Romain - Please find my answer inline. On 26-Nov-2012, at 9:39 PM, <[email protected]> wrote:
> Good day, > > i'd like to run my VM on local storage (as i don't need functionalities > provided by shared primary storage). > > Actually: > - i've local storage enabled in my zone > - i've local storage configured (in Infrastructure, Zones, My Zone, Primary > Storage) > - i've data offerings using local storage > - i've set to true system.vm.use.local.storage and even use.local.storage > then restarted the management server (the latter option seems to have > disappeared in cs-4) > > When i create a new VM, it get its DATADISK stored locally, but the ROOT disk > insist being on the shared storage... > > In management-server.log i found the following related lines: > Looking for pools in dc: 3 pod:3 cluster:1 > FirstFitStoragePoolAllocator has 2 pools to check for allocation > Checking if storage pool is suitable, name: hote01.example.net Local Storage > ,poolId: 200 > Is localStorageAllocationNeeded? false > Is storage pool shared? false > StoragePool is not of correct type, skipping this pool > Checking if storage pool is suitable, name: san01.example.net Shared Storage > ,poolId: 202 > Is localStorageAllocationNeeded? false > Is storage pool shared? True > > And the the VM gets created. > If i remove the NFS server from the Primary Storages list, the VM cannot be > created (with a No suitable storagePools found under this Cluster error or > something like that). > > It's as if the ROOT disk is "set" to be on shared storage only; but i don't > see where. > The root disk picks up its storage type (shared or local) from the service offering (which also defines the compute for the vm) You need to create a service offering with storage type set as local. > Thank you for your time, > Romain. > > _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ > > Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations > confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc > pas etre diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu > ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler > a l'expediteur et le detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages > electroniques etant susceptibles d'alteration, > France Telecom - Orange decline toute responsabilite si ce message a ete > altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. > > This message and its attachments may contain confidential or privileged > information that may be protected by law; > they should not be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. > If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender and delete > this message and its attachments. > As emails may be altered, France Telecom - Orange is not liable for messages > that have been modified, changed or falsified. > Thank you. >
