Hallo all! Thank you for your VERY appreciated help and have happy new year! Vijay, could you please explain a little more detailed the steps to remove/cleanup the host? Sorry I don't know, for example, what is a "vbd"... I'm quite new to Linux/Xen/Xenserver/CS, sorry for asking things that maybe are very simple...
2012/12/28 Vijay Venkatachalam <vijay.venkatacha...@citrix.com> > > I had the very same problem and resolved it quite some-time back. > > ********************** > Reason: The xenserver host did not contain system-vm.iso, vhd-util etc. > If you also could not find these files in your xenserver read-on > ********************** > > A CS host tag had erroneously labeled/marked the XenServer > was already patched even though it was not patched. So CS did not patch > the host with the files (vhd-util,....). > > Solution: > Remove the tags in the host and re-add the host > > Steps: > The following sequence of steps should help fix the problem. > 1. Remove the host > 2. Cleanup the host as usual (clear vbd and any vms) > 3. Remove cs tags of the host using the following command. > xe host-param-clear uuid=<hostid> param-name=tags > 4. Add the host back > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrea Ottonello [mailto:aottone...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 8:28 PM > > To: cloudstack-users@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Getting CRAZY for having a cloud working! > > > > Hallo Sebastien, > > thank you for your help. > > I will try to put management log on the site you provided. > > I started using 4.0 version, tried 3.0 only searching for a solution. > > > > Let's answer something: > > 1- yes management server is running > > 2- yes I defined zone, pod, cluster and host. > > 3- primary and secondary are defined and available. > > 4- I can mount NFS secondary storage and create file inside it from host, > > primary is locally available to host (HBA) and I can create a VM on it > using > > XenCenter, so is online and working. > > I also tried using NFS share for primary, or even localstorage (enabling > global > > config varable to use it for VMs). > > 5- zone is enabled. > > 6- VMs are NOT running. v-2-VM is in starting/stopped state loop, while > if I > > enable zone CS tries to create s-XX-VM, it fails, it deletes it and try > again > > creating a new one, increasing XX number of 1, in an infinite loop. > > This is definitely my problem. If I look at management log, it says that > my only > > available host is in avoid set, so CS doesn't know where to put VM and > fails. I > > don't know WHY my host is in "avoid set": it has 22 GB of RAM, 200 GB of > > primary storage and 2 CPU quadcore. It is a fresh install, formatted and > only > > putted into a new pool as for installation instructions. I used same > name for > > network interfaces and primary storage. There must be something > > wrong/missing in Xen/XCP setup, but I'm not able to understand what. Is > > terribly frustrating... > > > > > > 2012/12/27 sebgoa <run...@gmail.com> > > > > > Dear Andrea, > > > > > > Very sorry things are not working out of the box for you. > > > If you can share your management server logs on the list, maybe we can > > > help better. > > > Use http://pastie.org/ for example, to avoid your logs being stripped > > > out of the email. > > > > > > Since it's the holiday season, lots of folks are taking a break and > > > there are very few people able to help out. > > > > > > You should use the 4.0 release which is the first official Apache > > > release, documented at > > > http://incubator.apache.org/cloudstack/downloads.html > > > > > > Couple questions to understand where you are in the setup currently: > > > > > > 1-Is the management server running ? > > > 2-Have you defined the zone/pod/cluster/host ? > > > 3-Are primary and secondary storage defined and available ? > > > 4-Can you access primary and secondary storage from your xen host ? > > > 5-Is the zone enabled ? > > > 6-Are the system VMs running ? > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > -Sebastien > > > > > > On Dec 24, 2012, at 3:34 PM, Andrea Ottonello wrote: > > > > > > > Hallo all. I tried to analyze log for myself: found something wrong > > > > about storage, so I disabled multipath, configured zoning on fabric > > > > switches to permit only one path and tried for XXXth time to setup > > > > all again from scratch. No luck again. Starting to believe is a lot > > > > of crap and nothing else. I also tried installing CS 3.0.2 as > > > > "stable" version, NO LUCK > > > AGAIN. > > > > Tried using CentOS instead of Ubuntu, Nothing again. Ok, I will take > > > > my LAST try using another physical server with no SAN attached and > > > > using > > > local > > > > storage as primary. If even this try will not be ok, I'll give up. > > > > Wasted almost 3 weeks for obtaining... nothing. Ok, that is a open > > > > source product, but I cannot believe it to be SO INCREDIBLY > > > > IMPOSSIBLE to have neither a trial setup up and running. > > > > If anyone believe I'm simply not able to setup, I'm here: have a > > > PowerEdge > > > > 1950 DELL connected with a Brocade 200E to a EMC CX300. I have > > > > another server for installing VMs for management, mysql, secondary > > > > storage and so on. I want to use XCP/Xen as hypervisor, using a > > > > primary storage on my > > > SAN > > > > connected through HBAs. Give me just instructions and I will follow > them. > > > > That's all. > > > > > > > > > > > > 2012/12/19 Andrea Ottonello <aottone...@gmail.com> > > > > > > > >> I discovered ... ;) > > > >> Any suggestion on where to put it? > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> 2012/12/19 Chip Childers <chip.child...@sungard.com> > > > >> > > > >>> The apache list-serv strips attachments. They need to be placed > > > >>> somewhere else, with a URL pointer to the location. > > > >>> > > > >>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 10:45 AM, Marc Cirauqui > > > >>> <mcirau...@gmail.com> > > > >>> wrote: > > > >>>> I can't find any attachments... > > > >>>> > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:38 PM, Andrea Ottonello < > > > aottone...@gmail.com > > > >>>> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>> I will try, thank you. Already attached log to an email. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> 2012/12/19 Marc Cirauqui <mcirau...@gmail.com> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> I don't know your physical setup, but if you have two network > > > >>> interfaces, > > > >>>>>> you should name them in XenCenter. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> Example. In Xencenter, networking tab, you see "Network 0" and > > > >>> "Network > > > >>>>> 1" > > > >>>>>> (don't remember exact names). Rename them to be "cloud- > > private" > > > >>>>>> and "cloud-public" (for example). Then in the fancy icons in > > > >>>>>> setup > > > >>> wizard (or > > > >>>>>> equivalent in infrastructure tab) put those tags in private and > > > >>> public > > > >>>>>> network. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> That way CS maps vm's interfaces to the right physical > > > >>>>>> interfaces in > > > >>>>> XS... > > > >>>>>> Also, please, upload your log to pastebin or something similar > > > >>>>>> to > > > >>> check > > > >>>>> up. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> thx > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> On Wed, Dec 19, 2012 at 4:24 PM, Andrea Ottonello < > > > >>> aottone...@gmail.com > > > >>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Anyway, tried to format host and install XenServer 6.0.2, > > > >>>>>>> activated > > > >>>>> with > > > >>>>>>> free license, updated with last patches via XenCenter > > > >>>>>>> (exception > > > >>> made > > > >>>>> for > > > >>>>>>> 6.1 upgrade, of course). Restored MGMT machine to snapshot > > > >>>>>>> taken > > > >>> after > > > >>>>>>> finishing fresh setup of cloudstack (just after > > > >>>>> cloud-setup-management). > > > >>>>>>> Tested again NFS shares on CentOS machine. > > > >>>>>>> ok, let's start: followed guide to configure XenServer host > > > >>> (basically, > > > >>>>>>> installed package for CloudStack). > > > >>>>>>> Got to CloudStack UI, closed wizard and started creating zone > > > >>>>>>> pod > > > >>>>> cluster > > > >>>>>>> storage etc.... SAME F...ING S..T error, it doesn't start > > > >>>>>>> System > > > >>> VMs > > > >>>>>>> because it tells that there is no suitable host... BUT WHY??? > > > >>>>>>> Host > > > >>> is > > > >>>>>> right > > > >>>>>>> there waiting for you stupid software to place a VM on it! > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> -- > > > >>>>> Andrea Ottonello > > > >>>>> > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> -- > > > >> Andrea Ottonello > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Andrea Ottonello > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Andrea Ottonello > -- Andrea Ottonello
