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    • BRRABillB
      BRRABill
      last edited by

      LVM definitely can't be thin provisioned? I don't know myself, but Googled...

      https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Logical_Volume_Manager_Administration/thinprovisioned_volumes.html

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
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        I'll play with my lab at some point and see if I can get this going.

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        • FATeknollogeeF
          FATeknollogee
          last edited by

          Not sure why it let's you pick these options..............
          0_1476301206875_xsthin.PNG

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            So the individual 8TB drives are all listed as available targets, but selecting the thin provisioning seems to do nothing.

            It still configures it as LVM, and thick.

            For testing, go ahead and follow through with the process, then once the install is complete run

             xe sr-list uuid=<any 8tb uuid> params=all
            
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            • FATeknollogeeF
              FATeknollogee
              last edited by

              Will do.
              I added 4x 8TB virtual drives + 1x 64GB (for o/s)

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              • FATeknollogeeF
                FATeknollogee
                last edited by

                How about the message: "One SR will created that spans the selected disks"?

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                  last edited by

                  @FATeknollogee I'm not certain, I've never presented more than a single disk to be used for the local storage.

                  If it create a single array across of the disks then it's doing some sort of RAID setup. Which would be bad, since you generally want your array managed by the controller

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                  • DustinB3403D
                    DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    Unless of course you're using software raid.

                    But this was previously setup inside of XS, not during installation. (there is a guide around here somewhere with software raid and XS 6.5)

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                    • FATeknollogeeF
                      FATeknollogee
                      last edited by

                      That message seems to imply that XS would create some type of "span" across the 4 disks I selected.

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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                        last edited by

                        @FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7 install to Dell R730 OBR10 15TB:

                        That message seems to imply that XS would create some type of "span" across the 4 disks I selected.

                        I assume some sort of RAID setup (span is just a non-scary word for it)

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                        • BRRABillB
                          BRRABill
                          last edited by

                          I think it just spans it. No RAID.

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                          • FATeknollogeeF
                            FATeknollogee @DustinB3403
                            last edited by

                            @DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7 install to Dell R730 OBR10 15TB:

                            So the individual 8TB drives are all listed as available targets, but selecting the thin provisioning seems to do nothing.

                            It still configures it as LVM, and thick.

                            For testing, go ahead and follow through with the process, then once the install is complete run

                             xe sr-list uuid=<any 8tb uuid> params=all
                            

                            Ran that cmd as root: result - "No such file or directory"

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                              last edited by

                              @FATeknollogee You put in a proper SR uuid, correct?

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                              • FATeknollogeeF
                                FATeknollogee @DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                @DustinB3403 My bad, I forgot to enter the UUID.
                                BRB

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                                • DustinB3403D
                                  DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                                  last edited by

                                  @FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7 install to Dell R730 OBR10 15TB:

                                  @DustinB3403 My bad, I forgot to enter the UUID.
                                  BRB

                                  You don't have remote access (or out of band access) to the host?

                                  You can do this directly via XC and the console connection.

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                                  • FATeknollogeeF
                                    FATeknollogee
                                    last edited by

                                    THat's exactly where I am, in XC, console tab

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                                    • FATeknollogeeF
                                      FATeknollogee
                                      last edited by

                                      Is this the right cmd to find UUID?
                                      0_1476303305958_blkid.PNG

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                                        last edited by

                                        @FATeknollogee said in XenServer 7 install to Dell R730 OBR10 15TB:

                                        THat's exactly where I am, in XC, console tab

                                        Good, just making sure you weren't walking to the server...

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                                        • FATeknollogeeF
                                          FATeknollogee @DustinB3403
                                          last edited by FATeknollogee

                                          @DustinB3403 Haha, no prob., thx for the reminder!

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403 @FATeknollogee
                                            last edited by

                                            @FATeknollogee yeah.

                                            Start here though

                                            http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121313

                                             cat /proc/partitions
                                            

                                            Also in XC do you see local storage under this host, or no?

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