Operations

These pages cover what an administrator does after the first installation. The first installation itself is the lesson Install from an offline depot.

• Running the platform: Hosts, Clusters, Capacity and Licence.
• Protecting data: Backup concepts explains backup points and change tracking. Back up a virtual machine and Restore a virtual machine are the tasks for backup software and scripts. Back up the controller covers the controller's own state.
• Software: Offline depot, Upgrade and Uninstall.
• Reference and diagnosis: Configuration lists the files and the settings of controller.toml. Troubleshooting starts from the symptom.

• HostsAdd a host to a cluster, put it into maintenance mode, disconnect and reconnect it, reboot or shut it down and remove it.
• ClustersCreate a cluster, add and move hosts, and change its availability, automatic placement and live-migration settings in the console.
• CapacityRead how much CPU, memory and datastore space is in use, and which limits make Kyvernon refuse a request before a host or the controller runs out.
• Backup conceptsBackup points, sessions, change tracking, exports and restores of Kyvernon, and what the controller and backup software each keep.
• Back up a virtual machineBack up a virtual machine from its Backup tab, on request or on a schedule, set the repository, follow sessions, or use your own software.
• Restore a virtual machineRestore a backup point into a new or the same virtual machine, and verify the restored machine on a quarantine network, on request or every night.
• Back up the controllerBack up the state of the controller from the console, on request or on a schedule, and restore it on the same or a new machine.
• LicenceRead the effective entitlements of a management domain, install a signed licence offline and remove it, in the console.
• Offline depotVerify an offline depot with the release public key, install its packages by role and sign a depot on an offline machine.
• UpgradeUpgrade the controller and the hosts from a new offline depot, follow the versions in the console, and what the first start of a version changes.
• UninstallRemove the Kyvernon packages from a host or the controller, with or without their configuration and state.
• ConfigurationFiles, directories and the controller.toml keys for capacity, tasks, memory and storage of the controller.
• Troubleshooting operationsSymptoms of the controller, hosts, licence and backup, with the cause, the remedy and the data to pass on to support.