Definitely not sure why the mgmt server does not create /mnt/sec for you and auto mount it Dev guys, is it possible to get this feature added in a future build? Also what would it take to document this is the current doumentation? If you have multiple secondary storages, my guess is that you would need multiple mount points such as /mnt/sec, /mnt/sec1, /mnt/sec2...I'm guessing that the most painless scenario is to just use one HUGE secondary storage and be done with it.
> Date: Fri, 21 Feb 2014 11:34:18 -0700 > Subject: Re: VMware and NFS > From: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > I believe I had trouble with that in my development environment about 10 or > so months ago. I think it turned out to be a permissions issue. Perhaps I > didn't have my username in the sudoers file or something. My thinking is > the management server is supposed to create /mnt/sec for you. > > I wonder which NFS share it maps /mnt/sec to if you have multiple NFS > secondary storages? > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 11:31 AM, Mike Tutkowski < > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com> wrote: > > > Thanks for the clarification. > > > > I was pretty confident an ESX host creates an NFS datastore (with a UUID > > for a name) that maps to the NFS share. This is similar to how a XenServer > > host creates an NFS storage repository that maps to the NFS share. > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 21, 2014 at 9:12 AM, Michael Phillips <mphilli7...@hotmail.com > > > wrote: > > > >> Actually I am pretty sure that is what it does....So I changed like 4-5 > >> things "my mistake", then I noticed a datastore with a "GUID" looking name > >> popped up on my hosts. This datastore was mapped to my NFS share. Once that > >> showed up CS started creating the system VMs. So I am trying to back track > >> and see what setting made it kick in...Stay tuned... > >> > 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)* > >> > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > *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)*
