RHEV: engine-backup fails with error when trying to backup ovirt_engine_history database.

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Issue

  • engine-backup --scope all fails with the following error:
# mkdir /var/lib/ovirt-engine-backups/
# /usr/bin/engine-backup --mode=backup --scope=all --file="/var/lib/ovirt-engine-backups/engine-backup-$(date +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).tar.bz2" --log=/var/log/ovirt-engine-backups.log

Backing up:
- Files
- Engine database 'engine'
- DWH database 'ovirt_engine_history'
FATAL: Database ovirt_engine_history backup failed

Environment

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization (RHEV) 3.5

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