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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> on 2015/12/05 07:19:53 UTC
How to replace Primary Storage
Hi,
I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace that
with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend for live
migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode for old Primary
storage?
Thanks
Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Stavros Konstantaras <s....@uva.nl>.
I agree with Stephan,
Live migration between Hosts with their own primary local storage works totally fine with ACS 4.5 and XenServer 6.5. I tried it not only between hosts within the same cluster but also between hosts belonging in different cluster. The same concept works fine also with ACS 4.6 and XenServer Dundee.
What fais to work with local storage is High Availability (that will require shared primary storage). At least I haven’t find a way yet to make it work.
Cheers
Stavros
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> On 14 Dec 2015, at 09:59, Stephan Seitz <s....@secretresearchfacility.com> wrote:
>
> Am Montag, den 07.12.2015, 11:04 +0000 schrieb Abhinandan Prateek:
>> Live migration across primary storages is not supported by cloudstack.
>
> Abhinandan,
>
> afaik, this is wrong. I've done that w/ acs 4.5 and xenserver 6.5.
>
> cheers,
>
> Stephan
>
Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Stephan Seitz <s....@secretresearchfacility.com>.
Am Montag, den 07.12.2015, 11:04 +0000 schrieb Abhinandan Prateek:
> Live migration across primary storages is not supported by cloudstack.
Abhinandan,
afaik, this is wrong. I've done that w/ acs 4.5 and xenserver 6.5.
cheers,
Stephan
Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Abhinandan Prateek <ab...@shapeblue.com>.
Live migration across primary storages is not supported by cloudstack.
If you enable maintenance mode of primary all the Vms using it will be stooped.
On 05/12/15, 11:49 AM, "Amir Abbasi" <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>
>
>I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace that
>with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend for live
>migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode for old Primary
>storage?
>
>
>
>Thanks
>
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RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir>.
I got it. After migrating the configuration file of the datastore and
rebooting the VM that is fine now. is this process risky, I am going to that
for functional VM's.
thanks
-----Original Message-----
From: Kevin Walker [mailto:kwalker@virtualviolet.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 3, 2016 4:27 PM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Are you able to storage vmotion the VM's across?
Kind regards
Kevin Walker
+968 99371303
+44 7714303479
On Jan 3, 2016, at 16:18, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
Hi,
I've enabled maintenance mode on Primary storage 1 and it stopped and moved
all vm' on that storage and moved to another PS automatically. But only vmdk
files have been moved and "vmx, log and other small files related to Vm's
still exist on Primary storage 1. This is why I can't unmount that from
vmware. Any idea about forcing CS/VMware to recreate those config files on
new PS. I know if I stop the VM's and move storages to third PS will fix the
problem probably.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amir Abbasi [mailto:abbasi@tebyanidc.ir]
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7:46 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Hi,
Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol
Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary
Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
To: Cloudstack users mailing list
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will
involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes
table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit
more involved.
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
> for old Primary storage?
>
>
>
> Thanks
Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Kevin Walker <kw...@virtualviolet.net>.
Are you able to storage vmotion the VM's across?
Kind regards
Kevin Walker
+968 99371303
+44 7714303479
On Jan 3, 2016, at 16:18, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
Hi,
I've enabled maintenance mode on Primary storage 1 and it stopped and moved all vm' on that storage and moved to another PS automatically. But only vmdk files have been moved and "vmx, log and other small files related to Vm's still exist on Primary storage 1. This is why I can't unmount that from vmware. Any idea about forcing CS/VMware to recreate those config files on new PS. I know if I stop the VM's and move storages to third PS will fix the problem probably.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amir Abbasi [mailto:abbasi@tebyanidc.ir]
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7:46 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Hi,
Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
To: Cloudstack users mailing list
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit more involved.
> On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
> for old Primary storage?
>
>
>
> Thanks
RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir>.
Hi,
I've enabled maintenance mode on Primary storage 1 and it stopped and moved all vm' on that storage and moved to another PS automatically. But only vmdk files have been moved and "vmx, log and other small files related to Vm's still exist on Primary storage 1. This is why I can't unmount that from vmware. Any idea about forcing CS/VMware to recreate those config files on new PS. I know if I stop the VM's and move storages to third PS will fix the problem probably.
-----Original Message-----
From: Amir Abbasi [mailto:abbasi@tebyanidc.ir]
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 7:46 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Hi,
Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
To: Cloudstack users mailing list
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit more involved.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
> for old Primary storage?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Jeremy Peterson <jp...@acentek.net>.
We are using XenServer 6.5 ACS 4.5 iSCSI LUN's for Primary and when I enabled multipathing I enabled maintenance mode for the LUN in question and I see all vm's migrate to another they did not reboot or shutdown. Once in maintenance I was able to remove it from ACS and XenServer and then re-add in each location.
I haven't had to do it again since then but using shared storage I was able to reproduce what you mentioned below about old documentation.
Jeremy
-----Original Message-----
From: Dag Sonstebo [mailto:Dag.Sonstebo@shapeblue.com]
Sent: Tuesday, December 8, 2015 2:39 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Hi Amir
Not tried it - but as Ahmad pointed out just make sure your DB matches real VMFS location, otherwise the two platforms go out of sync.
Regards,
Dag Sonstebo
Cloud Architect
ShapeBlue
On 08/12/2015, 04:15, "Amir Abbasi" <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
>To: Cloudstack users mailing list
>Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
>
>Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit more involved.
>
>On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
>> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
>> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
>> for old Primary storage?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
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Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Dag Sonstebo <Da...@shapeblue.com>.
Hi Amir
Not tried it - but as Ahmad pointed out just make sure your DB matches real VMFS location, otherwise the two platforms go out of sync.
Regards,
Dag Sonstebo
Cloud Architect
ShapeBlue
On 08/12/2015, 04:15, "Amir Abbasi" <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
>To: Cloudstack users mailing list
>Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
>
>Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit more involved.
>
>On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>>
>> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
>> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
>> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
>> for old Primary storage?
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>
Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services
IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//>
CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/>
CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/>
CloudStack Software Engineering<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/>
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RE: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir>.
Hi,
Thanks, as I found in older documents if I enable maintenance mode ol Primary Storage then CS will try to move all storages to another Primary Storage with same tag. Has anyone tried that?
-----Original Message-----
From: Ahmad Emneina [mailto:aemneina@gmail.com]
Sent: Monday, December 7, 2015 11:30 PM
To: Cloudstack users mailing list
Subject: Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit more involved.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace
> that with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend
> for live migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode
> for old Primary storage?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
Re: How to replace Primary Storage
Posted by Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com>.
Hey Amir, this should be doable behind the scenes with vCenter. It will
involve live storage migration, then massaging the cloudstack db (volumes
table pool_id and folder references). If snapshots are involved, its a bit
more involved.
On Fri, Dec 4, 2015 at 10:19 PM, Amir Abbasi <ab...@tebyanidc.ir> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
>
> I've added a new Primary Storage to a VMware zone and want to replace that
> with old one. Both of them are VMFC (FC). What do you recommend for live
> migration? What would happened if I enable maintenance mode for old Primary
> storage?
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>