Hi Max,

Have you considered Proxmox at all? Nicely integrates with Ceph storage. I
moved from Xenserver longtime ago and have no regrets.

Thanks
Brians

On Sat, Feb 25, 2017 at 12:47 PM, Massimiliano Cuttini <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi Iban,
>
> you are running xen (just the software) not xenserver (ad hoc linux
> distribution).
> Xenserver is a linux distribution based on CentOS.
> You cannot recompile the kernel by your-own (... well, you can do, but
> it's not a good idea).
> And you should not install rpm by your-own (... but, i'm gonna do this).
>
> Then I'm stuck with some plugin and just some rpm compatible with kernel
> 3.10.0-514.6.1.el7.x86_64
> However I found a way to install more or less the Ceph Client.
> I have forked the plugin of https://github.com/rposudnevskiy/RBDSR It
> seems the most update.
> Here you can find my findings and updates: https://github.com/phoenixweb/
> RBDSR
> However at the moment I'm stuck with a kernel unsupported feature. :(
> Let's see if I can let this work.
>
> Thanks for your sharings
> Max
>
>
>
>
>
> Il 24/02/2017 18:46, Iban Cabrillo ha scritto:
>
> Hi Massimiliano,
>   We are running CEPH agains our openstack instance running Xen:
>
> ii  xen-hypervisor-4.6-amd64             4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
>    amd64        Xen Hypervisor on AMD64
> ii  xen-system-amd64                     4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
>    amd64        Xen System on AMD64 (meta-package)
> ii  xen-utils-4.6                        4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
>    amd64        XEN administrative tools
> ii  xen-utils-common                     4.6.0-1ubuntu4.3
>    all          Xen administrative tools - common files
> ii  xenstore-utils                       4.6.0-1ubuntu4.1
>    amd64        Xenstore command line utilities for Xen
>
>
> 2017-02-24 15:52 GMT+01:00 Massimiliano Cuttini <[email protected]>:
>
>> Dear all,
>>
>> even if Ceph should be officially supported by Xen since 4 years.
>>
>>    - http://xenserver.org/blog/entry/tech-preview-of-xenserver-
>>    libvirt-ceph.html
>>    - https://ceph.com/geen-categorie/xenserver-support-for-rbd/
>>
>> rbd is supported on libvirt 1.3.2, but It has to be recompiled the
>
> ii  libvirt-bin           1.3.2-0~15.10~XXXX     amd64        programs for
> the libvirt library
> ii  libvirt0:amd64   1.3.2-0~15.10~XXXX     amd64        library for
> interfacing with different virtualization systems
>
>>
>>
>> Still there is no support yet.
>>
>> At this point there are only some self-made plugin and solution around.
>> Here some:
>>
>>    - https://github.com/rposudnevskiy/RBDSR
>>    - https://github.com/mstarikov/rbdsr
>>    - https://github.com/FlorianHeigl/xen-ceph-rbd
>>
>> Nobody know how much they are compatible or if they are gonna to break
>> Xen the next update.
>>
>> The ugly truth is that XEN is not still able to fully support Ceph and we
>> can only pray that one of the plugin above will not destroy our precious
>> data or VDI.
>>
>> Does anybody had some experience with the plugin above?
>> Which one you'll reccomend?
>> Is there any good installation guide to let this work correctly?
>> Can I just install Ceph with ceph-deploy or do I have to unlock repos on
>> the xenserver and instal it manuall, Thanks for any kind of support.
>>
> Attaching volumes from openstack portal (or using cinder volume manager),
> has been working fine since 6 months ago, but I do not know what will
> happen on next updates
>
>
> Regards,
>> Max
>>
>>
>>
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