<div dir="ltr">Hi Andres,<div><br></div><div>When I was restoring MAAS onto a new node, I was having issues with region-rack controller sync. Replacing /var/lib/maas, excluding 'boot-resources', with the backed up one, everything started working like a charm.</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>--</div><div>Junaid</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> <br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Feb 2, 2017 at 2:12 AM, Andres Rodriguez <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:andres.rodriguez@canonical.com" target="_blank">andres.rodriguez@canonical.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi Junaid,</div><div><br></div><div>I just wanted to make a clarification. You don't really *need* to backup /var/lib/maas/* for most cases. The Region Controller will automatically re-generate everything (all config files, re-import images, etc). So:<br></div><div><br></div><div>1. If you have both MAAS Region and Rack on the same machine, there's definitely no need to backup /var/lib/maas/*</div><div>2. If you have additional stand alone rack controllers, you need to make sure the secret is updated to the one re-generated in (1) in order for the rack controller to re-connect to the new region controller.</div><div><br></div><div>Hope this helps!</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 3:14 PM, Junaid Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:junaidali@xgrid.co" target="_blank">junaidali@xgrid.co</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto"><span><div>> <span style="font-family:sans-serif"><font color="#2196f3">However, you can omit /var/lib/maas/boot-resources. This directory contains the boot-images, on restore MAAS will automatically reimport them.</font></span></div></span><div dir="auto"><font face="sans-serif">+1. Thanks Lee for pointing it out.<br></font><div><div class="m_7907590081823620358h5"><div class="gmail_extra" dir="auto"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 2, 2017 01:10, "Lee Trager" <<a href="mailto:lee.trager@canonical.com" target="_blank">lee.trager@canonical.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi Junaid,<br><br></div>You are correct that /var/lib/maas should also be backed up as well. However, you can omit /var/lib/maas/boot-resources. This directory contains the boot-images, on restore MAAS will automatically reimport them.<font color="#888888"><br><br></font></div><font color="#888888">Lee<br></font></div><div class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951elided-text"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Feb 1, 2017 at 11:23 AM, Junaid Ali <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:junaidali@xgrid.co" target="_blank">junaidali@xgrid.co</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">We should also consider /var/lib/maas/. I was able to completely restore maas (both region and rack controller) with<div dir="auto">1. MAAS DB</div><div dir="auto">2. /etc/maas</div><div dir="auto">3. /var/lib/maas</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thanks,</div><div dir="auto">Junaid</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557h5">On Feb 2, 2017 00:18, "Mark Shuttleworth" <<a href="mailto:mark@ubuntu.com" target="_blank">mark@ubuntu.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557h5"> <div bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <div class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557m_-2764614622277775528m_-1062705054801054703moz-cite-prefix"><br> I think everything you care about is in the postgres database and /etc/maas/<br> <br> Mark<br> <br> On 01/02/17 17:48, Sandor Zeestraten wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type="cite"> <div dir="ltr">Hi,<br> <br> Where can I find procedures for backing up and restoring a region controller?<br> If there isn't any, what would be the current best approach to do so? <br> <br clear="all"> <div> <div class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557m_-2764614622277775528m_-1062705054801054703gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"> <div>--</div> Sandor Zeestraten<br> <br> </div> </div> </div> <br> <fieldset class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557m_-2764614622277775528m_-1062705054801054703mimeAttachmentHeader"></fieldset> <br> </blockquote> <p><br> </p> </div> <br></div></div><span class="m_7907590081823620358m_-2114541696577718951m_2583476994959053557HOEnZb"><font color="#888888">--<br> Maas-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maas-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm<wbr>an/listinfo/maas-devel</a><br> <br></font></span></blockquote></div></div> <br>--<br> Maas-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maas-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm<wbr>an/listinfo/maas-devel</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br></div> </div></blockquote></div><br></div></div></div></div></div> <br>--<br> Maas-devel mailing list<br> <a href="mailto:Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com" target="_blank">Maas-devel@lists.ubuntu.com</a><br> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/maas-devel" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailm<wbr>an/listinfo/maas-devel</a><br> <br></blockquote></div><br><br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br></div></div><span class="HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><div class="m_7907590081823620358gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Andres Rodriguez<div>Engineering Manager, MAAS</div><div>Canonical USA, Inc.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div> </font></span></div> </blockquote></div><br></div>