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Re: [Xen-API] Error, system does not manage this VDI on iscsi SR

To: Julian Chesterfield <julian.chesterfield@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-API] Error, system does not manage this VDI on iscsi SR
From: Anthony Xu <anthony@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 2010 10:30:01 -0800
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Hi Julian,

It is very helpful!

But the way you provided can't toggle a specified VDI accurately , I
change the ISCSI SR scan code, set all new VDIs' "managed" field to
True, it works.

Thanks,
- Anthony




On Tue, 2010-02-02 at 01:48 -0800, Julian Chesterfield wrote:
> Hi Anthony,
> 
> The managed flag needs to be toggled. If you issue:
> 
> 'xe vdi-create sr-uuid=c356b7b4-8cb1-4937-dd9b-983f0da2d124 
> name-label=<DISK NAME> type=user virtual-size=10737418240'
> 
> it should return the next closest match VDI from the SR unmanaged list, 
> i.e. the VDI below. This will toggle the status to managed, and you can 
> attach the LUN.
> 
> - Julian
> 
> Anthony Xu wrote:
> > 1. I created a iscsi SR(uuid=c356b7b4-8cb1-4937-dd9b-983f0da2d124), and
> > create a lun in iscsi server side, then I execute xe sr-scan, a vdi is
> > created automatically on top of this lun,
> >
> > xe sr-param-list uuid=c356b7b4-8cb1-4937-dd9b-983f0da2d124
> > uuid ( RO)                    : c356b7b4-8cb1-4937-dd9b-983f0da2d124
> >               name-label ( RW): iscsi
> >         name-description ( RW): 
> >                     host ( RO): <shared>
> >       allowed-operations (SRO): forget; VDI.introduce; VDI.create; plug;
> > destroy; VDI.destroy; scan; VDI.clone; unplug
> >       current-operations (SRO): 
> >                     VDIs (SRO): 7beeee98-7168-137d-d7e8-7ef947af00d4
> >                     PBDs (SRO): 21e6c59c-a767-c711-a049-90e60f76c3a0;
> > 033d093f-2c07-a016-6e2f-be7e8fed581d
> >       virtual-allocation ( RO): 10737418240
> >     physical-utilisation ( RO): 10737418240
> >            physical-size ( RO): 10737418240
> >                     type ( RO): iscsi
> >             content-type ( RO): user
> >                   shared ( RW): true
> >             other-config (MRW): 
> >                sm-config (MRO): datatype: ISCSI; multipathable: true;
> > targetIQN: iqn.1986-03.com.sun:02:01b2118736a-1257199661; target:
> > 192.168.1.248; disktype: Raw
> >                    blobs ( RO): 
> >
> > xe vdi-param-list uuid=7beeee98-7168-137d-d7e8-7ef947af00d4 
> > uuid ( RO)                    : 7beeee98-7168-137d-d7e8-7ef947af00d4
> >               name-label ( RW): 
> >         name-description ( RW): 
> >            is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
> >              snapshot_of ( RO): <not in database>
> >                snapshots ( RO): 
> >            snapshot_time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
> >       allowed-operations (SRO): clone; destroy
> >       current-operations (SRO): 
> >                  sr-uuid ( RO): c356b7b4-8cb1-4937-dd9b-983f0da2d124
> >            sr-name-label ( RO): iscsi
> >                vbd-uuids (SRO): 1c9664df-0e32-e90c-89fa-27f98e59bc63
> >          crashdump-uuids (SRO): 
> >             virtual-size ( RO): 10737418240
> >     physical-utilisation ( RO): 0
> >                 location ( RO): 7beeee98-7168-137d-d7e8-7ef947af00d4
> >                     type ( RO): User
> >                 sharable ( RO): false
> >                read-only ( RO): false
> >             storage-lock ( RO): false
> >                  managed ( RO): false
> >                   parent ( RO): <not in database>
> >                  missing ( RO): false
> >             other-config (MRW): 
> >            xenstore-data (MRO): 
> >                sm-config (MRO): LUNid: 10; SCSIid:
> > 3600144f0a5af4e0000004b67aa0c004c
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > 2. created a vm from "Other install media", and created a vbd for this
> > vm by using iscsi vdi,
> >
> > xe vbd-list vm-uuid=ebc13a16-958b-e55f-c765-6f9a5658199f 
> > uuid ( RO)             : 1c9664df-0e32-e90c-89fa-27f98e59bc63
> >           vm-uuid ( RO): ebc13a16-958b-e55f-c765-6f9a5658199f
> >     vm-name-label ( RO): Other install media (1)
> >          vdi-uuid ( RO): 7beeee98-7168-137d-d7e8-7ef947af00d4
> >             empty ( RO): false
> >            device ( RO): 
> >
> >
> >
> > 3. when I ran xe vm-start,  it failed.
> >
> > xe vm-start uuid=ebc13a16-958b-e55f-c765-6f9a5658199f
> > This operation cannot be performed because the system does not manage
> > this VDI
> > vdi: 1c9664df-0e32-e90c-89fa-27f98e59bc63
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Input are highly appreciated !
> >
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Anthony
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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