How do I mount this as a SR in XenServer 6.5

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],

BRRABill

@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.

scottalanmiller

@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.

Dashrender

@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.

scottalanmiller

I think it should be...

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

BRRABill

Where are you getting

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

From?

scottalanmiller

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

scottalanmiller

@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.

BRRABill

Yeah, agree with @Dashrender and @scottalanmiller

That is the right UUID.

stacksofplates

@scottalanmiller

He's doing stuff that really only can be done on XS and is hard

No, I can do all of this with KVM and more. I have multiple local stores. Some are just directories for images some are full LVs.

It's only hard because it's XenServer.

scottalanmiller

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

@scottalanmiller

He's doing stuff that really only can be done on XS and is hard

No, I can do all of this with KVM and more. I have multiple local stores. Some are just directories for images some are full LVs.

It's only hard because it's XenServer.

We've not even determined that it is hard yet. Let's save judgment for if it actually doesn't "just work."

scottalanmiller

@Dashrender 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 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.

Did this work?

BRRABill

Poor XenServer...

DustinB3403

@scottalanmiller no

scottalanmiller

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

@scottalanmiller no

What error did you get?

Please include the full command as run and full output each time.

DustinB3403

@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:

@scottalanmiller no

What error did you get?

Please include the full command as run and full output each time.

I'm working on a clean install again as shit is odd in here, have 2 SR's of which neither can connect.

DustinB3403

I mean, honestly what is the alternative here, create 18 2TB VDI's and connect those as SR's to the host?

scottalanmiller

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

I mean, honestly what is the alternative here, create 18 2TB VDI's and connect those as SR's to the host?

THat's an assumed issue, we don't know that that is part of the problem.

DustinB3403

Ok so here is what I'm going to try.

Install XS to the USB, and not select the presented array for the local storage.

From this, I'll try to add the array to xs as a local repo, using GPT.

scottalanmiller

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

Ok so here is what I'm going to try.

Install XS to the USB, and not select the presented array for the local storage.

From this, I'll try to add the array to xs as a local repo, using GPT.

Okay, so the same kind of procedure you would do if this was ESXi, for example.