So, just to be sure I have this correct, the management server mounts secondary storage regardless of hypervisor type due to systemvm.iso. Is that correct?
Thanks On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi < sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com> wrote: > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > Sent: 21 February 2014 09:54 > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > > > > Yes, the hypervisor does need to mount the NFS share, but I seem to > remember there being something unusual about VMware in that the > > management server needed to be able to mount the NFS share, as well. > > Yeah, management server mount secondary storage. > Reason behind this is CS does patching of system vms by injecting > systemvm.iso into system vm. In this process, management server mounts > secondary storage and copies systemvm.iso image into secondary storage > inside "systemvm" folder. Later that would be mounted by system vm. During > system vm startup there is a script "cloud-early-config" which installs the > content of mounted iso inside the system vm. > > Hope that clarifies. > > Regards, > Sateesh > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Michael Phillips > > <mphilli7...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > > > > Interesting as I do see errors in the mgmt log in regards to > > > /mnt/sec...however if I am understanding the architecture correctly > > > isn't it the hypervisor that needs access to the secondary storage? > > > The mgmt server only needs to access secondary storage to be able to > > > seed the templates right? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:43:32 -0700 > > > > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > > > > From: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > > > > > I may be remembering this incorrectly, but for VMware doesn't the > > > > management server have to be able to mount the secondary storage NFS > > > share > > > > to /mnt/sec? > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Nitin Mehta > > > > <nitin.me...@citrix.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Couple of questions. > > > > > Did you seed the system vm template onto the sec. storage ? And > > > > > can you mount that template location in sec. storage on your > > > > > management server > > > ? > > > > > > > > > > On 20/02/14 6:32 PM, "Michael Phillips" <mphilli7...@hotmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > >Hey dev guys, I just recently got CS up and running with vmware. > > > However > > > > > >I am running into an issue where it seems my esxi hosts are not > > > mounting > > > > > >the secondary NFS storage. > > > > > >NFS is working as I can mount to it from other linux boxes, and I > > > > > >can mount a NFS datastore from the hypervisors. In my log I see > > > > > >the > > > following > > > > > >few errors: > > > > > >"Unable to create mount point for > > > > > >nfs://172.16.25.85/export/secondary > > > ", > > > > > >"Secondary storage mount point: /mnt/sec", "in directory > > > > > >"/mnt/sec/template/tmpl/1/8"): java.io.IOException: error=2, No > > > > > >such > > > file > > > > > >or directory" > > > > > >Adding secondary storage seemed straight forward and I even was > > > > > >able > > > to > > > > > >make it work using XEN as the hypervisor, so the problem > > > > > >definitely > > > seems > > > > > >to be esxi... > > > > > >Any tricks to making esxi work with cloudstack and NFS? > > > > > >Thanks in advance for any help! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > *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> > > *(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> *(tm)*
