[Users] question on storage and host

[Itamar Heim]

On 04/18/2012 05:52 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
> I for some reason cannot add the ovrit node as iscsi storage.  My server
> sits at 10.3.0.243 and you use port 3260 right?  I have added it as a
> host fine but can not get it to detect iscsi storage.

is this an ovirt-node or regular fedora (i'm not even sure ovirt-node 
has the rpm's to behave as an iscsi target)?

>
> I get:
>
>   No new devices were found. This may be due to either: incorrect
> multipath configuration on the Host or wrong address of the iscsi target
> or a failure to authenticate on the target device. Please consult your
> Storage Administrator.
>
> Like it is not there or blocked.  On ovirt node it initializes iscsi
> automatically right?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dominic
>
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com
> <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 04/18/2012 05:28 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
>
>         What I am asking is on one of my nodes I have installed ovirt
>         node it
>         has a designated iscsi target on install.  Can I use that as a
>         separate
>         iscsi storage node?
>
>
>     please cc lists on questions.
>     you can use it as a storage node as well for shared storage.
>     local storage is only via local file system
>
>
>         dk
>
>         On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Itamar Heim <iheim at redhat.com
>         <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>
>         <mailto:iheim at redhat.com <mailto:iheim at redhat.com>>> wrote:
>
>             On 04/13/2012 09:37 PM, Dominic Kaiser wrote:
>
>                 I have a server I want to use that has 8 storage bays
>         and is an
>                 8 core
>                 intel xeon 16 gigs of ram.  I want to use the board and
>                 processors for
>                 virtual machines and storage separately.  First can I do
>         this?
>                   Second I
>                 am using ovirt node and it has remote storage iSCSI address
>                 assignment
>                 can I do it that way?  My main reason is I want to use
>                 processors and
>                 storage.
>
>
>             not sure i understood the question/use case:
>             you can run virtual machines on the host from a remote shared
>             storage (nfs, iscsi, etc.) and use the local disks for
>         anything else.
>
>             if i didn't answer, please clarify the use case.
>
>
>
>
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> Dominic Kaiser
> Greater Boston Vineyard
> Director of Operations
>
> cell: 617-230-1412
> fax: 617-252-0238
> email: dominic at bostonvineyard.org <mailto:dominic at bostonvineyard.org>
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