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    XCP host rebooted: VM's wont start anymore :-(

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    • olivierlambertO Offline
      olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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      In your host, can you do a xe host-list please?

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        prensel @olivierlambert
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        @olivierlambert

        [16:00 xcp ~]# xe host-list
        uuid ( RO)                : f4d5a20d-e7f3-4e62-8804-e2caa6922a43
                  name-label ( RW): xcp
            name-description ( RW): 
        
        
        uuid ( RO)                : 40974c9e-11c7-4925-a1ea-26496297084e
                  name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-01
            name-description ( RW): 
        
        
        [16:01 xcp ~]#
        
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        • olivierlambertO Offline
          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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          1. Please use Markdown syntax over your console copy/paste, I edited your post.
          2. You need to have the other host online if you want to boot the VM in question.
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            prensel @olivierlambert
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            @olivierlambert Ah ok, sorry about the markup.
            I cant restart the other host back online because it doesnt exist anymore.

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            • olivierlambertO Offline
              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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              So why not removing it from the pool then? It's not meant at all to run with a "ghost" machine in a pool.

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                prensel @olivierlambert
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                @olivierlambert I just did remove the host but when trying to restart the VM it stiil complains about the SR missing. How can I change this setting for this VM ?

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                • olivierlambertO Offline
                  olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                  Is this SR available?

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                    prensel @olivierlambert
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                    @olivierlambert [16:41 xcp ~]

                    # xe host-list
                    uuid ( RO)                : f4d5a20d-e7f3-4e62-8804-e2caa6922a43
                              name-label ( RW): xcp
                        name-description ( RW): 
                    
                    
                    [16:41 xcp ~]#
                    
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                      prensel @olivierlambert
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                      [16:44 xcp ~]# xe vm-start uuid=143f7b5b-b252-346c-5cc0-3027a7dba627
                      There are no suitable hosts to start this VM on.
                      The following table provides per-host reasons for why the VM could not be started:
                      
                      xcp    : Cannot start here [VM requires access to SR: e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643 (Local storage)]
                      
                      
                      There were no servers available to complete the specified operation.
                      [16:44 xcp ~]# xe sr-list
                      uuid ( RO)                : e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643
                                name-label ( RW): Local storage
                          name-description ( RW): 
                                      host ( RO): xcp
                                      type ( RO): ext
                              content-type ( RO): user
                      
                      
                      uuid ( RO)                : d58928fe-4a00-3fb0-36c3-8437e3417296
                                name-label ( RW): Local storage
                          name-description ( RW): 
                                      host ( RO): <not in database>
                                      type ( RO): ext
                              content-type ( RO): user
                      
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                        prensel @olivierlambert
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                        @olivierlambert

                        [16:47 xcp ~]# xe diagnostic-vm-status uuid=143f7b5b-b252-346c-5cc0-3027a7dba627
                        uuid ( RO)              : 143f7b5b-b252-346c-5cc0-3027a7dba627
                                name-label ( RW): testserver
                               power-state ( RO): halted
                            possible-hosts ( RO): 
                        
                        
                        Checking to see whether disks are attachable
                        uuid ( RO)            : dd90f85b-755b-9227-aba7-8583e4b8544f
                                vdi-uuid ( RO): <not in database>
                                   empty ( RO): true
                                  device ( RO): xvdd
                              userdevice ( RW): 3
                                    mode ( RW): RO
                                    type ( RW): CD
                              attachable ( RO): true
                            storage-lock ( RO): false
                        
                        
                        uuid ( RO)            : 23a51757-9fec-ab0b-a2d4-2790c8a4a63a
                                vdi-uuid ( RO): 06f7760e-157f-4a18-83fe-ba48db06a5ef
                                   empty ( RO): false
                                  device ( RO): xvda
                              userdevice ( RW): 0
                                    mode ( RW): RW
                                    type ( RW): Disk
                              attachable ( RO): true
                            storage-lock ( RO): false
                        
                        
                        Checking to see whether VM can boot on each host
                        xcp    : Cannot start here [VM requires access to SR: e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643 (Local storage)]
                        
                        
                        VM is not agile because: VM requires access to non-shared SR: e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643 (Local storage). SR must both be marked as shared and a properly configured PBD must be plugged-in on every host
                        
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                        • olivierlambertO Offline
                          olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                          So you want to start a VM that has a disk on a host which you removed.

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                            prensel @olivierlambert
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                            @olivierlambert
                            I can see the vhd file on the local disk of this host and it has always been there afaik. The other host wasnt used for this VM. And the VM was running fine without the other host being present for several months. So I assume the disk on this host ?

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                            • olivierlambertO Offline
                              olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                              Well, you can display the VM disk list with a xe vm-disk-list uuid=<VM UUID>.

                              Then you can find info on those disks with, for each, a xe vdi-param-list uuid=<VDI UUID>.

                              Then, you'll see on which SR are each disks, and you'll understand why the VM can't boot.

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                                prensel @olivierlambert
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                                @olivierlambert

                                I'm trying to understand how it is possible that this vm has been running for a few months without the other host being present ? Where would have the vhd file been stored ?
                                I have a copy of the vhd file here, can I create a new vm with that ?

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                                  prensel @olivierlambert
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                                  @olivierlambert

                                  [17:22 xcp ~]# xe vdi-param-list uuid=06f7760e-157f-4a18-83fe-ba48db06a5ef
                                  uuid ( RO)                    : 06f7760e-157f-4a18-83fe-ba48db06a5ef
                                                name-label ( RW): mailserver
                                          name-description ( RW): Created by XO
                                             is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
                                               snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database>
                                                 snapshots ( RO): 
                                             snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                                        allowed-operations (SRO): generate_config; update; forget; destroy; snapshot; copy; clone
                                        current-operations (SRO): 
                                                   sr-uuid ( RO): e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643
                                             sr-name-label ( RO): Local storage
                                  

                                  It says the sr-uuid is e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643, this my local storage SR of the current host ??

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                                  • olivierlambertO Offline
                                    olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                    Your mailserver disk is using SR e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643. This SR seems to belong to host ( RO): xcp, not xcp-ng-01.

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                                      @olivierlambert said in XCP host rebooted: VM's wont start anymore 😞:

                                      Your mailserver disk is using SR e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643. This SR seems to belong to host ( RO): xcp, not xcp-ng-01.

                                      Yes thats right, the host xcp is the current up and the host xcp-ng-01 is the one 'lost'.
                                      I really cant see the problem 😞

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                                      • olivierlambertO Offline
                                        olivierlambert Vates 🪐 Co-Founder CEO
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                                        Then check your local SR (if it's correctly connected)

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                                          @olivierlambert said in XCP host rebooted: VM's wont start anymore 😞:

                                          Then check your local SR (if it's correctly connected)

                                          What is the proper way to do that using cli ?

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                                            @olivierlambert said in XCP host rebooted: VM's wont start anymore 😞:

                                            Then check your local SR (if it's correctly connected)

                                            xe sr-scan uuid=e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643 
                                            The SR has no attached PBDs
                                            sr: e1fb6d59-93c5-72bf-a018-184dd3ea3643 (Local storage)
                                            

                                            How can I connect or attach a PBD ?

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