Chapter 5. Backing up the Original Manager

Back up the original Manager using the engine-backup command, and copy the backup file to a separate location so that it can be accessed at any point during the process.

For more information about engine-backup --mode=backup options, see Backing Up and Restoring the Red Hat Virtualization Manager in the Administration Guide.

Procedure

  1. Log in to the original Manager and stop the ovirt-engine service: 

    # systemctl stop ovirt-engine
# systemctl disable ovirt-engine
    Note

    Though stopping the original Manager from running is not obligatory, it is recommended as it ensures no changes are made to the environment after the backup is created. Additionally, it prevents the original Manager and the new Manager from simultaneously managing existing resources.

  2. Run the engine-backup command, specifying the name of the backup file to create, and the name of the log file to create to store the backup log: 

    # engine-backup --mode=backup --file=file_name --log=log_file_name

  3. Copy the files to an external server. In the following example, storage.example.com is the fully qualified domain name of a network storage server that will store the backup until it is needed, and /backup/ is any designated folder or path. 

    # scp -p file_name log_file_name storage.example.com:/backup/

  4. If you do not require the Manager machine for other purposes, unregister it from Red Hat Subscription Manager: 

    # subscription-manager unregister

After backing up the Manager, deploy a new self-hosted engine and restore the backup on the new virtual machine.