For now it is not possible to change temp folder of engine backup - /tmp to something else. 2017-01-18 03:05:02 27138: Start of engine-backup mode backup scope all file /var/ovirt/backup.tar 2017-01-18 03:05:02 27138: Backing up: 2017-01-18 03:05:02 27138: Generating pgpass 2017-01-18 03:05:02 27138: Creating temp folder /tmp/engine-backup.oLpdkwhWhp/tar 2017-01-18 03:05:02 27138: - Files 2017-01-18 03:05:03 27138: Backing up files to /tmp/engine-backup.oLpdkwhWhp/tar/files 2017-01-18 03:05:07 27138: - Engine database 'engine' 2017-01-18 03:05:07 27138: Backing up database to /tmp/engine-backup.oLpdkwhWhp/tar/db/engine_backup.db 2017-01-18 03:05:21 27138: - DWH database 'ovirt_engine_history' 2017-01-18 03:05:21 27138: Backing up dwh database to /tmp/engine-backup.oLpdkwhWhp/tar/db/dwh_backup.db Actually engine-backup use mktemp to create tmp folder. Workaround is to change /usr/share/ovirt-engine/bin/engine-backup.sh and set/change TEMP_FOLDER line. Could be possible to define different temp directory in engine-backup option. Thank you
Changing temp dir is already possible. engine-backup honor system temporary folder defined in $TMPDIR. If a different tmpdir is needed, a TMPDIR=/path/to/tmpdir engine-backup <args> should be enough. Is something different desired / expected here?
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 1439332 ***