Can we backup the engine DB with the ovirt-engine still running?
Issue
- We would like to backup the engine database while the ovirt-engine is still running. Is this safe? Will the backup be consistent?
- Can we backup the engine DB with the ovirt-engine still running?
- I have been testing engine DB backups using the supplied backup.sh script.
- The documentation does not mention shutting down ovirt-engine when performing a backup. I have tested this with ovirt-engine running and it appears to work fine.
- My question is - would we be advised to shutdown ovirt-engine during a backup? What would happen if ovirt-engine attempted to update the DB during a backup?
- Is the DB locked, in which case, what is the effect on ovirt-engine?
- We don't have any postgres experience here - so we're not sure what to expect.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.1
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