[ovirt-users] Problem with Posix Compliant FS -- Host in non-operational state

[Eric Horne]

Answer to the question about removing the Posix FS ... yes, putting that 
domain in maintenance mode does in fact restore hostA to its former glory.

-Eric
> Eric Horne <mailto:ovirt at box11.org>
> Monday, August 18, 2014 8:53 PM
> I have a home lab in which I am learning about oVirt, but I'm having 
> some trouble and thought some kind souls out there could point me in 
> the right direction.
>
> There are two servers, each server in it's own cluster (long story, 
> but that's how it is). I'm on oVirt 3.4.x on both hosts, and the hosts 
> are running CentOS 6.5. A third machine is acting as the engine, so 
> nothing too funky there -- it too is running CentOS 6.5. I created a 
> Posix Compliant FS on one of the hosts (hostB). It is a LVM device 
> where I carved out 100GB from an existing volume group. The storage 
> worked great, I moved an imported server there and it runs 
> beautifully. However... the other host (hostA) is now in a 
> "non-operational" state because it can't get to the LVM device of 
> hostB. Since it's a local device on hostB, I am not surprised that 
> hostA can't get to it; nevertheless, hostA thinks it is in a bad state 
> and every minute tries to migrate the guests it is hosting off to 
> another host (except there are no other hosts because I don't have the 
> hardware yet).
>
> Also hostB has somehow become the SPM -- but I'd prefer hostA to be 
> the SPM; it has better connectivity.
>
> So.. questions:
> 1) I read on the Internet somehwhere that this could be a caching 
> issue and that restarting the host could fix it. Any thoughts on that?
> 2) Is there something I should do to make the Posix Compliant FS 
> accessible to hostA?
> 3) Would removing the Posix Compliant FS bring hostA back into 
> happiness without a reboot?
> 4) How do I force hostA to be the SPM or revoke hostB's SPM status?
>
> Thanks for your time and help!
>
> -Eric
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