[Users] Use Filer for NFS storage

[Christian Hernandez]

Thanks for the clarification!


Although it seems like I am not able to add my nfs server...

*2012-04-13 11:59:33,945 INFO
[org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand]
(http--0.0.0.0-8443-8) [187bb8f1] START,
ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand(vdsId =
677ea110-8587-11e1-b7d5-0016367ecdf0, storagePoolId =
00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000, storageType = NFS, connectionList =
[{ id: null, connection: nfs.ovirt.test.local:/vol/ovirt/bluejay };]), log
id: 67369793
2012-04-13 11:59:33,960 ERROR
[org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.BrokerCommandBase]
(http--0.0.0.0-8443-8) [187bb8f1] Failed in
ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDS method
2012-04-13 11:59:33,961 ERROR
[org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.BrokerCommandBase]
(http--0.0.0.0-8443-8) [187bb8f1] Error code unexpected and error message
VDSGenericException: VDSErrorException: Failed to
ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDS, error = Unexpected exception
2012-04-13 11:59:33,962 INFO
[org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.BrokerCommandBase]
(http--0.0.0.0-8443-8) [187bb8f1] Command
org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.ValidateStorageServerConnectionVDSCommand
return value

Class Name:
org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.ServerConnectionStatusReturnForXmlRpc
mStatusList                   Null
mStatus                       Class Name:
org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.StatusForXmlRpc
mCode                         16
mMessage                      Unexpected exception
*
However...I AM able to mount that NFS directroy no problem when I go on the
host itself...
*
[root at bluejay ~]# mount nfs.ovirt.test.local:/vol/ovirt/bluejay /mnt/
[root at bluejay ~]# cd /mnt/
[root at bluejay mnt]# ll -d .
drwxrwxrwx 3 vdsm kvm 4096 Apr 13 11:59 .
[root at bluejay mnt]# df -h .
Filesystem            Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
nfs.ovirt.test.local:/vol/ovirt/bluejay
                       51G   12M   50G   1% /mnt*

On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:52 AM, Juan Hernandez <jhernand at redhat.com>wrote:

> On 04/13/2012 08:09 PM, Christian Hernandez wrote:
> > Is there any way to use an existing Filer for the NFS storage? Or do I
> HAVE
> > to use a host?
> >
> > We currently have a NetApp filer serving as our NFS server; I'd rather
> use
> > that than create a new host and make it the NFS server (as it won't get
> > backed up...would rather have it get backed up as the Filer already has
> > that in place)
>
> I think there is no problem in using your NetApp filer, in fact that
> works very well. Just make sure that the exports that you use for ovirt
> are owned and writable by the user id 36 (vdsm) and group id 36 (kvm).
>
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