5.2. Restoring the Backup on a New Self-Hosted Engine

Procedure

1. Copy the backup file to the new host. In the following example, host.example.com is the FQDN for the host, and /backup/ is any designated folder or path.

   # scp -p file_name host.example.com:/backup/

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2. Log in to the new host. If you are deploying on Red Hat Virtualization Host, the self-hosted engine deployment tool is available by default. If you are deploying on Red Hat Enterprise Linux, you must install the package:

   # yum install ovirt-hosted-engine-setup

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3. Red Hat recommends using the screen window manager to run the script to avoid losing the session in case of network or terminal disruption. Install and run screen:

   # yum install screen
   # screen

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   In the event of session timeout or connection disruption, run screen -d -r to recover the deployment session.

4. Run the hosted-engine script, specifying the path to the backup file:

   # hosted-engine --deploy --restore-from-file=backup/file_name

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   To escape the script at any time, use CTRL+D to abort deployment.

5. Select Yes to begin the deployment.
6. Configure the network. The script detects possible NICs to use as a management bridge for the environment.
7. If you want to use a custom appliance for the virtual machine installation, enter the path to the OVA archive. Otherwise, leave this field empty to use the RHV-M Appliance.
8. Specify the FQDN for the Manager virtual machine.
9. Enter the root password for the Manager.
10. Enter an SSH public key that will allow you to log in to the Manager as the root user, and specify whether to enable SSH access for the root user.

11. Enter the virtual machine’s CPU and memory configuration.

    Note

    The virtual machine must have the same amount of RAM as the physical machine from which the Manager is being migrated. If you must migrate to a virtual machine that has less RAM than the physical machine from which the Manager is migrated, see https://access.redhat.com/articles/2705841.

12. Enter a MAC address for the Manager virtual machine, or accept a randomly generated one. If you want to provide the Manager virtual machine with an IP address via DHCP, ensure that you have a valid DHCP reservation for this MAC address. The deployment script will not configure the DHCP server for you.

13. Enter the virtual machine’s networking details. If you specify Static, enter the IP address of the Manager.

    Important

    The static IP address must belong to the same subnet as the host. For example, if the host is in 10.1.1.0/24, the Manager virtual machine’s IP must be in the same subnet range (10.1.1.1-254/24).

14. Specify whether to add entries for the Manager virtual machine and the base host to the virtual machine’s /etc/hosts file. You must ensure that the host names are resolvable.
15. Provide the name and TCP port number of the SMTP server, the email address used to send email notifications, and a comma-separated list of email addresses to receive these notifications:

16. Enter a password for the admin@internal user to access the Administration Portal.

    The script creates the virtual machine. This can take some time if the RHV-M Appliance needs to be installed.

17. Select the type of storage to use:

    • For NFS, enter the version, full address and path to the storage, and any mount options.

    • For iSCSI, enter the portal details and select a target and LUN from the auto-detected lists. You can only select one iSCSI target during the deployment, but multipathing is supported to connect all portals of the same portal group.

      Note

      To specify more than one iSCSI target, you must enable multipathing before deploying the self-hosted engine. See Red Hat Enterprise Linux DM Multipath for details. There is also a Multipath Helper tool that generates a script to install and configure multipath with different options.

    • For Gluster storage, enter the full address and path to the storage, and any mount options.

      Important

      Only replica 3 Gluster storage is supported. Ensure you have the following configuration:

      • In the /etc/glusterfs/glusterd.vol file on all three Gluster servers, set rpc-auth-allow-insecure to on.

        option rpc-auth-allow-insecure on

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      • Configure the volume as follows:

        gluster volume set _volume_ cluster.quorum-type auto
        gluster volume set _volume_ network.ping-timeout 10
        gluster volume set _volume_ auth.allow \*
        gluster volume set _volume_ group virt
        gluster volume set _volume_ storage.owner-uid 36
        gluster volume set _volume_ storage.owner-gid 36
        gluster volume set _volume_ server.allow-insecure on

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    • For Fibre Channel, select a LUN from the auto-detected list. The host bus adapters must be configured and connected, and the LUN must not contain any existing data. To reuse an existing LUN, see Reusing LUNs in the Administration Guide.

18. Enter the Manager disk size.

    The script continues until the deployment is complete.

19. The deployment process changes the Manager’s SSH keys. To allow client machines to access the new Manager without SSH errors, remove the original Manager’s entry from the .ssh/known_hosts file on any client machines that accessed the original Manager.