VM's xml inside . > Copy the whole xml and use virsh to define the VM "virsh define > myVM.xml && virsh start myVM" > If you cannot find the xml file of the vm then you van use virt install as if you were running in plain KVM. > 2) vdsm-client most probably can start VMs even when the engine is down > > 2) Is their a means to debug what is going on with the engine failing > > to start to repair (I hate reloading as the only fix for systems) > You can use "hosted-engine" to start the HostedEngine VM in paused mode > . Then you can connect over spice/vnc and then unpause the VM. Booting > the HostedEngine VM from DVD is a little bit harder. You will need to > get the HE's xml and edit it to point to the DVD. Once you got the > altered HE config , you can define and start. > > 3) Is their a means to re-deploy HCI setup wizard, but use the > > "engine" volume and so retain the VMs and templates? > You are not expected to mix HostedEngine and other VMs on the same > storage domain (gluster volume). > > Best Regards, > Strahil Nikolov > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > > 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/[email protected]/message/KPURBXOULJ7NPFS7LTTXQI3O5QRVHHY3/ > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > 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/[email protected]/message/U5ZKGRY63OZSEIQVSZAKTFX4EX4EJOI3/ >
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