I'll start a new thread named "system vms won't start"
On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 1:55 PM, Ahmad Emneina <aemne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Can you post your management server logs. Avoid set 'issues' are a symptom > of something else, not cooperating, in your cloudstack deployment. > > > On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 12:44 AM, Carlos Reátegui <create...@gmail.com > >wrote: > > > > > On Mar 4, 2013, at 2:20 AM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Feb 26, 2013, at 7:07 PM, Carlos Reategui <car...@reategui.com> > > wrote: > > > > > >> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I was traveling and not > > able > > >> to work on this. > > >> > > >> I have added the NFS SR to my host. I was also able to create a VM > and > > got > > >> decent performance to the NFS based storage (90MB/s). I did all this > > using > > >> xe command line so I believe at the very least Xen and xapi are > working > > on > > >> this host with my primary storage. > > >> > > >> Unfortunately I did not have the same amount of luck with Cloudstack. > I > > >> first tried using the setup wizard but the primary storage options do > > not > > >> include "PreSetup" > > > > > > You should have seen PreSetup. > > > In the mgt server UI, if you go under infrastructure and add a zone, > the > > UI will walk you through the entire setup. > > > If you click on primary storage you can add one and it should allow you > > to use PreSetup (just use the drop down). > > I only saw PreSetup in the non wizard mode. > > > > > >> option so I went back and did the manual setup of the > > >> Zone. Everything seemed to go ok (after I added the .ssh dir in > root's > > >> home dir) but it now seems like the system VMs are not starting up > > >> properly. > > > > > > Any logs ? > > I am stuck at the same place you were in your "How to get hosts out of > > 'avoid' state" thread. > > > > Strange thing is that from the UI perspective it looks like the host is > > up, but it is only in the logs that it says that the host is in the avoid > > state. > > > > How does one get 4.0.2 which apparently fixes this? Do I need to build > > from source? I am currently using the ppa to install on ubuntu 12.04. Do > > you know if that will get updated to 4.0.2 any time soon? > > > > > > > >> I have not tried creating an instance of my own yet (need to > > >> read up on creating an ubuntu precise template first). I'll try to > > debug > > >> some more and will follow-up in a separate thread. > > >> > > >> -Carlos > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com > > >wrote: > > >> > > >>> > > >>> On Feb 13, 2013, at 2:51 AM, Carlos Reategui <car...@reategui.com> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>>> Thanks for the pointers. > > >>>> > > >>>> On Tue, Feb 12, 2013 at 1:29 AM, Sebastien Goasguen < > run...@gmail.com > > >>>> wrote: > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> On Feb 10, 2013, at 8:43 AM, Carlos Reategui <car...@reategui.com> > > >>> wrote: > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Hi All, new to CloudStack and have many questions. I am looking > to > > >>>>>> implement a private cloud for our engineering and qa teams to play > > >>> around > > >>>>>> and be able to launch test clusters prior to doing so in the cloud > > >>> (AWS). > > >>>>>> I started messing around with the CloudStack installation (3.0.2) > > and > > >>>>>> setting up XCP 1.5 and 1.6 hosts and was a bit confused by the > > >>>>> networking > > >>>>>> setup (this is all internal, the VMs won't have a public > > interface). I > > >>>>> am > > >>>>>> now in the process of starting over. This time with the > incubating > > >>>>> release > > >>>>>> (4.0.0) and was hoping to use Ubuntu 12.04 + xapi (aka Kronos) as > it > > >>>>>> provides better support for my network hardware (BCM quad 1Gbe) > -- I > > >>> had > > >>>>> to > > >>>>>> jump through hoops to get XCP 1.5 to work and 1.6 did not work > with > > CS > > >>>>>> 3.0.2. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> Hi Carlos, > > >>>>> > > >>>>> I would use the 4.0.1 release. > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I'll give that a try. > > >>>> > > >>>> For Ubuntu, Gerry Havinga just posted a script that helps with the > > >>>>> installation, you might want to check it out: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > > > http://opensourcetutorials.blogspot.nl/2013/02/adding-ubuntu-1204-kvm-host-to.html > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I notice his script installs cloud-agent and cloud-system-iso, do I > > need > > >>>> those as well for xapi on ubuntu? Or are those for KVM only. In > > looking > > >>>> at the install docs, I don't see them mentioned in the Xenserver > > section. > > >>> > > >>> Carlos, sorry for the delay. > > >>> > > >>> If you use Xen on ubuntu. CS will use xapi. You don't need to install > > the > > >>> cloud-agent. > > >>> > > >>> The issue of needing cloud-system-iso has been fixed in 4.0.1 but > this > > is > > >>> only needed for KVM. > > >>> > > >>> I will try to add some docs in the coming weeks. > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> As far as networking, the first decision will be to decide whether > > you > > >>> are > > >>>>> going to use VLANs or not. If you don't use VLANs, you will setup a > > >>> "basic" > > >>>>> zone, if you can do VLANs you might want to setup an "advanced" > zone. > > >>>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> I don't know much about VLANs so I was going to stick with a basic > > zone. > > >>>> Especially since I don't have a need for a public network. > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> Shapeblue has some blogs that are very useful in addition to > reading > > the > > >>>>> documentation: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/2013/01/07/understanding-cloudstacks-physical-networking-architecture/ > > >>>>> > > >>> > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/2012/05/01/cloudstack-networking-considerations/ > > >>>>> and: > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > > > http://www.shapeblue.com/2012/05/10/using-the-api-for-advanced-network-management/ > > >>>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Thanks for these, somehow had not run across them in my google > > searches. > > >>>> Although now I am confused about the "storage" network as he > explains > > >>> that > > >>>> is for secondary storage. In my setup I was going to start with the > > >>>> management node also being the NFS storage for both primary and > > >>> secondary. > > >>>> It has a 2 10Gbe and 2 1Gbe ports. I have the 10Gbe ports going to a > > >>>> switch (dell 6224) that is physically isolated from the the rest of > > the > > >>>> network and was planning on only having NFS traffic on that. > Should I > > >>> also > > >>>> configure that to be my "management" network? > > >>> > > >>> I am not an authority on this. But I believe that you could define a > > >>> storage network as long as the hosts can access it. > > >>> If you don't define a storage network the storage traffic will go > over > > the > > >>> management network. > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>> Anyhow I have made some progress with 4.0 but got stuck not being > > able to > > >>>> add a host, which I am pretty sure has to do with my host network > > >>>> settings/labels. Also the management server seems to think my > > "storage" > > >>> ip > > >>>> (172.30.19.10) is the management network (there is an alarm saying > the > > >>>> management server node is up on that ip). How do I change that? > > >>>> Also I see a couple other alarms: "management network CIDR is not > > >>>> configured originally. set it default to 172.30.45.0/24" and "no > > usage > > >>>> server process running". Should I worry about that. > > >>>> > > >>>> I have updated to 4.0.1 and will try to figure out my host network > as > > "xe > > >>>> network-list" does not seem to match what I have actually > configured. > > >>> > > >>> Give us an update on this, as your email was 10 days ago, you may > have > > >>> made progress. > > >>> > > >>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>> -Sebastien > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>>>>> Has anyone had any success with 12.04 + xapi for the nodes? The > > script > > >>>>> to > > >>>>>> add nodes seems to know about Kronos. If this won't work is > there a > > >>>>>> preferred Xen host with somewhat up to date drivers (for a Dell > R620 > > >>> with > > >>>>>> BCM 5720 Quad)? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> Regarding the network setup, what is the recommended setup with 4 > > 1Gbe > > >>>>>> ports? I already have a separate storage network (NFS server has > a > > >>> 10Gbe > > >>>>>> link) so I was thinking of bonding 2 ports for storage and 2 for > > >>>>>> management/VM traffic. Does this make sense to bond the second > > pair? > > >>>>> Do I > > >>>>>> need separate subnets for management and vm network or are > different > > >>>>> ranges > > >>>>>> within the same subnet enough (security is not a concern in my > > >>>>> deployment). > > >>>>>> Currently, corporate IS is providing me a subnet with DHCP. Is > that > > >>>>> going > > >>>>>> to be a problem for CS? > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I do have the option of adding another dual or quad port card. > If I > > >>> do, > > >>>>>> what would the recommended setup be? The nodes have 2x8core CPU > > with > > >>>>> 64GB > > >>>>>> RAM. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> I definitely appreciate any pointers to help me off the ground. > > >>>>>> > > >>>>>> thank you, > > >>>>>> Carlos > > >>>>> > > >>>>> > > >>> > > >>> > > > > > > > >
