Migrate from VXRail to xcp-ng and then install xcp-ng on the vxrail servers
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I have a unique opportunity with my parent company to get them off a VXRail VSan/Vsphere and go to XCP-NG. I will build an interim pool to live migrate from the vsphere to xcp and then here's my question. Has anyone taken a vxrail system and used XCP-NG and how would you implement the shared storage aspects of it? In my little world I've been using XCP for several years with a 45drives CEPH cluster on the backend and love it.
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@scboley Ok been doing a little viewing as I haven't looked at the XCP-NG offerings in a while. So XOSTOR is hyperconverged vsan replacement. So would it be possible to take a 5 node Dell VXRail and purchase one extra and configure it with 8.2 XO and XOSTOR and then start moving things onto this take one of the 5 and load with XCP-NG and move some more and eventually replace all of the VMware? Has anyone done something like this? Is XOSTOR a dual type of VSAN offering since it's what is replacing XOSAN? @olivierlambert thoughts?
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Ok it gets better I have 4 R730 with 6 10ge fiber ports 512gb ram each with san backend to use for the migration. Then once I have the migration tested and working move off the vmware rebuild the dell p570f servers to xcp-ng with xostor and move it back then I have some serious playing space for snapshots and all kinds of fun. Does anyone see any gotchas for this project?
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Hey,
Sorry missed your post (very busy ATM). We already had successful cases of customer who migrated from VXRail to Vates. It worked well, even if I don't remember the details myself;
I'm not sure to get the question about "dual type of VSAN"?
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@olivierlambert I guess I just need to understand what the difference in xosan and xostore is plus how that relates to vmwares shared storage. Good your busy keeps the lights on and growing.
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XOSAN is the first HCI solution we made, replaced by XOSTOR which is the only one supported now.
However, HCI is just one thing, we are fully compatible with NFS or iSCSI for shared storage.
