[ovirt-users] Re: Trying to add a LUN to a host and use that, instead of Gluster, as the datastore for my VM's.

I'm not sure, but you can try with replica 1 gluster volume. Later that gluster volume can be changed to replica 2 arbiter 1 or even better replica 3 volume.

Best Regards, Strahil NikolovOn Oct 10, 2019 13:04, Tom <tk(a)mdevsys.com&gt; wrote: > > I take it then theres no way to do so without NFS? > > Sent from my iPhone > >> On Oct 10, 2019, at 2:53 AM, Strahil <hunter86_bg(a)yahoo.com&gt; wrote: >> >> You can create an NFS on that host and export to itself that local storage... >> >> Best Regards, >> Strahil NikolovOn Oct 9, 2019 07:43, TomK <tomkcpr(a)mdevsys.com&gt; wrote: >>> >>> Manged to reverse it through the options.  Had to deactivate the custom >>> local cluster. >>> >>> Now I have my GlusterFS back and want to try and add some local storage >>> to each host under the same DC, Cluster and Storage Domain.  So >>> effectively I will have two storage locations.  One on my GlusterFS and >>> the other on the local storage I've just defined. >>> >>> Appears I can't make them coexist with oVirt.  Either the host is placed >>> in a separate cluster with local storage, or I move it back to the >>> GlusterFS. >>> >>> Appears I can't have two usable storage types under one host.  Is this >>> correct? >>> >>> What I'm looking for is in the image and shared earlier. >>> >>> Cheers, >>> TK >>> >>>> On 10/8/2019 11:03 PM, TomK wrote: >>>> I'm working to reverse this scenario. >>>> >>>> My storage domain still exists.  However I can't activate it.  The >>>> Manage button is greyed out without clear indication as to why. >>>> Difficult to tell what my next move should be. >>>> >>>> Anyway to find out? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> TK >>>> >>>>> On 10/7/2019 8:25 AM, TomK wrote: >>>>> Allright. >>>>> >>>>> So I followed this and configured local storage.  It had some default >>>>> names that I changed.  It would have been either the default name, or >>>>> one I choose.  In either case it would be a different name then the >>>>> Gluster storage domain the host was a part of anyway. >>>>> >>>>> Once the process completed for both hosts, I noticed the Gluster >>>>> volume storage domain was offline and the gluster volume was gone.  I >>>>> can't seem to add that back in anymore.  I get: >>>>> >>>>> "Error while executing action DisconnectStorageServerConnection: Error >>>>> storage server disconnection" >>>>> >>>>> Guessing I can't have local storage in addition to Gluster on the same >>>>> hosts and available for VM's? >>>>> >>>>> Reason why I need that is that Gluster is slow but provides redundancy >>>>> and live migration.  But I also wanted direct storage for VM's >>>>> requiring faster IO.  So here's my scenario: >>>>> >>>>> host01 >>>>> /dev/sda OS >>>>> /dev/sdb 4TB (For Gluster) >>>>> /dev/sdc 4TB (For Local Storage) >>>>> >>>>> host02 >>>>> /dev/sda OS >>>>> /dev/sdb 4TB (For Gluster) >>>>> /dev/sdc 4TB (For Local Storage) >>>>> >>>>> I would like to have: >>>>> >>>>> 1) GlusterFS volume available to oVirt via the two /dev/sdb drives in >>>>> both physical hosts. >>>>> 2) Two locally attached LUN's, each separate and local to that >>>>> physical host. >>>>> >>>>> Is this possible? >>>>> >>>>> Cheers, >>>>> TK >>>>> >>>>>> On 10/6/2019 12:38 AM, Strahil wrote: >>>>>> Hi Tom, >>>>>> >>>>>> Have you checked >>>>>> https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/... >>>>>> ? >>>>>> >>>>>> Best Regards, >>>>>> Strahil NikolovOn Oct 6, 2019 06:26, TomK <tomkcpr(a)mdevsys.com&gt; wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Hey All, >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've added a 4TB LUN to my physical storage and now I want to use that, >>>>>>> instead of GlusterFS as my datastore for VM's on that physical.  How do >>>>>>> I do this? >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I've tried a number of options, including adding LUN's but appears I >>>>>>> can >>>>>>> only add them to VM's directly but not use them as my datastores >>> _______________________________________________ Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ oVirt Code of Conduct: https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ List Archives: https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/UATOFCYCNOJ...