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    Building Out XenServer 6.5 with USB Boot and Software RAID 10

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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403 @Romo
      last edited by DustinB3403

      @Romo It's outside of the norm for XenServer.

      Even if it's benign.

      XenServer by default, doesn't say "oh yeah go build an mdadm array" because it's not ideal if you can avoid it.

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      • RomoR
        Romo @DustinB3403
        last edited by

        @DustinB3403 said:

        @Romo It's outside of the norm for XenCenter.

        Even if it's benign.

        Yes indeed.

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          Alex Sage
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              Alex Sage
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              Looks good?

              [root@XenServer ~]# cat /proc/mdstat
              Personalities : [raid10] [raid1]
              md0 : active raid1 sdb[0] sdc[1]
                    976631360 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
                    [=>...................]  resync =  5.4% (52749312/976631360) finish=143.3min speed=107400K/sec
              
              unused devices: <none>
              [root@XenServer ~]#
              
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              • DustinB3403D
                DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
                last edited by

                @anonymous besides just the two disk, yeah it looks alright.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller
                  last edited by

                  Nothing wrong with RAID 1!

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                    Alex Sage
                    last edited by

                    Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
                      last edited by

                      @aaronstuder said:

                      Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

                      It likely would, but you'll have to test it to find out.

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                      • scottalanmillerS
                        scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
                        last edited by

                        @aaronstuder said:

                        Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

                        To do what with CentOS 7? Do you want to install CentOS to a USB stick? Or are you just looking for the MD RAID portion?

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          We need to make this guide again with XS7.

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                          • DustinB3403D
                            DustinB3403
                            last edited by DustinB3403

                            Has anyone attempted this guide on XS7? Confirming what works and what doesn't.

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                              Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                              @DustinB3403 I'll try it tomorrow night.

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                              • scottalanmillerS
                                scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
                                last edited by

                                @aaronstuder said in Building Out XenServer 6.5 with USB Boot and Software RAID 10:

                                @DustinB3403 I'll try it tomorrow night.

                                Thanks

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                                  Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                                  @scottalanmiller Well, change of plans, I ordered 32GB more RAM and 2 New 64GB thumbdrives, which will be here Saturday. Will upgrade then and test 🙂

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    There appears to be a bug with XS7 and upgrading / using an existing MD array.

                                    https://bugs.xenserver.org/browse/XSO-545

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                                      Alex Sage @DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      @DustinB3403 Interesting. I will be starting fresh... Would you like to to try a upgrade as well?

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
                                        last edited by

                                        @aaronstuder Tried upgrading, and I'm getting several errors on my test system. Which ran XS6.5 just fine.

                                        Going to try again and see what happens, this time not using the existing array, but the same boot device.

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                                          Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                                          @DustinB3403 Ah, I see. Have you tried a fresh install?

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
                                            last edited by

                                            @aaronstuder Working on that now.

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