Using Local Harddisks on the Host for Storage Domains
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------1D97EA1C50CE860F27E65889 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hello to all, Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared storage domains? In our setup we have iSCSI storage on which the primary storage domain is created and is being used. On the hosts, we have 1 TB of storage that is not used for anything and just going waste. Can we make use of them in some manner? -- Thanks & Regards, Anantha Raghava eXza Technology Consulting & Services Do not print this e-mail unless required. Save Paper & trees. --------------1D97EA1C50CE860F27E65889 Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <p>Hello to all,</p> <p>Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared storage domains?</p> <p>In our setup we have iSCSI storage on which the primary storage domain is created and is being used. On the hosts, we have 1 TB of storage that is not used for anything and just going waste. Can we make use of them in some manner?<br> </p> <br> <div class="moz-signature">-- <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Thanks & Regards,</font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><br> </p> <address style="line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Anantha Raghava</font></address> <address style="line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">eXza Technology Consulting & Services</font></address> <br> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><font color="#66cc00"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Do not print this e-mail unless required. Save Paper & trees.</font></font></p> </div> </body> </html> --------------1D97EA1C50CE860F27E65889--
Hey, On 26/10/16 12:51 pm, Anantha Raghava wrote:
Hello to all,
Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared storage domains?
Use NFS on each host to export the local disk to your cluster. Ensure this is remembered, as when you want to reboot a specific node, you have to put the storage into maintenance as well. I also like to pin each VM using the storage to the node the NFS export lives on. --julian
This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------D77BED559B57946D74617261 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Thanks Julian. -- Thanks & Regards, Anantha Raghava eXza Technology Consulting & Services Do not print this e-mail unless required. Save Paper & trees. On Wednesday 26 October 2016 08:35 AM, Julian De Marchi wrote:
Hey,
On 26/10/16 12:51 pm, Anantha Raghava wrote:
Hello to all,
Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared storage domains?
Use NFS on each host to export the local disk to your cluster. Ensure this is remembered, as when you want to reboot a specific node, you have to put the storage into maintenance as well.
I also like to pin each VM using the storage to the node the NFS export lives on.
--julian _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
--------------D77BED559B57946D74617261 Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=windows-1252" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <p><font face="Liberation Serif">Thanks Julian.</font><br> </p> <div class="moz-signature"> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=windows-1252"> <title></title> <meta name="generator" content="LibreOffice 5.0.3.2 (Linux)"> <meta name="created" content="00:00:00"> <meta name="changedby" content="Anantha Raghava"> <meta name="changed" content="2016-01-05T17:20:50.677541300"> <meta name="created" content="00:00:00"> <meta name="changedby" content="Anantha Raghava"> <meta name="changed" content="2015-12-20T09:03:26.251763811"> <meta name="created" content="2015-02-21T00:00:00"> <meta name="changedby" content="Anantha Raghava"> <meta name="changed" content="2015-12-20T09:02:11.666821134"> <style type="text/css"> @page { margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.25cm; color: #000000; line-height: 120% } address { color: #000000 } a:link { so-language: zxx } </style> <p>-- </p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Thanks & Regards,</font></p> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><br> </p> <address style="line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Anantha Raghava</font></address> <address style="line-height: 100%"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">eXza Technology Consulting & Services</font></address> <br> <p style="margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 100%"><font color="#66cc00"><font face="Times New Roman, serif">Do not print this e-mail unless required. Save Paper & trees.</font></font></p> </div> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On Wednesday 26 October 2016 08:35 AM, Julian De Marchi wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:e264b5df-682e-041c-eaf9-982b935cfc51@jdcomputers.com.au" type="cite">Hey, <br> <br> On 26/10/16 12:51 pm, Anantha Raghava wrote: <br> <blockquote type="cite">Hello to all, <br> <br> Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared <br> storage domains? <br> </blockquote> <br> Use NFS on each host to export the local disk to your cluster. Ensure this is remembered, as when you want to reboot a specific node, you have to put the storage into maintenance as well. <br> <br> I also like to pin each VM using the storage to the node the NFS export lives on. <br> <br> --julian <br> _______________________________________________ <br> Users mailing list <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a> <br> <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a> <br> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html> --------------D77BED559B57946D74617261--
On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:29 PM, Anantha Raghava = <raghav@exzatechconsulting.com> wrote: =20 Thanks Julian. =20 -- =20 Thanks & Regards, =20 Anantha Raghava eXza Technology Consulting & Services =20 Do not print this e-mail unless required. Save Paper & trees. On Wednesday 26 October 2016 08:35 AM, Julian De Marchi wrote:
Hey,=20 =20 On 26/10/16 12:51 pm, Anantha Raghava wrote:=20
Hello to all,=20 =20 Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for shared=20 storage domains?=20 =20 Use NFS on each host to export the local disk to your cluster. Ensure =
--Apple-Mail=_7C3E78BA-CFAA-4E8F-9B74-648793C42B9D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 I=E2=80=99ve done the same. You may get some shutdown issues with this = approach on sanlock so if this is more of a home lab and you shutdown a = lot sometimes the following helps systemctl stop ovirt-ha-agent ovirt-ha-broker systemctl stop vdsmd systemctl stop sanlock systemctl stop nfs systemctl power off The sanlock will take a while Sometimes I=E2=80=99ve also had to manually mount the volumes under = /rhev/=E2=80=A6 YMMV Tom this is remembered, as when you want to reboot a specific node, you have = to put the storage into maintenance as well.=20
=20 I also like to pin each VM using the storage to the node the NFS = export lives on.=20 =20 --julian=20 _______________________________________________=20 Users mailing list=20 Users@ovirt.org <mailto:Users@ovirt.org>=20 http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users = <http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users>=20 =20
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--Apple-Mail=_7C3E78BA-CFAA-4E8F-9B74-648793C42B9D Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 <html><head><meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html = charset=3Dutf-8"></head><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; = -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" = class=3D"">I=E2=80=99ve done the same. You may get some shutdown issues = with this approach on sanlock so if this is more of a home lab and you = shutdown a lot sometimes the following helps<div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">systemctl stop ovirt-ha-agent = ovirt-ha-broker</div><div class=3D"">systemctl stop vdsmd</div><div = class=3D"">systemctl stop sanlock</div><div class=3D"">systemctl stop = nfs</div><div class=3D"">systemctl power off</div><div class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div><div class=3D"">The sanlock will take a while</div><div = class=3D"">Sometimes I=E2=80=99ve also had to manually mount the volumes = under /rhev/=E2=80=A6</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">YMMV</div><div class=3D""><br class=3D""></div><div = class=3D"">Tom<br class=3D""><div class=3D""> <div style=3D"color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: = auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=3D""><br = class=3D""></div></div><div><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div = class=3D"">On Oct 25, 2016, at 11:29 PM, Anantha Raghava <<a = href=3D"mailto:raghav@exzatechconsulting.com" = class=3D"">raghav@exzatechconsulting.com</a>> wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=3D""><p = style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: 14.399999618530273px; = font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D""><font face=3D"Liberation Serif" class=3D"">Thanks = Julian.</font><br class=3D""></p><div class=3D"moz-signature" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, = 255);"><p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0.25cm; line-height: = 14.399999618530273px;" class=3D"">--</p><p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; = line-height: 12px;" class=3D""><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" class=3D"">Thanks & = Regards,</font></p><p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; line-height: 12px;" = class=3D""><br class=3D""></p><address style=3D"line-height: 12px;" = class=3D""><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" class=3D"">Anantha Raghava</font></address><address = style=3D"line-height: 12px;" class=3D""><font face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" class=3D"">eXza Technology Consulting & = Services</font></address><br class=3D""><p style=3D"margin-bottom: 0cm; = line-height: 12px;" class=3D""><font color=3D"#66cc00" class=3D""><font = face=3D"Times New Roman, serif" class=3D"">Do not print this e-mail = unless required. Save Paper & trees.</font></font></p></div><div = class=3D"moz-cite-prefix" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: = auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">On Wednesday 26 October 2016 = 08:35 AM, Julian De Marchi wrote:<br class=3D""></div><blockquote = cite=3D"mid:e264b5df-682e-041c-eaf9-982b935cfc51@jdcomputers.com.au" = type=3D"cite" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D"">Hey,<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D""><br class=3D"">On 26/10/16 12:51 pm, Anantha Raghava = wrote:<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D"">Hello to all,<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">Can we make use of large hard disk drives on the Hosts for = shared<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D"">storage domains?<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D""></blockquote><br class=3D"">Use NFS on each host to export = the local disk to your cluster. Ensure this is remembered, as when you = want to reboot a specific node, you have to put the storage into = maintenance as well.<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br= class=3D""><br class=3D"">I also like to pin each VM using the storage = to the node the NFS export lives on.<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=3D""><br = class=3D"">--julian<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D"">_______________________________________________<span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=3D"">Users = mailing list<span class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D""><a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" = href=3D"mailto:Users@ovirt.org">Users@ovirt.org</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br class=3D""><a = class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" = href=3D"http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users">http://lists.ovirt.= org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><span = class=3D"Apple-converted-space"> </span><br = class=3D""></blockquote><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: = 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: = normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; = text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: = auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=3D""><span = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); = float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">_______________________________________________</span><br = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D""><span style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; = font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; = letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: = 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; = word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: = rgb(255, 255, 255); float: none; display: inline !important;" = class=3D"">Users mailing list</span><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=3D""><a = href=3D"mailto:Users@ovirt.org" style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D"">Users@ovirt.org</a><br style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; = font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: = start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; = widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" class=3D""><a = href=3D"http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users" = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; = background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D"">http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users</a><br = style=3D"font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; = font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: = none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);" = class=3D""></div></blockquote></div><br class=3D""></div></body></html>= --Apple-Mail=_7C3E78BA-CFAA-4E8F-9B74-648793C42B9D--
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