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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
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        @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
                last edited by

                @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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                                        • scottalanmillerS
                                          scottalanmiller
                                          last edited by

                                          Is it ext instead of ext3? My bad. We had the same command otherwise.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @BRRABill
                                            last edited by

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

                                            Where are you getting

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

                                            From?

                                            No idea.

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