are you able to provision vm's, outside of cloudstack, using that host/iscsi target?
On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 2:13 PM, Mike Tutkowski < mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > Hi guys, > > Yeah, I'm trying to use OpenXenManager, but am seeing mixed results. > Sometimes it just crashes. > > It did seem to attach my iSCSI storage, though, but does not show it from > the GUI (I can see it in Xen directly). > > Weird > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Clayton Weise <cwe...@iswest.net> wrote: > > > Sebastien, he's trying to attach to an iSCSI LUN which is different. If > > available, XenCenter is the easiest way to do it otherwise it _can_ be > done > > through the xe commands but it's a bit more involved. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Sebastien Goasguen [mailto:run...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 12:42 PM > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: DevCloud Question > > > > Mike, I am out of my comfort zone here, but I believe you need to define > a > > storage repository on your xen host: > > > > In devcloud Rohit did it like this: > > > > xe sr-create host-uuid=$hostuuid name-label=local-storage shared=false > > type=file device-config:location=/opt/storage/primary > > > > > > -sebastien > > > > On Jan 28, 2013, at 7:16 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Cool...so, as far as you know, David, if I have an iSCSI target that > > seems > > > to be working (I can access it from the iSCSI initiator on my Mac OS X > > > box), I should be able to add a Primary Storage type in CS (for a > cluster > > > using Xen + XAPI) that leverages that iSCSI target? > > > > > > That is what I'm currently having trouble with as CS throws an > exception. > > > > > > I plan to try to hook up the iSCSI target directly to Xen next and then > > use > > > the PreSetup option in CS to see if that works. > > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 10:05 AM, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: > > > > > >> On Mon, Jan 28, 2013 at 12:00 PM, Mike Tutkowski > > >> <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > > >>> Thanks David > > >>> > > >>> So, is XAPI the way CloudStack communicates to Xen? I'm just coming > up > > >> to > > >>> speed on Xen, by the way. > > >>> > > >>> Also, when you say, "is essentially XenServer in the eyes of > > CloudStack," > > >>> what does that mean? The two (Xen + XAPI or XenServer) are looked at > > as > > >> if > > >>> they are the same? > > >> > > >> XenServer, other features notwithstanding - is essentially Xen + XAPI > > >> atop a Linux distribution. While there are other important pieces, the > > >> piece that CloudStack interacts with is XAPI, so it assumes if it is > > >> interacting with XAPI that it is interacting with XenServer. (as it > > >> does with XCP, and in this case with Xen + XAPI on Ubuntu) > > >> > > >> --David > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > *(tm)* > > > > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *™* >
