if you have already created your RAID5 Volume , then YES you can reintroduce the volume to xenserver ref: http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121896
Complete the following procedure: 1. Do a pvscan to get the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of an existing SR on a local disk. This example uses UUID 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801: *# pvscan* PV /dev/sda3 VG VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 lvm2 [66.87 GB / 57.87 GB free] Total: 1 [66.87 GB] / in use: 1 [66.87 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ] 2. Note the output above, the VG name of the local drive /dev/sda3 is VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 . The VG name contains the SR UUID that resides on this storage media. In this case, the UUID is 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801. 3. Introduce the SR with the following command: *# xe sr-introduce uuid=39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 type=lvm name-label=”Local storage” content-type=user* This command sets up database records for the SR named “Local storage”. 4. Locate the SCSI ID of the device or partition where the SR data is stored: *# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/* total 0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM13WP2 -> ../../sdb lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST3500320AS_9QM13WP2-part1 -> ../../sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM -> ../../sda lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM-part1 -> ../../sda1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM-part2 -> ../../sda2 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 15 09:44 scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM-part3 -> ../../sda3 In this case, the SCSI ID of the device /dev/sda3 is scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM-part3. This is the device name to use in the next command, where a PBD (physical block device – a connector between the XenServer host and the SR) is created. 5. Run the xe host-list command to find out the host UUID for the local host: *# xe host-list* uuid ( RO) : 83f2c775-57fc-457b-9f98-2b9b0a7dbcb5 name-label ( RW): xenserver1 name-description ( RO): Default install of XenServer 6. Create the PBD using the device SCSI ID, host UUID and SR UUID detected above: *# xe pbd-create sr-uuid=39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_ST380815AS_6QZ5Z1AM-part3 host-uuid=83f2c775-57fc-457b-9f98-2b9b0a7dbcb5 aec2c6fc-e1fb-0a27-2437-9862cffe213e* 7. Attach the PBD created with* xe pbd-plug *command: *# xe pbd-plug uuid=aec2c6fc-e1fb-0a27-2437-9862cffe213e* The SR should be connected to the XenServer host and be visible in XenCenter Thanks prashant s On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 9:52 AM, Prashant s <[email protected]> wrote: > questions : > > is the SSD disks local to the xenserver , then yes you can create local sr > & add to CS. > > Complete the following procedure to create a Storage Repository (SR) on a > new local hard drive (HDD): > *Note*: The stored data in the server will be lost. > > 1. > > Run the following command to find the disk ID of the new device: > *# cat /proc/partitions* > A list of HDDs and partitions are displayed. Find out which device is > your new local disk. Locate it by size. (This is probably “sdb” or > “/cciss/c0d1p0”) > *# ll /dev/disk/by-id* > 2. > > Find the disk ID of the “sdb” or “cciss/c0d1”disk. The > “scsi-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” or > “cciss-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx”format is required. > 3. > > Run the following command to create an SR: > *# xe sr-create content-type=user > device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/<scsi-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > host-uuid=<host-uuid> name-label=”Local Storage 2” shared=false type=lvm* > Or > *# xe sr-create content-type=user > device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/<cciss-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > host-uuid=<host-uuid> name-label=”Local Storage 2” shared=false type=lvm* > > *for example * > > xe sr-create content-type=user > device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD1003FBYX-_WD-WCAW32786419,/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_WDC_WD1003FBYX-_WD-WMAW30367881-part3 > host-uuid=96f06415-461b-43c9-b86a-4969b81b3d80 name-label=local-sata > shared=false type=lvm > d8e67caf-32a7-6234-f8c2-3bbd3a3010be > [root@dc4xen-c0u16n2 ~]# > > now go back to you CS web ui and look for the new storage in the primary > storage secion > > On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 2:42 AM, Rajani Karuturi <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> As far as I know, that is not possible. >> >> ~Rajani >> >> On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:41 PM, S. Brüseke - proIO GmbH < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >> > Is it possible to attach only specific local storage to CS? We using >> raid1 >> > for XenServer installation and during installation xs created local >> storage >> > of the rest of this raid1. We installed a new raid5 with ssd and named >> it >> > "localSSD". This is the local storage with I want CS installing >> instances >> > on. >> > >> > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With kind regards, >> > >> > Swen Brüseke >> > >> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- >> > Von: Koushik Das [mailto:[email protected]] >> > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 28. Mai 2015 15:57 >> > An: <[email protected]> >> > Betreff: Re: enable local storage >> > >> > After enabling local storage for zone, MS restart is required for local >> > storage to be discovered for already added hosts. For new hosts it gets >> > added at the time of adding host. >> > >> > On 28-May-2015, at 7:03 PM, S. 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