OLVM - Error When Creating The Self Hosted Engine: engine-backup: command not found (Doc ID 2673554.1)

Last updated on SEPTEMBER 08, 2022

Applies to:

Symptoms

OLVM 4.2.8 , when attempting to create the Self Hosted Engine. "engine-backup" command cannot be found" where the backup file is to be applied

[ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Copy the backup file to the engine VM for restore]
[ INFO ] changed: [localhost -> kvmmgr.lab.dynamicsystemsinc.com]
[ INFO ] TASK [ovirt.hosted_engine_setup : Run engine-backup]
[ ERROR ] fatal: [localhost -> kvmmgr.lab.dynamicsystemsinc.com]: FAILED! => {"changed": true, "cmd": "engine-backup --mode=restore --log=/var/log/ovirt-engine/setup/restore-backup-$(date -u +%Y%m%d%H%M%S).log --file=/root/engine_backup --provision-all-databases --restore-permissions", "delta": "0:00:00.006847", "end": "2020-04-06 23:19:00.797164", "msg": "non-zero return code", "rc": 127, "start": "2020-04-06 23:19:00.790317", "stderr": "/bin/sh: engine-backup: command not found", "stderr_lines": ["/bin/sh: engine-backup: command not found"], "stdout": "", "stdout_lines": []}

Ref: https://docs.oracle.com/en/virtualization/oracle-linux-virtualization-manager/getstart/hosted-engine-deploy.html

Cause

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