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

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://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccess.... >>>> ? >>>> >>>> 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 >>>>> instead >>>>> of GlusterFS. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Thx, >>>>> TK. >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org >>>>> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org >>>>> Privacy Statement: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... >>>>> oVirt Code of Conduct: >>>>> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... >>>>> List Archives: >>>>> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.o... >>>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org >>>> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org >>>> Privacy Statement: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... >>>> oVirt Code of Conduct: >>>> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... >>>> List Archives: >>>> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.o... >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >> >> > > > -- > Thx, > TK. > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... > oVirt Code of Conduct: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ovi... > List Archives: https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flists.o...