Just to add to it I had raised another UI bug http://bugs.cloudstack.org/browse/CS-12626 to provide a way to display SSVM agent's status since there is no way on the UI to find out whether the SSVM agent is up and running fine/disconnected or in Alert state and one has to go to the DB and find it out and troubleshoot for the template functionality to work. We should resolve these issues since I have seen the community being most impacted by these during their first install and not knowing how what's wrong here.
-----Original Message----- From: Nitin Mehta [mailto:nitin.me...@citrix.com] Sent: Monday, May 07, 2012 8:15 PM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Ram Chinta Cc: David Nalley; Anthony Xu Subject: RE: Secondary nfs server alert issue +Anthony I think we should not put the secondary storage in the host table since we do not create an agent for it and do not send command to it. Since we do not create an agent for it which connects with MS, the state remains in Alert and means nothing. I think the introduction of multiple secondary storage led to this addition but we should move away from this and instead store the secondary storage info in a new table. This has created a lot of confusion for a number of community users I have seen. Created a bug for this @ http://bugs.cloudstack.org/browse/CS-14788 Thanks, -Nitin PS - Apologize for the top posting here. Still figuring out how to configure outlook for this. -----Original Message----- From: Abhinandan Prateek [mailto:abhinandan.prat...@citrix.com] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 10:20 AM To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Ram Chinta Cc: David Nalley Subject: RE: Secondary nfs server alert issue There are two related entries in the host table related to secondary storage. One is the entry has type as "SecondaryStorageVM" the other one is "SecondaryStorage". If SSVM is working fine then entry of type SecondaryStorageVM should be Up. The other one ie of type SecondaryStorage refers just to the path to nfs store and an "Alert" state there can be ignored, it remains that way in a healthy system. -Abhi -----Original Message----- From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:ahmad.emne...@citrix.com] Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2012 10:03 AM To: Ram Chinta; cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: David Nalley Subject: Re: Secondary nfs server alert issue >It typically indicates a problem with the SSVM (Secondary Storage VM). >It either did not get created, or most likely is unable to connect back >to the Management once created and running. > >Do you see any errors in the management server log? Refer to >"Troubleshooting the Secondary Storage VM" section in the Install guide >for troubleshooting suggestions. > >Ram > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Louis Mui [mailto:louis....@liferay.com] >Sent: Friday, May 04, 2012 11:58 PM >To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org >Cc: David Nalley; Ahmad Emneina >Subject: Secondary nfs server alert issue > >Hi all, > >I have been in discussion with your colleagues for the past 2 days and >have corrected most of the issues. One issue that is still outstanding is: >located under the host alert column, there is an alert about the >secondary nfs...and even while cloudstack is running fine the alert >does not go away. > >I have also CC'd this email to both David Nalley and Ahmad Emneina. >If you have any questions please refer to the above personnel listed. > >Thank you. > >Sincerely, >Louis Mui >Infrastructure Admininstrator >Liferay, Inc. I think the issue is that one gets an alert on secondary storage no matter what. It's the first thing that appears in a fresh cloudstack install. Might not make sense before everything is added, to check for secondary storage health.
