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 >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> ceph-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > ceph-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.ceph.com/listinfo.cgi/ceph-users-ceph.com > >
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