That is true it is not putting the host in maintenance. Not just the master, but any XenServer host.
The question is, should it? If so, we should open a Jira ticket. On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 9:18 PM, Davide Pala <davide.p...@gesca.it> wrote: > So i dont know anything about cloud on xenserver and for this reason i > think the cloudstack dont put in maintenance xenserver pool master > > > > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung > > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > Da: Rafael Weingärtner <rafaelweingart...@gmail.com> > Data: 02/01/2016 22:48 (GMT+01:00) > A: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Oggetto: Re: A Story of a Failed XenServer Upgrade > > Hi all, > > There is nothing better than looking at the source code. > > After the VM migration (or restart for LCX ?!), when the host is put in > maintenance mode, for Xenserver it will remove a tag called “cloud”. > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 7:38 PM, Davide Pala <davide.p...@gesca.it> wrote: > > > i don't know what do the maintenance mode in CS but if it put in > > maintenance also the pool master this article is wrong! > > > > > > Davide Pala > > Infrastructure Specialist > > Gesca srl > > > > Via degli Olmetti, 18 > > 00060 Formello (Roma) > > Office: +39 06 9040661 > > Fax: +39 06 90406666 > > E-mail: davide.p...@gesca.it > > Web: www.gesca.it<http://www.gesca.it> > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________ > > Da: Alessandro Caviglione [c.alessan...@gmail.com] > > Inviato: sabato 2 gennaio 2016 22.27 > > A: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Oggetto: Re: A Story of a Failed XenServer Upgrade > > > > No guys,as the article wrote, my first action was to put in Maintenance > > Mode the Pool Master INSIDE CS; "It is vital that you upgrade the > XenServer > > Pool Master first before any of the Slaves. To do so you need to empty > the > > Pool Master of all CloudStack VMs, and you do this by putting the Host > into > > Maintenance Mode within CloudStack to trigger a live migration of all VMs > > to alternate Hosts" > > > > This is exactly what I've done and after the XS upgrade, no hosts was > able > > to communicate with CS and also with the upgraded host. > > > > Putting an host in Maint Mode within CS will trigger MM also on XenServer > > host or just will move the VMs to other hosts? > > > > And again.... what's the best practices to upgrade a XS cluster? > > > > On Sat, Jan 2, 2016 at 7:11 PM, Remi Bergsma < > rberg...@schubergphilis.com> > > wrote: > > > > > CloudStack should always do the migration of VM's not the Hypervisor. > > > > > > That's not true. You can safely migrate outside of CloudStack as the > > power > > > report will tell CloudStack where the vms live and the db gets updated > > > accordingly. I do this a lot while patching and that works fine on 6.2 > > and > > > 6.5. I use both CloudStack 4.4.4 and 4.7.0. > > > > > > Regards, Remi > > > > > > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > > On 02 Jan 2016, at 16:26, Jeremy Peterson <jpeter...@acentek.net > <mailto: > > > jpeter...@acentek.net>> wrote: > > > > > > I don't use XenServer maintenance mode until after CloudStack has put > the > > > Host in maintenance mode. > > > > > > When you initiate maintenance mode from the host rather than CloudStack > > > the db does not know where the VM's are and your UUID's get jacked. > > > > > > CS is your brains not the hypervisor. > > > > > > Maintenance in CS. All VM's will migrate. Maintenance in XenCenter. > > > Upgrade. Reboot. Join Pool. Remove Maintenance starting at > hypervisor > > if > > > needed and then CS and move on to the next Host. > > > > > > CloudStack should always do the migration of VM's not the Hypervisor. > > > > > > Jeremy > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Davide Pala [mailto:davide.p...@gesca.it] > > > Sent: Friday, January 1, 2016 5:18 PM > > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > Subject: R: A Story of a Failed XenServer Upgrade > > > > > > Hi alessandro. If u put in maintenance mode the master you force the > > > election of a new pool master. Now when you have see the upgraded host > as > > > disconnected you are connected to the new pool master and the host (as > a > > > pool member) cannot comunicate with a pool master of an earliest > version. > > > The solution? Launche the upgrade on the pool master without enter in > > > maintenance mode. And remember a consistent backup!!! > > > > > > > > > > > > Inviato dal mio dispositivo Samsung > > > > > > > > > -------- Messaggio originale -------- > > > Da: Alessandro Caviglione <c.alessan...@gmail.com<mailto: > > > c.alessan...@gmail.com>> > > > Data: 01/01/2016 23:23 (GMT+01:00) > > > A: users@cloudstack.apache.org<mailto:users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > Oggetto: A Story of a Failed XenServer Upgrade > > > > > > Hi guys, > > > I want to share my XenServer Upgrade adventure to understand if I did > > > domething wrong. > > > I upgraded CS from 4.4.4 to 4.5.2 without any issues, after all the VRs > > > has been upgraded I start the upgrade process of my XenServer hosts > from > > > 6.2 to 6.5. > > > I do not already have PoolHA enabled so I followed this article: > > > > > > > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/how-to-upgrade-an-apache-cloudstack-citrix-xenserver-cluster/ > > > > > > The cluster consists of n° 3 XenServer hosts. > > > > > > First of all I added manage.xenserver.pool.master=false > > > to environment.properties file and restarted cloudstack-management > > service. > > > > > > After that I put in Maintenance Mode Pool Master host and, after all > VMs > > > has been migrated, I Unmanaged the cluster. > > > At this point all host appears as "Disconnected" from CS interface and > > > this should be right. > > > Now I put XenServer 6.5 CD in the host in Maintenance Mode and start a > > > in-place upgrade. > > > After XS6.5 has been installed, I istalled the 6.5SP1 and reboot again. > > > At this point I expected that, after click on Manage Cluster on CS, all > > > the hosts come back to "UP" and I could go ahead upgrading the other > > > hosts.... > > > > > > But, instead of that, all the hosts still appears as "Disconnected", I > > > tried a couple of cloudstack-management service restart without > success. > > > > > > So I opened XenCenter and connect to Pool Master I upgraded to 6.5 and > it > > > appear in Maintenance Mode, so I tried to Exit from Maint Mode but I > got > > > the error: The server is still booting > > > > > > After some investigation, I run the command "xe task-list" and this is > > the > > > result: > > > > > > uuid ( RO) : 72f48a56-1d24-1ca3-aade-091f1830e2f1 > > > name-label ( RO): VM.set_memory_dynamic_range name-description ( RO): > > > status ( RO): pending > > > progress ( RO): 0.000 > > > > > > I tried a couple of reboot but nothing changes.... so I decided to shut > > > down the server, force raise a slave host to master with emergency > mode, > > > remove old server from CS and reboot CS. > > > > > > After that, I see my cluster up and running again, so I installed XS > > > 6.2SP1 on the "upgraded" host and added again to the cluster.... > > > > > > So after an entire day of work, I'm in the same situation! :D > > > > > > Anyone can tell me if I made something wrong?? > > > > > > Thank you very much! > > > > > > > > > -- > Rafael Weingärtner > -- Rafael Weingärtner
