</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: luc= ida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"= <span>To add to things I need to install a custom filesystem on the vms th= at wants a scsi disk. It does a scsi inquiry early on in the install =
---847950152-1577495757-1364439137=:4063 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello.=0AI'm wondering if it is possible to create VMs with ovirt that have= scsi disks?=0AI've just installed ovirt 3.2.1 on Fedora 18 and attached an= ovirt node (the current fedora 18 based version).=0A=0AWhen adding disks t= o a VM I can chose from the 'IDE' or 'VirtIO' interfaces.=A0 I'd like a scs= i option also.=0AMainly because when migrating from vsphere VMs this makes = things simpler.=0AAlso, my current kickstart installer for various OSes doe= s not yet handle 'vd' disks.=0ATo add to things I need to install a custom = filesystem on the vms that wants a scsi disk.=A0 It does a scsi inquiry ear= ly on in the install phase and will not work in 'vd' disks. ie: 'sg_inq /de= v/vda' does not work.=0A=0AI also know that the libata driver in recent lin= ux distributions exposes IDE drives as scsi and allows a scsi enquiry to su= cceed.=A0 Unfortunately the use case I have required Enterprise Linux 5 and= in this release IDE disks report as 'hd', whereas scsi disks report as 'sd= '.=A0 So, I can just use an IDE disk to get around this problem.=0A=0A=0AI = understand that virt-manager will allow attaching scsi disks to KVM based v= irtual machines, and that this is made possible by recent changes in libvir= t.=0A=0AI think we should be encouraging people to use the virtio disks whe= re possible, but in cases where this is not straightforward ovirt - and RHE= V - are missing a trick as far as allowing people that have existing vspher= e setups to fairly easily move to ovirt.=0A=0AIs a 'scsi' interface' option= for adding virtual disks for VMs on the roadmap?=A0 If not, could it be co= nsidered?=0A=0AThanks.=0A ---847950152-1577495757-1364439137=:4063 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:lu= cida console, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hello.</div><div><span>I'm wo= ndering if it is possible to create VMs with ovirt that have scsi disks?</s= pan></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: = lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: norma= l;"><span>I've just installed ovirt 3.2.1 on Fedora 18 and attached an ovir= t node (the current fedora 18 based version).</span></div><div style=3D"col= or: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; = background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div>= <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida con= sole,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>= When adding disks to a VM I can chose from the 'IDE' or 'VirtIO' interfaces= . I'd like a scsi option also.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0= , 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background= -color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Mainly because when migrati= ng from vsphere VMs this makes things simpler.</span></div><div style=3D"co= lor: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif;= background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Also, my current= kickstart installer for various OSes does not yet handle 'vd' disks.</span= phase and will not work in 'vd' disks. ie: '</span><span>sg_inq /dev/vda' d= oes not work.</span></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16p= x; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz= e: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transpar= ent; font-style: normal;">I also know that the libata driver in recent linu= x distributions exposes IDE drives as scsi and allows a scsi enquiry to suc= ceed. Unfortunately the use case I have required Enterprise Linux 5 a= nd in this release IDE disks report as 'hd', whereas scsi disks report as '= sd'. So, I can just use an IDE disk to get around this problem.<br></= div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida= console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><b= r></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lu= cida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;= ">I understand that virt-manager will allow attaching scsi disks to KVM bas= ed virtual machines, and that this is made possible by recent changes in libvirt.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-fam= ily: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: = normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font= -family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-sty= le: normal;">I think we should be encouraging people to use the virtio disk= s where possible, but in cases where this is not straightforward ovirt - an= d RHEV - are missing a trick as far as allowing people that have existing v= sphere setups to fairly easily move to ovirt.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb= (0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; backgro= und-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color:= rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; bac= kground-color: transparent; font-style: normal;">Is a 'scsi' interface' opt= ion for adding virtual disks for VMs on the roadmap? If not, could it be considered?</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; fo= nt-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; font-s= tyle: normal;"><br></div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px= ; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transparent; fo= nt-style: normal;">Thanks.</div><div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-siz= e: 16px; font-family: lucida console,sans-serif; background-color: transpar= ent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div></div></body></html> ---847950152-1577495757-1364439137=:4063--