[ovirt-users] Trouble configuring ISO domain on oVirt 3.5

[Hal Martin]

Hi Nir,

Thanks for the tip, I didn't think to look there. The oVirt GUI isn't
the most intuitive...

I now have the ISO domain attached to the data center.

-Hal

On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 9:02 PM, Nir Soffer <nsoffer at redhat.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 18, 2016 at 6:18 PM, Hal Martin <hal.martin at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Please excuse me if this question has been asked before, I've searched
>> the mailing list archives and can't find someone having the same
>> problem as I am.
>>
>> I have a new oVirt installation that I'm trying to configure, and I
>> cannot get the ISO domain I configured during engine-setup to show in
>> the UI at all.
>>
>> Installation layout:
>> # Engine
>> CentOS 7 - oVirt Engine 3.5 (VM on different, non-oVirt cluster)
>> # Nodes
>> de-fra-p-hv05 - oVirt Node 3.5
>> de-fra-p-hv06 - oVirt Node 3.5
>>
>> I installed and configured the engine, but the node that runs the
>> engine is a VM, and will not be running VMs itself. I intend to use it
>> only as a management node (in the VMWare world this would be analogous
>> to the vCenter server). I don't want to run hosted engine because that
>> requires me to install Fedora/CentOS on the blades. I would much
>> rather have the engine live on a different cluster and just run oVirt
>> node on the blades.
>>
>> I am able to install the nodes successfully, and configure them from
>> within the engine UI.
>>
>> I am using an iSCSI SAN for VM storage. As per the Quick Setup guide,
>> I have configured my iSCSI network on the nodes and created an iSCSI
>> storage domain for VMs.
>>
>> Where I am utterly stuck is the creation of the ISO domain:
>> http://www.ovirt.org/documentation/quickstart/quickstart-guide/#Attach_an_ISO_domain
>>
>> Since the server running oVirt engine is not participating in the
>> cluster, it doesn't appear in my data center. This might be my
>> problem, but I'm not sure.
>>
>> Here's a summary of the data center I have configured thus far:
>> System
>> |- Data Centers
>>  |- Default
>>   |- Storage
>>    |- sanQA
>>   |- Networks
>>    |- ovirtmgmt
>>    |- hpmsa
>>    |- vmnet128
>>   |- Clusters
>>    |- QA
>>     |- Hosts
>>      |- de-fra-p-hv05
>>      |- de-fra-p-hv06
>>
>> I have edited the ACL on the server running oVirt engine to allow rw
>> access on /var/lib/exports/iso to nodes de-fra-p-hv05 and
>> de-fra-p-hv06.
>> $ cat /etc/exports.d/ovirt-engine-iso-domain.exports
>> /var/lib/exports/iso de-fra-p-ove01.domain.xyz(rw)
>> /var/lib/exports/iso 172.20.102.215(rw)
>> /var/lib/exports/iso 172.20.102.216(rw)
>>
>> When I try to import an ISO domain in the Data Center -> Storage tab,
>> I get the following error:
>> "Error while executing action: Cannot add Storage Connection. Storage
>> connection already exists."
>> Attached is the engine log from attempting to import the ISO domain.
>
> Import ISO domain? I think you want to attach it, not import it.
>
>>
>> I don't have any ISO domain visible in the Storage tab of my data
>> center. Since I cannot see the ISO domain in the UI, I cannot create
>> new virtual machines on my cluster.
>>
>> Please help me understand what I've done wrong.
>>
>> I've also attached a screenshot of the management interface. As you
>> can see, I've configured an iSCSI domain. I see no button in the UI to
>> "Attach ISO"
>
> You should see the button if you open the correct tab:
>
> 1. On the left pane, click the data center name (Frankfurt)
> 2. Select the "Data Centers" tab in the top right
> 3. Select the "Storage" tab in the bottom
>
> You should see the "Attach ISO" button in the top of the Storage tab.
>
> See the attached screenshot (from 3.6, but it should be similar)
>
> Nir
>
>>
>> http://www.ovirt.org/documentation/quickstart/quickstart-guide/#Attach_an_ISO_domain
>>
>> Thank you,
>> Hal
>>
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