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    • DustinB3403D
      DustinB3403
      last edited by DustinB3403

      When I try to recreate the filesystem using

      pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
       Can't open /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 exclusively.  Mounted filesystem?
      

      That is what I receive.

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      • DustinB3403D
        DustinB3403
        last edited by

        Attempting to perform the below:

        # xe sr-create content-type=user type=ext device-config:device=/dev/cciss/c0d0p1 shared=false name-label="Local Storage"
        The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.
        
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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
          last edited by

          @DustinB3403 said:

          When I try to recreate the filesystem using

          pvcreate /dev/cciss/c0d0p1
           Can't open /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 exclusively.  Mounted filesystem?
          

          That is what I receive.

          Wait, do you have hardware RAID or software RAID?

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          • DustinB3403D
            DustinB3403
            last edited by

            Performing a fdisk -l results in:

            # fdisk -l
            
            WARNING: GPT (GUID Partition Table) detected on '/dev/cciss/c0d0'! The util fdisk doesn't support GPT. Use GNU Parted.
            
            
            Disk /dev/cciss/c0d0: 440.3 GB, 440346238976 bytes
            256 heads, 63 sectors/track, 53326 cylinders
            Units = cylinders of 16128 * 512 = 8257536 bytes
            
              Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
            /dev/cciss/c0d0p1   *           1       53327   430025623+  ee  EFI GPT
            
            Disk /dev/sda: 8074 MB, 8074035200 bytes
            2 heads, 63 sectors/track, 125155 cylinders
            Units = cylinders of 126 * 512 = 64512 bytes
            
            Device Boot      Start         End      Blocks   Id  System
            /dev/sda1   *           1      125156     7884768    b  W95 FAT32
            
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            • scottalanmillerS
              scottalanmiller
              last edited by

              That looks like an HP SmartArray controller.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                last edited by

                @DustinB3403 said:

                You're running a lot of commands but not answering any questions 😉

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                • DustinB3403D
                  DustinB3403
                  last edited by

                  It is an HP Smart Array, in a DL360 G5

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                  • scottalanmillerS
                    scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                    last edited by

                    @DustinB3403 said:

                    It is an HP Smart Array, in a DL360 G5

                    Ah, okay. So that makes this a lot easier.

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                    • scottalanmillerS
                      scottalanmiller
                      last edited by

                      What do these commands say...

                      df -h
                      

                      and

                      lvs
                      
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                      • DustinB3403D
                        DustinB3403
                        last edited by

                        df -h
                        Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on
                        /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 4.0G 1.8G 2.0G 47% /
                        none 932M 20K 932M 1% /dev/shm
                        /opt/xensource/packages/iso/XenCenter.iso
                        56M 56M 0 100% /var/xen/xc-install

                        And

                        lvs
                          No volume groups found
                        
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                        • scottalanmillerS
                          scottalanmiller
                          last edited by

                          You appear to be booted into the RAID array. Your root filesystem is located there.

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                          • scottalanmillerS
                            scottalanmiller
                            last edited by

                            You are running from the RAID, as @Dashrender hypothesized, not from the USB stick.

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                            • DustinB3403D
                              DustinB3403
                              last edited by

                              hrm... that's very odd....

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                              • DustinB3403D
                                DustinB3403
                                last edited by

                                I performed the identical installation as I have previously, and the OS was installed to the USB drive.

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                                • scottalanmillerS
                                  scottalanmiller @DustinB3403
                                  last edited by

                                  @DustinB3403 said:

                                  hrm... that's very odd....

                                  Who knows what the storage looks like now that a new partition has been created over top of the filesystem that was there before.

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                                  • DustinB3403D
                                    DustinB3403
                                    last edited by

                                    But it does make sense now 🙂

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                                    • DustinB3403D
                                      DustinB3403
                                      last edited by

                                      I'm not concerned with the data on the RAID.

                                      I just want it corrected. Installed to the USB drive, and running from said USB. While having the local RAID 10 array for VM storage.

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                                      • DustinB3403D
                                        DustinB3403
                                        last edited by

                                        I'll be back, going to reinstall!

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                                        • DustinB3403D
                                          DustinB3403
                                          last edited by

                                          Now performing the install yet again, I see the key difference with the installer.

                                          The initial screen (for what ever reason) was only installing to the local spinning rust array, rather than the 8GB Drive.

                                          I found a 16GB and restarted the installation, at which point it listed 2 devices to chose from to install Xen too.

                                          Wow I wished I noticed that before hand lol

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                                          • DustinB3403D
                                            DustinB3403
                                            last edited by

                                            And we are back in action!

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