XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview

olivierlambert

It's hard to tell. If you can migrate between non-XOSTOR SRs and see if you reproduce, then it's another issue. If it's only happening when using XOSTOR in the loop, then it's relevant here

ronan-a

@geoffbland I can't reproduce your problem, can you send me the SMlog of your hosts please?

geoffbland

@ronan-a said in XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview:

@geoffbland I can't reproduce your problem, can you send me the SMlog of your hosts please?

As requested,

May 24 09:13:22 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] query failed
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:23 XCPNG01 SM: [18127] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] query failed
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:26 XCPNG01 SM: [18158] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] query failed
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:29 XCPNG01 SM: [18200] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] query failed
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:32 XCPNG01 SM: [18212] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] query failed
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:35 XCPNG01 SM: [18247] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] ['/usr/bin/vhd-util', 'query', '--debug', '-vsfp', '-n', '/dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-xxxxxxxx58c0/0']
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] FAILED in util.pread: (rc 2) stdout: '40960
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] 2048840192
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] query failed
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] hidden: 0
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] ', stderr: ''
May 24 09:13:36 XCPNG01 SM: [18259] linstor-manager:get_vhd_info error: No such file or directory

geoffbland

I found one of the VMs I had been using to test XOSTOR was locked up this morning. I restarted it but it will not start up and gives an error about the VDI being missing.

>xe vm-list name-label=test04
uuid ( RO)           : 8ec952b4-7229-7a30-81b6-1564a58f6343
     name-label ( RW): test04
    power-state ( RO): halted

>xe vm-disk-list vm=test04
Disk 0 VBD:
uuid ( RO)             : e3c465b8-17a4-d147-6383-527bd9341a16
    vm-name-label ( RO): test04
       userdevice ( RW): 0


Disk 0 VDI:
uuid ( RO)             : 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c
       name-label ( RW): test04_xostor01_vdi
    sr-name-label ( RO): XOSTOR01
     virtual-size ( RO): 42949672960

>xe vm-start vm=test04
Error code: SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_46
Error parameters: , The VDI is not available [opterr=Could not load 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c because: ['XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE', 'getVHDInfo', 'CommandException', 'No such file or directory']],

The logs for this are attached as file xostor issue 1.txt

ronan-a

@geoffbland Can you execute this command on the other hosts please?

ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0

Also I don't have all the info in your previous log, can you send me the previous SMlog files? (Using private message if you want. )

geoffbland

@ronan-a said in XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview:

Can you execute this command on the other hosts please?

As requested

XCPNG01 - Current linstor master

[10:59 XCPNG01 ~]# ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 22 19:24 /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0 -> ../../../drbd1004

XCPNG02

[11:00 XCPNG02 ~]# ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 22 19:25 /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0 -> ../../../drbd1004

XCPNG03

[07:31 XCPNG03 ~]# ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 22 19:24 /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0 -> ../../../drbd1004

XCPNG04

[07:35 XCPNG04 ~]# ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 22 19:24 /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0 -> ../../../drbd1004

XCPNG05

[10:49 XCPNG05 ~]# ls -l /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 17 May 22 19:24 /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0 -> ../../../drbd1004

geoffbland

It seems like xe may be getting mixed up between where a host is running and where the XOSTOR storage is held.
Apologies if I have misunderstood and done something wrong here - but I think this migration should have worked.
I created a new VM on one of my hosts XCPNG05 using XOSTOR as the VDI RS. I can see that the linstore volumes are on hosts XCPNG01, XCPNG03 and XCPNG05.
XCPNG05 is an Intel server, XCPNG01 and XCPNG03 are AMD. The VM is running on XCPNG05.
Now when I try to migrate the VM's VDI from XOSTOR onto a local VDI on the same host the VM is currently running on I get a warning about incompatible CPUs.

To replicate the issue:

Create new VM test05 on XOSTOR.
VM is created on host XCPNG05.

>xe vm-list name-label=test05
uuid ( RO)           : d3f8c52d-be3c-3712-0ccc-a526dcc241a5
     name-label ( RW): test05
    power-state ( RO): running

>xe vm-disk-list vm=test05
Disk 0 VBD:
uuid ( RO)             : a337cd1f-04cc-ce46-fbfb-d5d8e290dc03
    vm-name-label ( RO): test05
       userdevice ( RW): 0

Disk 0 VDI:
uuid ( RO)             : f856680c-c00d-44af-ba3f-16d9952ccb2f
       name-label ( RW): test05_vdi
    sr-name-label ( RO): XOSTOR01
     virtual-size ( RO): 34359738368

>xe sr-list name-label=XOSTOR01
uuid ( RO)                : cf896912-cd71-d2b2-488a-xxxxxxxx7c87
          name-label ( RW): XOSTOR01
    name-description ( RW):
                host ( RO): <shared>
                type ( RO): linstor
        content-type ( RO):

Migrate to local disk (SSD1) on same host (XCPNG05) - this fails migrating to the same host the VM is currently running on due to incompatible CPU.

>xe sr-list name-label=XCPNG05SSD1
uuid ( RO)                : c0851501-3a1b-c661-70b9-54373e0d9847
          name-label ( RW): XCPNG05SSD1
    name-description ( RW):
                host ( RO): XCPNG05
                type ( RO): lvm
        content-type ( RO): user

>xe vdi-pool-migrate uuid=f856680c-c00d-44af-ba3f-16d9952ccb2f sr-uuid=c0851501-3a1b-c661-70b9-54373e0d9847
The VM is incompatible with the CPU features of this host.
vm: d3f8c52d-be3c-3712-0ccc-a526dcc241a5 (test05)
host: 7bd62a77-71d6-4b51-9a86-850dd4ff4b60 (XCPNG05)
reason: VM last booted on a host which had a CPU from a different vendor.

ronan-a

@geoffbland Thank you, so ok the VDI is still here on all hosts.

You can try to check the status of the VDH like the smapi using:

/usr/bin/vhd-util query --debug -vsfp -n /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0

If you have this problem on many hosts, I suspect a problem with DRBD, so maybe there is a useful info in daemon.log and/or kern.log.

geoffbland

@ronan-a said in XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview:

You can try to check the status of the VDH like the smapi using:
/usr/bin/vhd-util query --debug -vsfp -n /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
useful info in daemon.log and/or kern.log.

This gives the following:

[10:59 XCPNG01 ~]# /usr/bin/vhd-util query --debug -vsfp -n /dev/drbd/by-res/xcp-volume-75c11231-0fb8-4b40-9e2e-a0665bb758c0/0
40960
2061447680
query failed
hidden: 0

I will send logs by direct mail.

ronan-a

@geoffbland Okay so it's probably not related to the driver itself, I will take a look to the logs after reception.

geoffbland

Failure trying to revert a VM to a snapshot with XOSTOR.

Created a VM with main VDI on XOSTOR (24GB) and with 6 disks each also on XOSTOR (2GB each).
All is running OK.
Now create a snapshot of the VM - this takes quite a while but does eventually succeed.
Now using XO (from sources) click the "Revert VM to this snapshot". This errors and the VM stops.

vm.revert
{
  "snapshot": "6032fc73-eb7f-cf64-2481-4346b7b57204"
}
{
  "code": "VM_REVERT_FAILED",
  "params": [
    "OpaqueRef:1439fd0f-4e66-44c9-99af-1f8536e59378",
    "OpaqueRef:5ad4c51e-473e-4ab0-877d-2d0dbdb90add"
  ],
  "task": {
    "uuid": "4804fefd-0037-d7dd-9a7c-769230728483",
    "name_label": "Async.VM.revert",
    "name_description": "",
    "allowed_operations": [],
    "current_operations": {},
    "created": "20220527T15:01:42Z",
    "finished": "20220527T15:01:46Z",
    "status": "failure",
    "resident_on": "OpaqueRef:a1e9a8f3-0a79-4824-b29f-d81b3246d190",
    "progress": 1,
    "type": "<none/>",
    "result": "",
    "error_info": [
      "VM_REVERT_FAILED",
      "OpaqueRef:1439fd0f-4e66-44c9-99af-1f8536e59378",
      "OpaqueRef:5ad4c51e-473e-4ab0-877d-2d0dbdb90add"
    ],
    "other_config": {},
    "subtask_of": "OpaqueRef:NULL",
    "subtasks": [],
    "backtrace": "(((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/xapi_vm_snapshot.ml)(line 492))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 35))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml)(line 131))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 35))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 231))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml)(line 103)))"
  },
  "message": "VM_REVERT_FAILED(OpaqueRef:1439fd0f-4e66-44c9-99af-1f8536e59378, OpaqueRef:5ad4c51e-473e-4ab0-877d-2d0dbdb90add)",
  "name": "XapiError",
  "stack": "XapiError: VM_REVERT_FAILED(OpaqueRef:1439fd0f-4e66-44c9-99af-1f8536e59378, OpaqueRef:5ad4c51e-473e-4ab0-877d-2d0dbdb90add)
    at Function.wrap (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/_XapiError.js:16:12)
    at _default (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/_getTaskResult.js:11:29)
    at Xapi._addRecordToCache (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:949:24)
    at forEach (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:983:14)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Xapi._processEvents (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:973:12)
    at Xapi._watchEvents (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:1139:14)"
}

Now viewing the VM with XO on the disks tab shows no attached disks - disk tab is blank.

XOSTOR01 Storage No Disks.png

But linstor appears to still have the disks and the snapshot disks too.

┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-142cb89f-2850-4ac8-a47c-10bb2cfc4692 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1010 ┊ /dev/drbd1010 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-142cb89f-2850-4ac8-a47c-10bb2cfc4692 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1010 ┊ /dev/drbd1010 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-142cb89f-2850-4ac8-a47c-10bb2cfc4692 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1010 ┊ /dev/drbd1010 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-142cb89f-2850-4ac8-a47c-10bb2cfc4692 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1010 ┊ /dev/drbd1010 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-18fa145a-d36b-44bd-b1b5-af1e9424ea00 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1018 ┊ /dev/drbd1018 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-18fa145a-d36b-44bd-b1b5-af1e9424ea00 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1018 ┊ /dev/drbd1018 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-18fa145a-d36b-44bd-b1b5-af1e9424ea00 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1018 ┊ /dev/drbd1018 ┊           ┊ InUse  ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-18fa145a-d36b-44bd-b1b5-af1e9424ea00 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1018 ┊ /dev/drbd1018 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-18fa145a-d36b-44bd-b1b5-af1e9424ea00 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1018 ┊ /dev/drbd1018 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-1a6c7272-f718-4c4d-a8b0-ca8419eab314 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1024 ┊ /dev/drbd1024 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-1a6c7272-f718-4c4d-a8b0-ca8419eab314 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1024 ┊ /dev/drbd1024 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-1a6c7272-f718-4c4d-a8b0-ca8419eab314 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1024 ┊ /dev/drbd1024 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-1a6c7272-f718-4c4d-a8b0-ca8419eab314 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1024 ┊ /dev/drbd1024 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-1a6c7272-f718-4c4d-a8b0-ca8419eab314 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1024 ┊ /dev/drbd1024 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-2cab6c2d-abf6-42c7-9094-d75351ed8ebb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1016 ┊ /dev/drbd1016 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-2cab6c2d-abf6-42c7-9094-d75351ed8ebb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1016 ┊ /dev/drbd1016 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-2cab6c2d-abf6-42c7-9094-d75351ed8ebb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1016 ┊ /dev/drbd1016 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-2cab6c2d-abf6-42c7-9094-d75351ed8ebb ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1016 ┊ /dev/drbd1016 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-2cab6c2d-abf6-42c7-9094-d75351ed8ebb ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1016 ┊ /dev/drbd1016 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-30bf014b-025d-4f3f-a068-f9a9bf34fab2 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1013 ┊ /dev/drbd1013 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-30bf014b-025d-4f3f-a068-f9a9bf34fab2 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1013 ┊ /dev/drbd1013 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-30bf014b-025d-4f3f-a068-f9a9bf34fab2 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1013 ┊ /dev/drbd1013 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-3bdb2b25-706c-4309-ab8f-df3190f57c43 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1021 ┊ /dev/drbd1021 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-3bdb2b25-706c-4309-ab8f-df3190f57c43 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1021 ┊ /dev/drbd1021 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-3bdb2b25-706c-4309-ab8f-df3190f57c43 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1021 ┊ /dev/drbd1021 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-3bdb2b25-706c-4309-ab8f-df3190f57c43 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1021 ┊ /dev/drbd1021 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-3bdb2b25-706c-4309-ab8f-df3190f57c43 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1021 ┊ /dev/drbd1021 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-450f65f7-7fcc-4ffd-893e-761a2f6ac366 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1020 ┊ /dev/drbd1020 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-450f65f7-7fcc-4ffd-893e-761a2f6ac366 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1020 ┊ /dev/drbd1020 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-450f65f7-7fcc-4ffd-893e-761a2f6ac366 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1020 ┊ /dev/drbd1020 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-450f65f7-7fcc-4ffd-893e-761a2f6ac366 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1020 ┊ /dev/drbd1020 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-450f65f7-7fcc-4ffd-893e-761a2f6ac366 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1020 ┊ /dev/drbd1020 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-466938db-11f1-4b59-8a90-ad08fa20e085 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1015 ┊ /dev/drbd1015 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-466938db-11f1-4b59-8a90-ad08fa20e085 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1015 ┊ /dev/drbd1015 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-466938db-11f1-4b59-8a90-ad08fa20e085 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1015 ┊ /dev/drbd1015 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-466938db-11f1-4b59-8a90-ad08fa20e085 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1015 ┊ /dev/drbd1015 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-466938db-11f1-4b59-8a90-ad08fa20e085 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1015 ┊ /dev/drbd1015 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-470dcf6f-d916-403d-8258-e012c065b8ec ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1009 ┊ /dev/drbd1009 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-470dcf6f-d916-403d-8258-e012c065b8ec ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1009 ┊ /dev/drbd1009 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-470dcf6f-d916-403d-8258-e012c065b8ec ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1009 ┊ /dev/drbd1009 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-470dcf6f-d916-403d-8258-e012c065b8ec ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1009 ┊ /dev/drbd1009 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-551db5b5-7772-407a-9e8c-e549db3a0e5f ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1008 ┊ /dev/drbd1008 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-551db5b5-7772-407a-9e8c-e549db3a0e5f ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1008 ┊ /dev/drbd1008 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-551db5b5-7772-407a-9e8c-e549db3a0e5f ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1008 ┊ /dev/drbd1008 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-551db5b5-7772-407a-9e8c-e549db3a0e5f ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1008 ┊ /dev/drbd1008 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-699871db-2319-4ddd-9a44-0514d2e7aee3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1025 ┊ /dev/drbd1025 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-699871db-2319-4ddd-9a44-0514d2e7aee3 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1025 ┊ /dev/drbd1025 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-699871db-2319-4ddd-9a44-0514d2e7aee3 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1025 ┊ /dev/drbd1025 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-699871db-2319-4ddd-9a44-0514d2e7aee3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1025 ┊ /dev/drbd1025 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-699871db-2319-4ddd-9a44-0514d2e7aee3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1025 ┊ /dev/drbd1025 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-6c96822b-7ded-41dd-b4ff-690dc4795ee7 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1023 ┊ /dev/drbd1023 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-6c96822b-7ded-41dd-b4ff-690dc4795ee7 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1023 ┊ /dev/drbd1023 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-6c96822b-7ded-41dd-b4ff-690dc4795ee7 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1023 ┊ /dev/drbd1023 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-6c96822b-7ded-41dd-b4ff-690dc4795ee7 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1023 ┊ /dev/drbd1023 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-6c96822b-7ded-41dd-b4ff-690dc4795ee7 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1023 ┊ /dev/drbd1023 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-70004559-a2c4-480f-b7bc-b26dcb95bfba ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1027 ┊ /dev/drbd1027 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-70004559-a2c4-480f-b7bc-b26dcb95bfba ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1027 ┊ /dev/drbd1027 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-70004559-a2c4-480f-b7bc-b26dcb95bfba ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1027 ┊ /dev/drbd1027 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-70004559-a2c4-480f-b7bc-b26dcb95bfba ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1027 ┊ /dev/drbd1027 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-70004559-a2c4-480f-b7bc-b26dcb95bfba ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1027 ┊ /dev/drbd1027 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-707a0158-ad31-4b4b-af2b-20d89e5717de ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1026 ┊ /dev/drbd1026 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-707a0158-ad31-4b4b-af2b-20d89e5717de ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1026 ┊ /dev/drbd1026 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-707a0158-ad31-4b4b-af2b-20d89e5717de ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1026 ┊ /dev/drbd1026 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-707a0158-ad31-4b4b-af2b-20d89e5717de ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1026 ┊ /dev/drbd1026 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-707a0158-ad31-4b4b-af2b-20d89e5717de ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1026 ┊ /dev/drbd1026 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-7aaa7a6e-98c4-4a57-a4f1-4fea0a36b17a ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1011 ┊ /dev/drbd1011 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-7aaa7a6e-98c4-4a57-a4f1-4fea0a36b17a ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1011 ┊ /dev/drbd1011 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-7aaa7a6e-98c4-4a57-a4f1-4fea0a36b17a ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1011 ┊ /dev/drbd1011 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-9320c158-489e-49e7-92b8-85c93c9e3eeb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1022 ┊ /dev/drbd1022 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-9320c158-489e-49e7-92b8-85c93c9e3eeb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1022 ┊ /dev/drbd1022 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-9320c158-489e-49e7-92b8-85c93c9e3eeb ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1022 ┊ /dev/drbd1022 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-9320c158-489e-49e7-92b8-85c93c9e3eeb ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1022 ┊ /dev/drbd1022 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-9320c158-489e-49e7-92b8-85c93c9e3eeb ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1022 ┊ /dev/drbd1022 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-b341848b-01d1-4019-a62f-85c6108a53e3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1006 ┊ /dev/drbd1006 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-b341848b-01d1-4019-a62f-85c6108a53e3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1006 ┊ /dev/drbd1006 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-b341848b-01d1-4019-a62f-85c6108a53e3 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1006 ┊ /dev/drbd1006 ┊ 24.06 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-bccefe12-9ff5-4317-b05c-515cb44a5710 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1014 ┊ /dev/drbd1014 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-bccefe12-9ff5-4317-b05c-515cb44a5710 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1014 ┊ /dev/drbd1014 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-bccefe12-9ff5-4317-b05c-515cb44a5710 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1014 ┊ /dev/drbd1014 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-bccefe12-9ff5-4317-b05c-515cb44a5710 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1014 ┊ /dev/drbd1014 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-bccefe12-9ff5-4317-b05c-515cb44a5710 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1014 ┊ /dev/drbd1014 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-cdc051ae-bc39-4012-9ce0-6e4f855a5063 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1012 ┊ /dev/drbd1012 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-cdc051ae-bc39-4012-9ce0-6e4f855a5063 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1012 ┊ /dev/drbd1012 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-cdc051ae-bc39-4012-9ce0-6e4f855a5063 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1012 ┊ /dev/drbd1012 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-cdc051ae-bc39-4012-9ce0-6e4f855a5063 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1012 ┊ /dev/drbd1012 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-d5a744ec-d1a1-4116-a576-38608b9dd790 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1019 ┊ /dev/drbd1019 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-d5a744ec-d1a1-4116-a576-38608b9dd790 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1019 ┊ /dev/drbd1019 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-d5a744ec-d1a1-4116-a576-38608b9dd790 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1019 ┊ /dev/drbd1019 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-d5a744ec-d1a1-4116-a576-38608b9dd790 ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1019 ┊ /dev/drbd1019 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-d5a744ec-d1a1-4116-a576-38608b9dd790 ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1019 ┊ /dev/drbd1019 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG01 ┊ xcp-volume-f9cf9143-829d-4246-9051-9102f2c4709c ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1017 ┊ /dev/drbd1017 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊
┊ XCPNG02 ┊ xcp-volume-f9cf9143-829d-4246-9051-9102f2c4709c ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1017 ┊ /dev/drbd1017 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG03 ┊ xcp-volume-f9cf9143-829d-4246-9051-9102f2c4709c ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1017 ┊ /dev/drbd1017 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG04 ┊ xcp-volume-f9cf9143-829d-4246-9051-9102f2c4709c ┊ xcp-sr-linstor_group ┊     0 ┊    1017 ┊ /dev/drbd1017 ┊  2.02 GiB ┊ Unused ┊ UpToDate ┊
┊ XCPNG05 ┊ xcp-volume-f9cf9143-829d-4246-9051-9102f2c4709c ┊ DfltDisklessStorPool ┊     0 ┊    1017 ┊ /dev/drbd1017 ┊           ┊ Unused ┊ Diskless ┊

From the VM disks tab if I try to Attach the disks, two of the disks created on XOSTOR are missing (data1 and data4).

XOSTOR01 Storage Disks Missing.png

Finally if I go to storage and bring up the XOSTOR storage and then press "Rescan all disks" I get this error:

sr.scan
{
  "id": "cf896912-cd71-d2b2-488a-5792b7147c87"
}
{
  "code": "SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_46",
  "params": [
    "",
    "The VDI is not available [opterr=Could not load 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c because: ['XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE', 'getVHDInfo', 'CommandException', 'No such file or directory']]",
    ""
  ],
  "task": {
    "uuid": "4dcac885-dfaa-784a-eb2d-02335efde0fb",
    "name_label": "Async.SR.scan",
    "name_description": "",
    "allowed_operations": [],
    "current_operations": {},
    "created": "20220527T16:27:36Z",
    "finished": "20220527T16:27:50Z",
    "status": "failure",
    "resident_on": "OpaqueRef:a1e9a8f3-0a79-4824-b29f-d81b3246d190",
    "progress": 1,
    "type": "<none/>",
    "result": "",
    "error_info": [
      "SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_46",
      "",
      "The VDI is not available [opterr=Could not load 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c because: ['XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE', 'getVHDInfo', 'CommandException', 'No such file or directory']]",
      ""
    ],
    "other_config": {},
    "subtask_of": "OpaqueRef:NULL",
    "subtasks": [],
    "backtrace": "(((process xapi)(filename lib/backtrace.ml)(line 210))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/storage_access.ml)(line 32))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 35))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/message_forwarding.ml)(line 128))((process xapi)(filename lib/xapi-stdext-pervasives/pervasiveext.ml)(line 24))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/rbac.ml)(line 231))((process xapi)(filename ocaml/xapi/server_helpers.ml)(line 103)))"
  },
  "message": "SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_46(, The VDI is not available [opterr=Could not load 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c because: ['XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE', 'getVHDInfo', 'CommandException', 'No such file or directory']], )",
  "name": "XapiError",
  "stack": "XapiError: SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_46(, The VDI is not available [opterr=Could not load 735fc2d7-f1f0-4cc6-9d35-42a049d8ec6c because: ['XENAPI_PLUGIN_FAILURE', 'getVHDInfo', 'CommandException', 'No such file or directory']], )
    at Function.wrap (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/_XapiError.js:16:12)
    at _default (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/_getTaskResult.js:11:29)
    at Xapi._addRecordToCache (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:949:24)
    at forEach (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:983:14)
    at Array.forEach (<anonymous>)
    at Xapi._processEvents (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:973:12)
    at Xapi._watchEvents (/opt/xo/xo-builds/xen-orchestra-202204291839/packages/xen-api/src/index.js:1139:14)"
}

geoffbland

@ronan-a said in XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview:

Okay so it's probably not related to the driver itself, I will take a look to the logs after reception.

Did you get chance to look at the logs I sent?

ronan-a

@geoffbland So, I didn't notice useful info outside of:

FIXME drbd_a_xcp-volu[24302] op clear, bitmap locked for 'set_n_write sync_handshake' by drbd_r_xcp-volu[24231]
...
FIXME drbd_a_xcp-volu[24328] op clear, bitmap locked for 'demote' by drbd_w_xcp-volu[24188]

Like I said in my e-mail, maybe there are more details in another log file. I hope.

geoffbland

@ronan-a said in [XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview]

Like I said in my e-mail, maybe there are more details in another log file. I hope.

In the end I realised I was more trying to "use" XOSTOR whilst testing rather than properly test it. So I decided to rip it all down and start again and retest it again - this time properly recording each step so any issues can be replicated. I will let you know how this goes.

geoffbland

@ronan-a Could you please take a look at this issue I raised elsewhere on the forums.

I am currently unable to create new VMs, getting a No such Tapdisk error - checking down the stack trace - it seems to be coming from a get() call in /opt/xensource/sm/blktap2.py and this code seems to have been changed in a XOSTOR release from 24th May.

ronan-a

@geoffbland Hi, I was away last week, I will take a look.

yrrips

This is a supercool and amazing thing. Coming from Proxmox with Ceph I really feel this was a missing piece. I want to migrate my whole homelab to this!

I've been playing around with it a fair bit, and it works well, but when it came to enabling HA I ran into trouble. Is XOSTOR not a valid shared storage target to enable HA on?

Having multiple shared storages (NFS/CIFS etc) in production is a given to put backups and whatnot on, but I thought it was weird that I couldn't use XOSTOR storage to enable HA.

geoffbland

@yrrips said in XOSTOR hyperconvergence preview:

when it came to enabling HA I ran into trouble. Is XOSTOR not a valid shared storage target to enable HA on?

I'm also really hoping that XOSTOR works well and also feel like this is something XCP-NG really needs. I've tried other distributed storage solutions, notably GlusterFS but never found anything that really works 100% when outages occur.

Note I plan to use XOSTOR just for VM disks and any data they use - not for the HA share and not for backups. My logic is that:

backups should not be anywhere near XCP-NG and should be isolated software and hardware - and hopefully location wise.
HA share needs to survive a issue where XCP-NG HA fails; if XCP-NG quorum is not working then XOSTOR (Linstor) quorum may be affected in a similar way - so I keep my HA share on a reliable NFS share. Note that in testing I found if the HA share is not available for a while that XCP-NG stays running OK (just don't make any configuration changes until HA share is back).

ronan-a

@yrrips I fixed several problems with the HA and the linstor driver. I don't know what's your sm version, but I updated it few weeks ago (current: sm-2.30.6-1.2.0.linstor.1.xcpng8.2.x86_64). Could you give me more details?

markhewitt1978

I have been waiting for this for some time. after XOSAN didn't really work for me, but neither did OVH's SAN offering.

Is there a documentation page to look at rather than going through the thread?

In the absense of that is there a minumum recommanded host count?

Would love to give this a try but would mean playing with production VMs!