Problems with existing pool, problems migrating to new pool

simpleisbest

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tjkreidl

@simpleisbest Seems like you just need to go in and delete some of the snapshot chain instances. Make sure to of course keep the base and the latest one.

Coalescing has nothing to do with bringing up or down VMs; it's often just a matter of if the SR is too full (over about 90% capacity). Doing an "xe sr-scan uuid=(UUID-of-SR)" should trigger a coalesce which you can verify with "xe task-list."

simpleisbest

@tjkreidl

Thanks. I triggered it from the command line as you suggested, and didn't see any changes.

About 5 minutes later, taking a tail of /var/log/SMlog I found the following, which suggests a host being offline is causing the delay here:

Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] Found 2 orphaned vdis
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SM: [31273] lock: tried lock /var/lock/sm/1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401/sr, acquired: True (exists: True)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] Found 2 VDIs for deletion:
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] 562be49d(300.000G/607.790M)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] c2be12c4(100.000G/1.634G)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] Deleting unlinked VDI 562be49d(300.000G/607.790M)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] Checking with slave: ('OpaqueRef:a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8', 'nfs-on-slave', 'check', {'path': '/var/run/sr-mount/1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401/562be49d-2210-4ea1-a936-4415e5981fcd.vhd'})
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SM: [31273] lock: released /var/lock/sm/1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401/sr
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SM: [31273] lock: released /var/lock/sm/1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401/running
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] GC process exiting, no work left
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SM: [31273] lock: released /var/lock/sm/1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401/gc_active
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] In cleanup
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] SR 1d1e ('TrueNas1VM') (370 VDIs in 16 VHD trees): no changes
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] ***********************
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] * E X C E P T I O N *
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] ***********************
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] gc: EXCEPTION <class 'XenAPI.Failure'>, ['HOST_OFFLINE', 'OpaqueRef:a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8']
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2961, in gc
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] _gc(None, srUuid, dryRun)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2846, in _gc
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] _gcLoop(sr, dryRun)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2813, in _gcLoop
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] sr.garbageCollect(dryRun)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 1651, in garbageCollect
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] self.deleteVDIs(vdiList)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2225, in deleteVDIs
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] SR.deleteVDIs(self, vdiList)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 1665, in deleteVDIs
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] self.deleteVDI(vdi)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2320, in deleteVDI
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] self._checkSlaves(vdi)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2333, in _checkSlaves
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] self._checkSlave(hostRef, vdi)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/opt/xensource/sm/cleanup.py", line 2342, in _checkSlave
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] text = _host.call_plugin(call)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XenAPI.py", line 264, in call
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] return self.__send(self.__name, args)
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XenAPI.py", line 160, in xenapi_request
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] result = _parse_result(getattr(self, methodname)(full_params))
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] File "/usr/lib/python2.7/site-packages/XenAPI.py", line 238, in _parse_result
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] raise Failure(result['ErrorDescription'])
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273]
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273] * * * * * SR 1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401: ERROR
Jun 10 17:53:24 xcp-ng-1 SMGC: [31273]
[17:54 xcp-ng-1 ~]#

If that's the case - that only 2 of the 3 members of the pool are online so the coalesce won't occur, does it make the most sense to just remove the host that's forgotten its network settings from the pool, and rescan?

tjkreidl

@simpleisbest That should work. It appears a host is offline, not a VM, though, or? I cannot imagine a VM being offline would affect the coalesce.
What is associated with UUID=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8 ?
I gather that "xe task-iist" no longer showed the coalesce process as being active?

simpleisbest

@tjkreidl

That doesn't map to a host or a vm as far as I can tell:

[18:17 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe vm-list | grep a60
[18:17 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-list
uuid ( RO) : 78913a9f-e36e-419e-9e84-9fc43127558f
name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-1
name-description ( RW): Default install

uuid ( RO) : 0840e7a3-e82a-4f48-803b-08c3a082af88
name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-3
name-description ( RW): Default install

uuid ( RO) : 7a49f91f-4701-4a95-b73c-be8235878ecf
name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-2
name-description ( RW): Default install

I went through all the output of the xe vm-list and nothing there matched, so I have no idea what that might be referencing.

And you're correct: xe task-list just comes up empty when I run the command, so no coalesce ongoing.

So all I need to do is run:

xe host-forget uuid=0840e7a3-e82a-4f48-803b-08c3a082af88 ? Then run the sr-scan again?

(Because the host named xcp-ng-3 is the one that's offline)

Editing for Clarification on that uuid

Where else might I look?

[18:23 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:23 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe vm-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe sr-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe vdi-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe network-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe pif-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe vif-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:24 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe pbd-list uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[18:25 xcp-ng-1 ~]#

Danp

@simpleisbest said in Problems with existing pool, problems migrating to new pool:

OpaqueRef:a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8

Go to host view in XOA and put a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8 in the filter replacing whatever is already there. This should show you the host involved.

simpleisbest

@Danp said in Problems with existing pool, problems migrating to new pool:

a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8

That pulled it up. Apparently that's associated with the host that's down, though it's not the uuid produced when typing xe host-list.

Which brings up a question: what is the best way to remove this host from the pool?

Do I do it from XO? From the command line? Using this a60 uuid, or the one that xe host-list produces?

simpleisbest

OK, just a follow-up.

Tried removing the host using XO, and that failed because it wasn't online.
Tried removing from the command line using the a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8 uuid but that wasn't recognized.
Removed it from the command line using the uuid that came up in the xe host-list command.
Now I see metrics on the pool picking up, and the number of VDIs to coalesce has already moved from 68 to 66.

For someone who runs across this in the future...(Don't ask me about that load average.)

[23:29 xcp-ng-1 ~]# w
 23:43:09 up 80 days,  5:33,  2 users,  load average: 551.01, 550.52, 549.49
USER     TTY      FROM             LOGIN@   IDLE   JCPU   PCPU WHAT
root     pts/3    192.168.9.151    17:47    1.00s  0.25s  0.23s -bash
root     pts/0                     14:28    9:14m  0.05s  0.05s -bash
[23:43 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-forget uuid=a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
The uuid you supplied was invalid.
type: host
uuid: a60d10b4-b4d0-4bae-a5ab-f8f6b9c03ca8
[23:43 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-lits
Unknown command: host-lits
For usage run: 'xe help'
[23:43 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-list
uuid ( RO)                : 78913a9f-e36e-419e-9e84-9fc43127558f
          name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-1
    name-description ( RW): Default install


uuid ( RO)                : 0840e7a3-e82a-4f48-803b-08c3a082af88
          name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-3
    name-description ( RW): Default install


uuid ( RO)                : 7a49f91f-4701-4a95-b73c-be8235878ecf
          name-label ( RW): xcp-ng-2
    name-description ( RW): Default install


[23:44 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe host-forget uuid=0840e7a3-e82a-4f48-803b-08c3a082af88
WARNING: A host should only be forgotten if it is physically unrecoverable;
WARNING: if possible, Hosts should be 'ejected' from the Pool instead.
WARNING: Once a host has been forgotten it will have to be re-installed.
WARNING: This operation is irreversible.
Type 'yes' to continue
yes
[23:44 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe sr-scan uuid=1d1eea3e-95e7-a0fa-958e-7ddb2e557401
[23:46 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe task-list
[23:46 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe task-list
[23:49 xcp-ng-1 ~]# xe task-list
uuid ( RO)                : 2af0df13-89ce-5ea2-5e8e-2902f8fa0b1c
          name-label ( RO): Async.SR.update
    name-description ( RO):
              status ( RO): success
            progress ( RO): 1.000


uuid ( RO)                : 48dbf4bd-09f1-10f6-5db1-4dac86c375cf
          name-label ( RO): Async.SR.update
    name-description ( RO):
              status ( RO): success
            progress ( RO): 1.000


[00:01 xcp-ng-1 ~]#

tjkreidl

@simpleisbest Yeah, good that you got that host ejected causing the issues. Note that any data on a local SR will have been lost when you eject a host from a pool. G;ad to see the coalescing kicking in at last! A coalesce can take a very long time.

simpleisbest

@tjkreidl

Yeah, thanks.

12 hours, 68 VDIs to coalesce down to 10. Quite the improvement.