Rafiu, Thanks for your swift response! I have rebuilt the test system so many times in Vmware that I had not run yum update on this build! So looks like it was my fault :-$
I can now access the snapshot pages. It maybe that if Volume Shadow copy works from Windows 2003 to an ISCSI target then we may not need the Snapshot, but would be nice to test it :) I am currently evaluating if we could use this software to extend the use of our File servers (Windows 2003) to add ISCSI drives. Or go down the route of setting up a filer as SMB/CIFS device and migrate the user data to this. In an ideal world I would have more Linux servers than Windows servers, but I can see that your open filer product might stop the need for adding extra Windows servers by adding capacity to existing servers. It would be useful if you could email me some information on support charges for educational establishments. As if we decide to adopt openfiler I would be happy to support the project. I have tried to recreate the problem of not being able to delete the container volume (it was empty) but have had no further issues. Regards, Tim -----Original Message----- From: Rafiu Fakunle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 06 April 2006 12:25 To: Tim Bateson Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [OF-users] Snapshot feature Open filer 2.0 Beta 1 Hi Tim, Tim Bateson wrote: > Hi I am currently testing open filer 2.0 beta 1 and I am having some > great success with it! Very very impressed :) Thanks for your kind comments. Mind if we quote you on them :)? > > I have got it to integrate to my Windows 2003 Active Directory and > setup and an iSCSI target that a Windows XP initiator is able to > connect to! > > I have some minor issues though:- > > On one test installation I was unable to delete an ISCSI volume group > from the web interface but was able to remove via it via lvm in shell. > Subsequent tests of this problem have all worked from web Interface so > could have been my fault? Was it the container volume group that could not be deleted or the actual logical volume exported as iSCSI? Please see whether you're able to replicate the problem.... > > I am having problems getting snapshots to work from either ext3 or > ISCSI volumes. When I click on Create Snapshot the page reloads and no > snapshot is created. Similarly editing properties of a volume then > clicking volume snapshot's tab takes me back to List of existing > volumes. There is free space on the volume, and 0MB has been allocated > to snapshots. > Have you run "yum update" as root after the installation? You need to do this in order to get the latest package set. Then a reboot after the yum update process is complete will be required. Two things were missing from the original distribution that are essential to snapshots working properly: target kernel and lvm userland fixes. > This could well be my problem, I have read the documentation a couple > of times and can not see anything I have missed > Anyone else had this problem ? > > Once again BIG thanks for creating this project. If you are using Openfiler in a commercial setting, you might want to consider signing up for a subscription -- this helps you keep you systems up to date at all times and helps with furthering the project to new heights. Kind regards, Rafiu. ===================================================================== Sunderland City Council accept no liability for and shall not be legally bound by the contents of this E-Mail. No assurances are given as to the authority of the sender to act on its behalf. ===================================================================== _______________________________________________ Openfiler-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.openfiler.com/mailman/listinfo/openfiler-users
