Gary - Yeah. It was set to "Online Shared" on my 2022 template. I ran into that same issue with the Windows recovery partition and had to play the same partition games as well.
On Thu, Jan 25, 2024 at 2:11 AM Gary Dixon <[email protected]> wrote: > No worries > > I think by default it is set to OfflineAll > > I see in your reply to Wei that you mention also you use Server 2022 - > bear in mind Microsoft changed the OS disk partitioning scheme in Windows > 10/11 and Server 2022 and now puts the recovery partition at the end of the > disk. On our Windows server 2022 template we have made it so the recovery > partition is at the beginning of the disk so that you still have the > ability to expand the C drive in the future if you need to. > > Ref: > https://superuser.com/questions/1453790/how-to-move-the-recovery-partition-on-windows-10 > > BR > > Gary > > > Gary Dixon > Quadris Cloud Manager > 0161 537 4980 <0161%20537%204980> > +44 7989717661 <+44%207989717661> > [email protected] > www.quadris.com > Innovation House, 12‑13 Bredbury Business Park > Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN > -----Original Message----- > From: S.Fuller <[email protected]> > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 6:58 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Hot Added NICs - PCI slot changes on instance reboot > > Gary, > > Thanks for chiming in. I'll check the SAN policy on and see what it is set > to. > > On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 2:55 AM Gary Dixon > <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi Steve > > > > I don't know about the hot-add nic issue - but with the volumes on > > windows guests you need to set the SAN policy to OnlineAll in diskpart > > - then additional volumes will always be available (we bake this into > > our windows > > templates) > > Ref: > > https://lear/ > > n.microsoft.com%2Fen-us%2Fwindows-server%2Fadministration%2Fwindows-co > > mmands%2Fsan&data=05%7C02%7CGary.Dixon%40quadris.co.uk%7Cf3bdc0b8e4464 > > a9662e608dc1d0e73cf%7Cf1d6abf3d3b44894ae16db0fb93a96a2%7C0%7C0%7C63841 > > 7195111998648%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2lu > > MzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=095UW0PnIp6Xl > > vhqdlK8zVV3DsRQLwUqj2DI1im3rH4%3D&reserved=0 > > > > BR > > > > Gary > > > > > > Gary Dixon > > Quadris Cloud Manager > > 0161 537 4980 <0161%20537%204980> > > +44 7989717661 <+44%207989717661> > > [email protected] > > http://www.q/ > > uadris.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7CGary.Dixon%40quadris.co.uk%7Cf3bdc0b8e446 > > 4a9662e608dc1d0e73cf%7Cf1d6abf3d3b44894ae16db0fb93a96a2%7C0%7C0%7C6384 > > 17195112010357%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2l > > uMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=aGZJHEFXbBID > > 7Yx68x3dVN6F9StkB%2F0CP3hRNUbKTs4%3D&reserved=0 > > Innovation House, 12‑13 Bredbury Business Park Bredbury Park Way, > > Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN -----Original Message----- > > From: S.Fuller <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, January 24, 2024 3:04 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Hot Added NICs - PCI slot changes on instance reboot > > > > I am running Cloudstack 4.11 and have encountered an issue with hot > > added NICs on Windows guests. I add the NIC to a running guest, > > configure it, and it works as expected. After the guest reboots, the > > NIC is assigned to a different PCI slot, and then needs to be > > reconfigured. This has caused issues when those hot-added network > interfaces are used for ISCSI traffic. > > > > I can see the slot reassignment in both Windows and in the XML when I > > do a virsh dumpxml on the guest. I've also seen this behavior when hot > > adding volumes. That sometimes results in the volumes being in an > > offline state when the guest restarts. We can bring them online > > manually, and all of the data is there. > > > > I assume someone else has encountered this. If so, have you worked > > around it somehow? For now, we're going to add interfaces and volumes > > only when the guest is powered off, but that does make things a bit more > work. > > > > Thanks. > > > > -- > > Steve Fuller > > [email protected] > > > > > -- > Steve Fuller > [email protected] > -- Steve Fuller [email protected]
