Re: [ovirt-users] Storage network clarification

Hi Fil, this worked for me a couple of months back: http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2015-November/036235.html I'll try to set this up again, and see if there are any issues. Which oVirt release are you running ? Ivan On 01/18/2016 02:56 PM, Fil Di Noto wrote: > > I'm having trouble setting up a dedicated storage network. > > I have a separate VLAN designated for storage, and configured separate > IP addresses for each host that correspond to that subnet. I have > tested this subnet extensively and it is working as expected. > > Prior to adding the hosts, I configured a storage network and > configured the cluster to use that network for storage and not the > ovirtmgmt network. I was hopping that this would be recognized when > the hosts were added but it was not. I had to actually reconfigure the > storage VLAN interface via oVirt "manage host networks" just to bring > the host networks into compliance. The IP is configured directly on > the bond0.<vlanid>, not on a bridge interface which I assume is > correct since it is not a "VM" network. > > In this setup I was not able to activate any of the hosts due to VDSM > gluster errors, I think it was because VDSM was trying to use the > hostname/IP of the ovirtmgmt network. I manually set up the peers > using "gluster peer probe" and I was able to activate the hosts but > they were not using the storage network (tcpdump). I also tried adding > DNS records for the storage network interfaces using different > hostnames but gluster seemed to still consider the ovirtmgmt interface > as the primary. > > With the hosts active, I couldn't create/activate any volumes until I > changed the cluster network settings to use the ovirtmgmt network for > storage. I ended up abandoning the dedicated storage subnet for the > time being and I'm starting to wonder if running virtualization and > gluster on the same hosts is intended to work this way. > > Assuming that it should work, what is the correct way to configure it? > I can't find any docs that go in detail about storage networks. Is > reverse DNS a factor? If I had a better understanding of what oVirt is > expecting to see that would be helpful. > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org > http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users