xenserver error fsck
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Is there a way to use xe vdi-list against specific VM's so I can see it all?
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@DustinB3403 WTF... that makes mo sense. Why wait?!
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@Danp said in xenserver error fsck:
@DustinB3403 WTF... that makes mo sense. Why wait?!
please stop asking question..... hurting my brain.
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@momurda said in xenserver error fsck:
If those wont work in cli, you still can use XC to get this info. Or XO i imagine has this info listed on its web interface.
In XC, click the VDI, and then STORAGE (on the menu) and COPY UUID TO CLIPBOARD.
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Gives a list of all SRs and their contained VDIs.
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im just not seeing it
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Does it work from XC? If not, I don't think you are going to be able to get it.
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from within XC I'm not seeing UUID's on the drives them selves.
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is this the kind of thing I'm looking for?
uuid ( RO) : 6e599b8b-6894-4f56-b4e7-2aa8a79e463c
name-label ( RW): Tom Training
name-description ( RW):
sr-uuid ( RO): ab4b21fd-1157-d4ca-cd4d-78cb4affee2a
virtual-size ( RO): 107374182400
sharable ( RO): false
read-only ( RO): false@Dashrender what steps did you go through to restore, can you send me what you had to follow directly?
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@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:
we're probably going to migrate everything over (but guess when.... next flipping weekend...)
Chances are it won't live that long if you're having these issues already.
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@Dashrender That's what I was thinking as well.
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These links should help you with backing up metadata and restoring.
Citrix XenServer
7.0 Administrator's Guide
http://docs.citrix.com/content/dam/docs/en-us/xenserver/xenserver-7-0/downloads/xenserver-7-0-administrators-guide.pdfHow to Back Up Virtual Machine Metadata to a USB Device
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX121282How to Reinstall a XenServer Host and Preserve Virtual Machines on the Local Storage
https://support.citrix.com/article/CTX136342 -
@black3dynamite Thank you.
The second link I've tried to follow through the steps and because the system is stuck in a read-only state (yet the vm's are operational) I need to manually export the metadata.
@Dashrender does this look correct?
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@DustinB3403 Is it only read-only on the USB where XenServer is installed on? Maybe you can backup metadata to your EXT SR where your VMs are at.
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@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:
from within XC I'm not seeing UUID's on the drives them selves.
This is actually not required - if the disks very in size enough between the VMs, just grab the disk sizes and keep that information (that's all I had when I did it)
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@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:
@black3dynamite Thank you.
The second link I've tried to follow through the steps and because the system is stuck in a read-only state (yet the vm's are operational) I need to manually export the metadata.
@Dashrender does this look correct?
yes, that should be what you need
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@black3dynamite said in xenserver error fsck:
@DustinB3403 Is it only read-only on the USB where XenServer is installed on? Maybe you can backup metadata to your EXT SR where your VMs are at.
The meta data doesn't exist on the SR unless you previously backed it up.
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@Dashrender said in xenserver error fsck:
@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:
@black3dynamite Thank you.
The second link I've tried to follow through the steps and because the system is stuck in a read-only state (yet the vm's are operational) I need to manually export the metadata.
@Dashrender does this look correct?
yes, that should be what you need
Ok cool.
So on this one VM i'm having a hell of a time actually determining what is the proper VHD uuid
I have 2...
2b00bf92-b289-43dc-a0e9-9cf4f3e28501
c143c2e0-5149-455b-9730-73e08585e09aWhich maybe this isn't such a huge ordeal as this VM is tiny (150GB)
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@DustinB3403 said in xenserver error fsck:
@Dashrender what steps did you go through to restore, can you send me what you had to follow directly?
Honestly I don't have a list - I was kinda like you are now - frantically looking around for solutions.
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I didn't have any uuid info when my failed.
What I did have was just a list of the VMs and the sizes of the disks associated with each.
After I reattached the SR to the new install of XS, I built the VMs and picked the VDIs inside XC.
