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    • scottalanmillerS
      scottalanmiller @Jason
      last edited by

      @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

      @Dashrender said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

      @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

      With the time you spend fiddling with Xen rather than doing actual work you would save money by using vSphere or Hyper-v

      Thanks, this is very helpful 🙂

      It's a business time is money. It's relevant. He has a lot of issues with Xen, It's costing him money not saving him money.

      Only because, normally, he's doing things that are outside the designed use case. Same problems would arise with vSphere or Hyper-V. So not relevant. Let me see you build vSphere with software RAID 10. See how long that takes you.

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      • scottalanmillerS
        scottalanmiller @Jason
        last edited by

        @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

        @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

        @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

        With the time you spend fiddling with Xen rather than doing actual work you would save money by using vSphere or Hyper-v

        Same could be said of the time spent fiddling with vSphere or Hyper-V.

        We don't fiddle with either. We barely touch it. It just works.

        Then not applicable, XenServer does too when you use it as intended. So why point out this? They are all the same. Zero effort when used as intended (well not Hyper-V) and lots of effort when not.

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        • DashrenderD
          Dashrender
          last edited by Dashrender

          Quoted from Scott's link

          Do a pvscan to get the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of an existing SR on a local disk. This example uses UUID 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801:

          pvscan

          PV /dev/sda3 VG VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 lvm2 [66.87 GB / 57.87 GB free]
          Total: 1 [66.87 GB] / in use: 1 [66.87 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]

          Note the output above, the VG name of the local drive /dev/sda3 is VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 . The >VG name contains the SR UUID that resides on this storage media. In this case, the UUID is 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801.

          Introduce the SR with the following command:

          xe sr-introduce uuid=39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 type=lvm name-label=”Local storage” content-type=user
          This command sets up database records for the SR named “Local storage”.

          From your error, It appears that you copied the whole name VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801, when you should have only used the number portion 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801

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          • J
            Jason Banned @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

            @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

            @Dashrender said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

            @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

            With the time you spend fiddling with Xen rather than doing actual work you would save money by using vSphere or Hyper-v

            Thanks, this is very helpful 🙂

            It's a business time is money. It's relevant. He has a lot of issues with Xen, It's costing him money not saving him money.

            Only because, normally, he's doing things that are outside the designed use case. Same problems would arise with vSphere or Hyper-V. So not relevant. Let me see you build vSphere with software RAID 10. See how long that takes you.

            Don't use something for what it's not designed for.

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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller @Jason
              last edited by

              @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

              @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

              @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

              @Dashrender said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

              @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

              With the time you spend fiddling with Xen rather than doing actual work you would save money by using vSphere or Hyper-v

              Thanks, this is very helpful 🙂

              It's a business time is money. It's relevant. He has a lot of issues with Xen, It's costing him money not saving him money.

              Only because, normally, he's doing things that are outside the designed use case. Same problems would arise with vSphere or Hyper-V. So not relevant. Let me see you build vSphere with software RAID 10. See how long that takes you.

              Don't use something for what it's not designed for.

              Right, so that rules on vSPhere and Hyper-V here, because they can't handle the use case. So you are proving the point. vSphere can't even be installed in the way he often uses them.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @Jason
                last edited by

                @Jason you are using the same argument that people often do with Windows and Linux. You mix up the impossible on Windows with the hard on Linux and see "impossible" as easier than "possible" which is obviously not true. He's doing stuff that really only can be done on XS and is hard. If he did something that "just worked" on vSphere it would basically "just work" here too.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Jason
                  last edited by

                  @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                  @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                  @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                  @Dashrender said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                  @Jason said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                  With the time you spend fiddling with Xen rather than doing actual work you would save money by using vSphere or Hyper-v

                  Thanks, this is very helpful 🙂

                  It's a business time is money. It's relevant. He has a lot of issues with Xen, It's costing him money not saving him money.

                  Only because, normally, he's doing things that are outside the designed use case. Same problems would arise with vSphere or Hyper-V. So not relevant. Let me see you build vSphere with software RAID 10. See how long that takes you.

                  Don't use something for what it's not designed for.

                  I agree, in theory, but that's not always applicable. Sometimes we have to make something work.

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                  • J
                    Jason Banned @scottalanmiller
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                    @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                    @Jason you are using the same argument that people often do with Windows and Linux. You mix up the impossible on Windows with the hard on Linux and see "impossible" as easier than "possible" which is obviously not true. He's doing stuff that really only can be done on XS and is hard. If he did something that "just worked" on vSphere it would basically "just work" here too.

                    No you said specifically he is using it outside it's designed use case which is why it's having issues. I said then don't use things for something it's not designed for. You go back and fourth on here just to make it seem like you are right so much it ain't even funny and everyone knows it but you.

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                    • DashrenderD
                      Dashrender
                      last edited by

                      Guys, take it to another thread.

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                      • momurdaM
                        momurda @DustinB3403
                        last edited by momurda

                        @DustinB3403
                        xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                        Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what yorue wanting to use.

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill @momurda
                          last edited by

                          @momurda said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                          @DustinB3403
                          xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                          Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what yorue wanting to use.

                          @Dashrender wasn't this the issue you had when restoring....?

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                          • DashrenderD
                            Dashrender @momurda
                            last edited by

                            @momurda said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                            @DustinB3403
                            xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                            Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what yorue wanting to use.

                            I think XS formatted it ext3, so unless he wants to remake the partition with LVM, ...

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                            • BRRABillB
                              BRRABill @scottalanmiller
                              last edited by

                              @scottalanmiller said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                              @DustinB3403 said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                              following this https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121896

                              I get this

                              Error code: SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_47
                              Error parameters: , The SR is not available [opterr=no such volume group: VG_XenStorage-41365a56-2219-26df-5453-    8a45ffef1b74],
                              

                              You failed to show what you did.

                              Also in this example on my screen it looks like there is a space in there? Like a tab?

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                              • DashrenderD
                                Dashrender @BRRABill
                                last edited by

                                @BRRABill said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                                @momurda said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                                @DustinB3403
                                xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                                Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what yorue wanting to use.

                                @Dashrender wasn't this the issue you had when restoring....?

                                Damn, good memory man! yes it was. !!!!

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403
                                  last edited by DustinB3403

                                  pvscan
                                  PV /dev/sdc VG XSLocalEXT-41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 lvm2 [14.55 TB / 0 free]
                                  Total: 1 [14.55 TB] / in use: 1 [14.55 TB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]

                                  xe pbd-plug uuid=1b295c66-152c-5593-72e4-5095b3c45608
                                  Error code: SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_47
                                  Error parameters: , The SR is not available [opterr=no such volume group: VG_XenStorage-41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74],

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                                  • BRRABillB
                                    BRRABill @Dashrender
                                    last edited by

                                    @Dashrender said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                                    Quoted from Scott's link

                                    Do a pvscan to get the Universally Unique Identifier (UUID) of an existing SR on a local disk. This example uses UUID 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801:

                                    pvscan

                                    PV /dev/sda3 VG VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 lvm2 [66.87 GB / 57.87 GB free]
                                    Total: 1 [66.87 GB] / in use: 1 [66.87 GB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]

                                    Note the output above, the VG name of the local drive /dev/sda3 is VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 . The >VG name contains the SR UUID that resides on this storage media. In this case, the UUID is 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801.

                                    Introduce the SR with the following command:

                                    xe sr-introduce uuid=39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801 type=lvm name-label=”Local storage” content-type=user
                                    This command sets up database records for the SR named “Local storage”.

                                    From your error, It appears that you copied the whole name VG_XenStorage-39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801, when you should have only used the number portion 39baf126-a535-549f-58d6-feeda55f7801

                                    Yeah this tripped me up a few times when follow Citrix documentation.

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                                    • scottalanmillerS
                                      scottalanmiller @momurda
                                      last edited by

                                      @momurda said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                                      @DustinB3403
                                      xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                                      Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what yorue wanting to use.

                                      It's already ext3 so that would be necessary.

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                                      • DashrenderD
                                        Dashrender @momurda
                                        last edited by

                                        @momurda said in How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5:

                                        @DustinB3403
                                        xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=lvm name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                                        Or I guess type could be ext3 if that's what you're wanting to use.

                                        xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=ext name-label="Local Storage" content-type=user

                                        Posted for FYI.

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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          I think it should be...

                                          # xe sr-introduce uuid=41365a56-2219-26df-5453-8a45ffef1b74 type=ext3 name-label=”Local storage” content-type=user
                                          
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                                          • BRRABillB
                                            BRRABill
                                            last edited by

                                            Where are you getting

                                            uuid=1b295c66-152c-5593-72e4-5095b3c45608
                                            

                                            From?

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