XenServer installation SR issue
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@BRRABill said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
48% initialized. I might actually be able to try an install again today!
Are you watching it? It always goes slower that way.
I like to go across the building and have a few beers while waiting.
Well, The server is sitting on my floor, with a monitor beside my desk. I cant help it, I keep glancing over at it. Maybe I should just turn the monitor off. Cant have a few beers just yet... need to focus for a few more hours.
Beer helps me focus. Then makes me sleep. So I have to be very productive in those few hours I'm awake.
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@BRRABill Exactly. It's the sleep part that isn't good while trying to get stuff done.
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@BRRABill Exactly. It's the sleep part that isn't good while trying to get stuff done.
But think how refreshed you will be when you wake up from your catnap at 4:00.
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So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
Of course it is the same result, this is not where your problem is. I am not sure why you would think that the result would be different. Recreating the array loses everything always. Does not matter if the initialization is full or fast.
Now, I do not know where your problem is as I have no experience with XS 7 and little with 6.5.
Setting up my home lab and testing this out is waiting on me having private office space again. Instead of in the family room.
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@JaredBusch said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
Of course it is the same result, this is not where your problem is. I am not sure why you would think that the result would be different. Recreating the array loses everything always. Does not matter if the initialization is full or fast.
Now, I do not know where your problem is as I have no experience with XS 7 and little with 6.5.
Setting up my home lab and testing this out is waiting on me having private office space again. Instead of in the family room.
My thought was that something wasn't being properly cleared during a quick initialization. I'm grasping at straws. Not really sure where to go from here. Calling the vendor and asking for a replacement controller? They will probably say that they installed an OS on it for testing before it went out the door.
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@JaredBusch said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
So the Full initialization of the raid set and reinstall did nothing. Same results as before.
Of course it is the same result, this is not where your problem is. I am not sure why you would think that the result would be different. Recreating the array loses everything always. Does not matter if the initialization is full or fast.
Now, I do not know where your problem is as I have no experience with XS 7 and little with 6.5.
Setting up my home lab and testing this out is waiting on me having private office space again. Instead of in the family room.
My thought was that something wasn't being properly cleared during a quick initialization. I'm grasping at straws. Not really sure where to go from here. Calling the vendor and asking for a replacement controller? They will probably say that they installed an OS on it for testing before it went out the door.
If you are that desperate, install ESXi or Hyper-V server or something and see if you have similar results.
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It wouldn't hurt to just turn off RAID, bypass everything, stick in just one drive and try to install to it. Use your newest drive.
If you must RAID, do something simpler and just mirror two newest drives.
It would seem on the surface that XS simply can't configure the way it needs, which means perhaps hardware incompatibility?
If it were me, I feel I have to rule out the RAID and RAID hardware and drives entirely. If a drive works by itself, then try a simple RAID mirror. If that works, try the 10 again with 4 drives. I could be one of the physical drives just isn't matching all the rest in some sense.
Like you said, grasping at straws.
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Have you tried it without enabling the thin provisioning?
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
My thought was that something wasn't being properly cleared during a quick initialization.
Recreating RAID blows absolutely everything away. Anything "left over" would cause total data corruption.
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So next steps this weekend is:
Try the install again on a disk by itself. If that works, Then try it on another set of disks in a Raid 1 array. Then go from there.
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@Danp said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Have you tried it without enabling the thin provisioning?
No, I haven't. Will try that also.
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@Danp said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Have you tried it without enabling the thin provisioning?
No, I haven't. Will try that also.
That removes the EXT3 layer.
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Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
That's very strange indeed. So you are using thick (LVM) on the RAID array now?
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My current guess, but I don't see enough lvs output, is that LVM is creating only one LV and there is nowhere for the ext3 to go.
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@fuznutz04 You could try to change from LVM to EXT --
http://xmodulo.com/how-to-change-xenservers-local-storage.html
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@scottalanmiller said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
That's very strange indeed. So you are using thick (LVM) on the RAID array now?
Yes, I chose the default install option, without checking the Thin Provisioning box.
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@scottalanmiller said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Finally, a win this week. Tried many things including just using one disk for the install. Still no dice. Then as suggested I tried an install NOT using thin provisioning. It worked the first time. So why?
That's very strange indeed. So you are using thick (LVM) on the RAID array now?
Yes, I chose the default install option, without checking the Thin Provisioning box.
My only guess at this point is an LVing error.
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@scottalanmiller
I'm going to make another raid array, separate from the one that XS is currently installed on, and then see if I can create an SR on that new array. Lets see if that works.What are the main disadvantages to NOT having thin provisioning for XS?
