Success!! So what I had to do was to mount "/mnt/sec" on the mgmt server to the secondary NFS storage....Once I did that all the secondary vm's were created and the mgmt server created the "GUID" named datastore on the hypervisors back to the NFS share... Funny that this was not documented anywhere unless I missed it...
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 08:40:13 -0700 > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > From: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > So, just curious here, but why wouldn't the ESX(i) host simply be able to > create an NFS datastore that points to the NFS share on the secondary > storage location directly? > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 10:31 PM, Nitin Mehta <nitin.me...@citrix.com>wrote: > > > For XS that¹s not required as its pushed into XS directly. > > > > I also think secondary storage is mounted for Vmware on MS to copy the > > system vm template to Primary storage. > > > > On 20/02/14 9:13 PM, "Mike Tutkowski" <mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> > > wrote: > > > > >So, just to be sure I have this correct, the management server mounts > > >secondary storage regardless of hypervisor type due to systemvm.iso. Is > > >that correct? > > > > > >Thanks > > > > > > > > >On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi < > > >sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > > > >> > -----Original Message----- > > >> > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > >> > Sent: 21 February 2014 09:54 > > >> > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > >> > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > > >> > > > >> > Yes, the hypervisor does need to mount the NFS share, but I seem to > > >> remember there being something unusual about VMware in that the > > >> > management server needed to be able to mount the NFS share, as well. > > >> > > >> Yeah, management server mount secondary storage. > > >> Reason behind this is CS does patching of system vms by injecting > > >> systemvm.iso into system vm. In this process, management server mounts > > >> secondary storage and copies systemvm.iso image into secondary storage > > >> inside "systemvm" folder. Later that would be mounted by system vm. > > >>During > > >> system vm startup there is a script "cloud-early-config" which installs > > >>the > > >> content of mounted iso inside the system vm. > > >> > > >> Hope that clarifies. > > >> > > >> Regards, > > >> Sateesh > > >> > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:59 PM, Michael Phillips > > >> > <mphilli7...@hotmail.com>wrote: > > >> > > > >> > > Interesting as I do see errors in the mgmt log in regards to > > >> > > /mnt/sec...however if I am understanding the architecture correctly > > >> > > isn't it the hypervisor that needs access to the secondary storage? > > >> > > The mgmt server only needs to access secondary storage to be able to > > >> > > seed the templates right? > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 19:43:32 -0700 > > >> > > > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > > >> > > > From: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > >> > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > >> > > > > > >> > > > I may be remembering this incorrectly, but for VMware doesn't the > > >> > > > management server have to be able to mount the secondary storage > > >>NFS > > >> > > share > > >> > > > to /mnt/sec? > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 7:39 PM, Nitin Mehta > > >> > > > <nitin.me...@citrix.com> > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > Couple of questions. > > >> > > > > Did you seed the system vm template onto the sec. storage ? And > > >> > > > > can you mount that template location in sec. storage on your > > >> > > > > management server > > >> > > ? > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > On 20/02/14 6:32 PM, "Michael Phillips" > > >><mphilli7...@hotmail.com> > > >> > > wrote: > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > >Hey dev guys, I just recently got CS up and running with > > >>vmware. > > >> > > However > > >> > > > > >I am running into an issue where it seems my esxi hosts are not > > >> > > mounting > > >> > > > > >the secondary NFS storage. > > >> > > > > >NFS is working as I can mount to it from other linux boxes, > > >>and I > > >> > > > > >can mount a NFS datastore from the hypervisors. In my log I see > > >> > > > > >the > > >> > > following > > >> > > > > >few errors: > > >> > > > > >"Unable to create mount point for > > >> > > > > >nfs://172.16.25.85/export/secondary > > >> > > ", > > >> > > > > >"Secondary storage mount point: /mnt/sec", "in directory > > >> > > > > >"/mnt/sec/template/tmpl/1/8"): java.io.IOException: error=2, No > > >> > > > > >such > > >> > > file > > >> > > > > >or directory" > > >> > > > > >Adding secondary storage seemed straight forward and I even was > > >> > > > > >able > > >> > > to > > >> > > > > >make it work using XEN as the hypervisor, so the problem > > >> > > > > >definitely > > >> > > seems > > >> > > > > >to be esxi... > > >> > > > > >Any tricks to making esxi work with cloudstack and NFS? > > >> > > > > >Thanks in advance for any help! > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > > > >> > > > -- > > >> > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > >> > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > >> > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > >> > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > >> > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > >> > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > >> > > > *(tm)* > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > -- > > >> > *Mike Tutkowski* > > >> > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > >> > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > >> > o: 303.746.7302 > > >> > Advancing the way the world uses the > > >> > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > >> > *(tm)* > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >-- > > >*Mike Tutkowski* > > >*Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > >e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > >o: 303.746.7302 > > >Advancing the way the world uses the > > >cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > >*(tm)* > > > > > > > -- > *Mike Tutkowski* > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > o: 303.746.7302 > Advancing the way the world uses the > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > *(tm)*
