[Users] How to configure sharedFS ?

[Deepak C Shetty]

On 06/17/2012 07:06 PM, Yair Zaslavsky wrote:
> On 06/17/2012 03:50 PM, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
>> On 03/19/2012 03:07 PM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2012 at 07:04:47PM +0530, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
>>>> On 02/29/2012 08:06 PM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
>>>>> Let us know if you need further assistance..
>>>>> If you have that python script working for LOCALFS, I'd suggest you try
>>>>> making it work for SHAREDFS too.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> I was able to use the VDSM_Standalone example, and modify it to use
>>>> SHAREDFS
>>>> and export glusterfs as a DATA_DOMAIN and invoke VM backed by
>>>> gluster storage.
>>>>
>>>> I edited http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Vdsm_Standalone (scroll below)&
>>>> added it as
>>>> a SHAREDFS example.
>>> Thanks! It is great news that all you need is O_DIRECT in fuse, and that
>>> Vdsm's SHAREDFS interface works as it is for gluster.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> Dan.
>>>
>> Hello,
>>      Got more questions on this, now that I am re-visiting this.
>> The last time i tried using SHAREDFS, i started from createStorageDomain
>> verb, and it works fine.
>>
>> But now we have connectStorageServer verb... which i believe is the new
>> way of doing things ?
>> If i start from connectStorageServer verb to mount using SHAREDFS (
>> which goes via PosixFs... MountConnection flow), that won't help me
>> entirely here, right ?
>> Because it only mounts based on the dict sent, but does not do anything
>> with the image and metadata stuff ( which createStorageDomain flow did ).
>>
>> I am wondering if its too early to start using connectStorageServer ? If
>> not, how can i re-write the above vdsm standalone example using
>> connectStorageServer instead of createStorageDomain flow ?
> Will a solution via engine (i.e - create PosixFS storage domain) be good
> for you?
>
Well, no. I kind of mis-interpreted the problem. My Q stands canceled.
The right way indeed is to use createStorageServer followed by 
createStorageDomain, which i was confused initially a bit, but now its 
cleared.