Bug 1508535

Summary: [Docs][SHE] SHE-VM Backup/Restore procedure does not mention the --offline option
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager Reporter: Daniele <dconsoli>
Component: DocumentationAssignee: rhev-docs <rhev-docs>
Status: CLOSED DUPLICATE QA Contact: rhev-docs <rhev-docs>
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Version: 4.1.7CC: fgarciad, lbopf, lsurette, rbalakri, srevivo, ykaul
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Last Closed: 2017-11-21 07:55:44 UTC Type: Bug
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Description Daniele 2017-11-01 15:52:27 UTC 
Description of problem:
While testing the SHE backup/restore procedure, the customer has realized that one of the steps is to run the engine-setup script. This script includes some lines that pull packages from the repos and install them. This means that, if between the backup and the restore of the SHE-VM, a new version has been released, we'll end up restoring the SHE-VM but with a different version.
This is counter-intuitive as they expect the restored version to be identical to the one they backed-up.

To prevent upgrade, you can use 'engine-setup --offline', but this is not documented at all in https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.1/html/self-hosted_engine_guide/sect-restoring_she_bkup#Restoring_the_Self-Hosted_Engine_Manager

--offline disables the yum/dnf plugins, effectively preventing
any package management actions - including checking for updates,
doing updates, etc.
Comment 1 Lucy Bopf 2017-11-21 07:55:44 UTC 
After discussion, we have determined that the work for this bug will be covered by the eventual outcome of bug 1420604. As such, I am closing this bug as a duplicate.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1420604 ***