XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup
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Ok so the time came to upgrade XS from 6.5 to 7.1. My setup is simple enough, I have the Dell SD card thingy where XS 6.5 is installed, and then I have one big RAID for storage of everything else.
I don't remember the initial install of XS being anything complicated. But anyway, I've now installed XS 7 three times trying to get it to work but it's not.
The first time I used the "upgrade" option, this ended with an error "the new partition table could not be written but was reverted successfully: Could not create partition 1 from 46139392 to 83888127
Error encountered; not saving changes."After system reboot, I still had functional 6.5 but the storage repository was now "unplugged" and "not usable by this host." swell
So I said screw it and just did the clean install instead. This went through no problem. I created my password, setup static IP stuff, set time etc etc, then it kicked out my install DVD and wanted a reboot.
The system reboots, and loads up a nice old XS 6.5! Ok that's weird.I did the install a 2nd time, also clean install, making sure to carefully check each screen. The only screen that has anything to do with storage is when it asks me where I want to store VMs, and I choose the big RAID.
Once again, I reboot, and up comes 6.5.
I have no idea where XS 7.1 is supposedly installing to, it doesn't ask me where to install to, it just does it on its own I guess. But there is my 6.5 still untouched.
Obvious question here, why isn't it installing to the SD or upgrading on the SD? It's not even asking where to install too. It must have installed somewhere right? And now my SR is offline.
I must be missing a step here.
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How large of an SD card are you using?
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@DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
How large of an SD card are you using?
This. The partitioning scheme changed in 7.x and requires a larger footprint.
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32GB for the SDs.
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@guyinpv The minimum is now 46GB.
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@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@guyinpv The minimum is now 46GB.
eh? where is this listed?
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@wirestyle22 said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@guyinpv The minimum is now 46GB.
eh? where is this listed?
It's not, freaking annoying!
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It's listed here on page 12.
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@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
It's listed here on page 12.
That's like the most basic information that should be on a webpage, and not mentioning a minimum storage requirement makes it very, very hard to find. No wonder I don't remember seeing it.
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@travisdh1 RTFM.
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@guyinpv Look at appendix D for instructions on installing to smaller devices.
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@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@travisdh1 RTFM.
I have, and they do not list a the minimum storage required, just give you the partitioning scheme. A partitioning scheme does not equal minimum drive size. Details matter.
At least we know in this case it really is the 47.5GB that they list, but it can't be assumed.
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Note:
Customers installing XenServer 7.0 with the new partition layout described above should
ensure they have a disk that is at least 46GB in size. -
@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
Note:
Customers installing XenServer 7.0 with the new partition layout described above should
ensure they have a disk that is at least 46GB in size.Gah, buried even worse. Why is this not listed in the minimum requirements?
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@travisdh1 Technically, it's only a requirement if you use the newer partitioning scheme. One would think the installer could be intelligent enough to notify the user when they've selected a destination without enough free space.
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@Danp said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@travisdh1 Technically, it's only a requirement if you use the newer partitioning scheme. One would think the installer could be intelligent enough to notify the user when they've selected a destination without enough free space.
One would think, yes. I think I tried this on a 32GB usb and had it continue on it's merry (failing) way.
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It's not a minimum requirement, but a recommendation. I have a XS host with the old partition layout. it is the minimum for the new partition layout. Upgrades function just fine with the old smaller partition layout.
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Are the 7.1 issues people were running into initially, solved? I want to install this at home.
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@wirestyle22 Yes, there were several patches that were released since launch that addressed many issues.
Fortunately there were no issues like FreeNAS Corral
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@DustinB3403 said in XenServer 7 install not working for SD-Card setup:
@wirestyle22 Yes, there were several patches that were released since launch that addressed many issues.
Fortunately there were no issues like FreeNAS Corral
Awesome. Thanks!
