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    Building Out XenServer 6.5 with USB Boot and Software RAID 10

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      Alex Sage
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        Alex Sage
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        Looks good?

        [root@XenServer ~]# cat /proc/mdstat
        Personalities : [raid10] [raid1]
        md0 : active raid1 sdb[0] sdc[1]
              976631360 blocks super 1.2 [2/2] [UU]
              [=>...................]  resync =  5.4% (52749312/976631360) finish=143.3min speed=107400K/sec
        
        unused devices: <none>
        [root@XenServer ~]#
        
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        • DustinB3403D
          DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
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          @anonymous besides just the two disk, yeah it looks alright.

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            scottalanmiller
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            Nothing wrong with RAID 1!

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              Alex Sage
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              Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

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                DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
                last edited by

                @aaronstuder said:

                Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

                It likely would, but you'll have to test it to find out.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
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                  @aaronstuder said:

                  Will this guide work with CentOS 7?

                  To do what with CentOS 7? Do you want to install CentOS to a USB stick? Or are you just looking for the MD RAID portion?

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller
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                    We need to make this guide again with XS7.

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                    • DustinB3403D
                      DustinB3403
                      last edited by DustinB3403

                      Has anyone attempted this guide on XS7? Confirming what works and what doesn't.

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                        Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                        @DustinB3403 I'll try it tomorrow night.

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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller @Alex Sage
                          last edited by

                          @aaronstuder said in Building Out XenServer 6.5 with USB Boot and Software RAID 10:

                          @DustinB3403 I'll try it tomorrow night.

                          Thanks

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                            Alex Sage @scottalanmiller
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                            @scottalanmiller Well, change of plans, I ordered 32GB more RAM and 2 New 64GB thumbdrives, which will be here Saturday. Will upgrade then and test 🙂

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                              DustinB3403
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                              There appears to be a bug with XS7 and upgrading / using an existing MD array.

                              https://bugs.xenserver.org/browse/XSO-545

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                                Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                                @DustinB3403 Interesting. I will be starting fresh... Would you like to to try a upgrade as well?

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                                  DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
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                                  @aaronstuder Tried upgrading, and I'm getting several errors on my test system. Which ran XS6.5 just fine.

                                  Going to try again and see what happens, this time not using the existing array, but the same boot device.

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                                    Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                                    @DustinB3403 Ah, I see. Have you tried a fresh install?

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                                      DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
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                                      @aaronstuder Working on that now.

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                                        DustinB3403
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                                        It looks as though I'm going to have to clean the drives that are a part of the old array before I can proceed. I'm getting an error

                                         no such file or directory: '/sys/block/md127p1'
                                        
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                                          Alex Sage @DustinB3403
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                                          @DustinB3403 Bummer. On a side note, how do I quickly remove all partitions on a drive in Linux? I want a blank drive with nothing on it 🙂

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                                            DustinB3403 @Alex Sage
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                                            @aaronstuder said in Building Out XenServer 6.5 with USB Boot and Software RAID 10:

                                            @DustinB3403 Bummer. On a side note, how do I quickly remove all partitions on a drive in Linux? I want a blank drive with nothing on it 🙂

                                            I'm assuming on the software array, correct?

                                            mdadm --stop /dev/md0
                                            mdadm --remove /dev/md0
                                            mdadm --zero-superblock /dev/sda    (per drive)
                                            sfdisk -d /dev/sda | sfdisk /dev/sdb
                                            
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