[Users] How to configure sharedFS ?

[Ayal Baron]

----- Original Message -----
> On 02/29/2012 08:06 PM, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> > On Wed, Feb 29, 2012 at 07:42:15PM +0530, Deepak C Shetty wrote:
> >> On 02/27/2012 04:55 AM, Ayal Baron wrote:
> >>> Any help on documenting this so people would not have to dig into
> >>> the code would be greatly appreciated.
> >>>
> >>>> Great, let me start and get back if i land up into issues.
> >>>> thanks for the pointer.
> >>> Let us know if you need further assistance..
> >> This is how I plan to attack it... using vdscli, let me know if my
> >> steps are correct ?
> >>
> >> 1) Use createStorageDomain to create a SHAREDFS_DOMAIN of domTypes
> >> data&  iso
> >> 2) Use  createStoragePool and associate the above sd's with this
> >> pool.
> >> 3) How to copy .iso into the newly create iso dom ?
> >> engine-iso-uploader won't know abt it, rite ?
> > I would've used `cp` (chown to make sure vdsm can read it when
> > needed).
> >
> engine-iso-uploader create the needed dir structure (metadata,
> images,
> dom_md etc)
> and put the .iso in the right dir. Using `cp` I will have to do that
> myself, rite ?

No.  createStorageDomain does all that for you, engine-iso-uploader just copies the iso files and sets permissions (at least I hope that's all it does).

> >> 4) create a volume to represent my vm disk
> >> 5) Use create to create a VM and run it
> >>
> >> Is this the recommended way ( to use individual vdscli cmds) or
> >> the
> >> way its done in
> >> http://www.ovirt.org/wiki/Vdsm_Standalone ?
> >>
> > For human-triggered setup, running vdsClient from bash may be
> > easier.
> > But the suggested python script is expected to take you slightly
> > further
> > on the road to reproducible testable application on top of Vdsm.
> >
> > If you have that python script working for LOCALFS, I'd suggest you
> > try
> > making it work for SHAREDFS too.
> >
> 
> Thanks, will try using the python script itself. When i use the
> script
> and create LOCALFS (and SHAREDFS in future) will these domains
> and hence VMs created on top of these domains be visible and
> manageable
> from OE side ?
> 
>