Thanks Syed, That is super helpfull.
Jfn On Mon, Mar 4, 2019 at 5:24 AM Syed Ahmed <sah...@cloudops.com> wrote: > Hi JF, > > So with the root Disk on a managed storage, there are two options: > > 1. If the backend+hypervisor can support cloning then an initial template > will be copied to the Managed Storage and then all subsequent VMs with ROOT > disk on this storage will basically > clone the "template" volume. > > 2. If backend+hypervisor don't support cloning then we create an empty > volume, mount it on the hypervisor (iscsi login), copy the template data, > unmount it and then create a VM using this volume > > Hope this helps > > Thanks, > -Syed > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:48 PM Jean-Francois Nadeau < > the.jfnad...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I just found my problem in regards to the managed storage.... for some > > reason, the hypervisor type on the primary storage must be set to any > and > > not KVM (just Like solidfire). The VM now boots from the template but > Im > > still wondering how did that happen :) > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:33 PM Ivan Kudryavtsev < > kudryavtsev...@bw-sw.com> > > wrote: > > > > > Not sure, KVM works on arbitrary iSCSI target except the Solidfire. > > > > > > вс, 3 мар. 2019 г. в 14:10, Jean-Francois Nadeau < > the.jfnad...@gmail.com > > >: > > > > > > > Hi Ivan, > > > > > > > > SS is still on NFS in this case. It's the primary storage in trying > to > > > > move on iscsi managed storage so just like Solidfire/Ceph on primary. > > > > > > > > While NFS is used on both SS and primary, I understand the SSVM just > > > > mounts both shares and copies templates when needed. > > > > > > > > But if you have a qcow2 template on SS, and primary on managed > > > storage, I > > > > presume the SSVM copies the qcow2 into the just dynamically created > > iscsi > > > > volume in a raw way.... but I don't know that is what Im trying to > > > connect > > > > the dots :) > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Mar 3, 2019 at 2:02 PM Ivan Kudryavtsev < > > > kudryavtsev...@bw-sw.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > Jean-Francois, > > > > > NFS primary, NFS secondary worked always like a charm. It's the > most > > > used > > > > > way for CloudStack, I suppose. It works great for my 4.11.2, worked > > > great > > > > > for 4.11.1 and even for full-trash 4.10 release. > > > > > > > > > > I have never tried SS on iSCSI and suppose it's a wrong way to go > > > except > > > > > the way you use Solidfire. For KVM you must use NFS, S3 or Swift. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > вс, 3 мар. 2019 г. в 13:50, Jean-Francois Nadeau < > > > the.jfnad...@gmail.com > > > > >: > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > > > > > Im kicking the tires with managed storage with under 4.11.2 with > > KVM > > > > and > > > > > > Datera as primary storage. > > > > > > > > > > > > My first attempt at creating a VM from a template stored on NFS > > > > secondary > > > > > > failed silently. Looking at the SSVM cloud logs I saw no > exception. > > > > The > > > > > VM > > > > > > root disks gets properly created on the backend and attached on > the > > > KVM > > > > > > host but the block device is blank. Somehow the template did not > > get > > > > > > copied over. > > > > > > > > > > > > Starting troubleshooting from this point... I realize I don't > > > > understand > > > > > > how this work vs what Im used to with NFS as both primary and > > > secondary > > > > > > storage. > > > > > > > > > > > > I presume the SSVM has to copy the qcow2 template from the NFS > > > > secondary > > > > > to > > > > > > the primary storage but this one is iscsi now... and I did not > > setup > > > > > > initiator access to the SSVM or found instructions I need to do > > that. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can someone fill the blank on to how this work ? > > > > > > > > > > > > thanks all, > > > > > > > > > > > > Jean-Francois > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > With best regards, Ivan Kudryavtsev > > > > > Bitworks LLC > > > > > Cell RU: +7-923-414-1515 > > > > > Cell USA: +1-201-257-1512 > > > > > WWW: http://bitworks.software/ <http://bw-sw.com/> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > With best regards, Ivan Kudryavtsev > > > Bitworks LLC > > > Cell RU: +7-923-414-1515 > > > Cell USA: +1-201-257-1512 > > > WWW: http://bitworks.software/ <http://bw-sw.com/> > > > > > >
