But, if the iscsi LUN is managed by solidfire's cloudstack plugin, then the size of change need to be handled by solidfire: 1. resize the LUN on solidfire's storage though the plugin. 2. need to talk to xenserver hypervisor in your plugin, that the size of LUN is changed. Make sure, the volume is detached from VM, unplug, then plug pbd of that volume, xenserver should see the new size of the LUN. 3. update volume size in cloudstack db table.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:22 PM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > Cool....i like that even better. :) > > --Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Anthony Xu [mailto:xuefei...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:17 PM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > If you put the primary storage in maintenance mode to evacuate the VM, > > when you cancel maintenance mode for the primary storage, CS will get > > the new size of the primary storage. > > > > > > Anthony > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 4:07 PM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: RE: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > ah sorry. Yes. From the CloudStack management UI, you can force > > cloudstack to reconnect to the host. This forces cloudstack to flush > > it's connection and restablish the connection. On restablishing the > > connection, there's a series of checks and information gathered. Size > > of the storage pool is one such information. > > > > --Alex > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 3:13 PM > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > > > Hey Alex, > > > > > > When you say, "force a reconnection," I'm not sure to what part of > > > the system you're referring. Is this an action performed on the > CloudStack side? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:10 PM, Alex Huang <alex.hu...@citrix.com> > > wrote: > > > > > > > You might have to force a reconnection to the xenserver in order > > > > for CS to see it. On every connection, CS checks these items and > > > > updates its database. > > > > > > > > --Alex > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2013 2:14 PM > > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > > Subject: Re: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > > > > > > > OK, great - thanks! > > > > > > > > > > So, it sounds like on XenServer, you have to perform some manual > > > > > activity for it to see the new size of the iSCSI target (and > > > > > there is probably a > > > > similar > > > > > requirement with ESX), but CloudStack will notice the size > > > > > difference automatically (once the storage repository or > > > > > datastore has been manually re-configured). > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 2:48 PM, Anthony Xu > > > > > <xuefei...@citrix.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > CS will see the new size, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 5:25 PM > > > > > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > > > Subject: Re: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > > > > > > > > > Hey Anthony, > > > > > > > > > > > > I assume this would be a candidate situation where you'd put > > > > > > the primary storage in maintenance mode and then perform the > > > > > > steps you > > > > > referred me to? > > > > > > > > > > > > When the storage is brought out of maintenance mode, will it > > > > > > see the new size or is there something more that has to be > > > > > > done on the CS > > > side? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Mike Tutkowski < > > > > > > mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Anyone know if CloudStack will recognize the new size of a > > > > > > > storage repository or datastore on its own? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Tue, Jul 9, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Anthony Xu > > > > > > > <xuefei...@citrix.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> http://support.citrix.com/article/CTX120865 > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> for XenServer, VMs need to be shut down or migrated away > > > > > > >> before expanding a volume. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Anthony > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > > >> From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > > > > > >> Sent: Tuesday, July 09, 2013 2:25 PM > > > > > > >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > > > > >> Cc: Edison Su; John Burwell > > > > > > >> Subject: Expanding a volume on a SAN > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Hi everyone, > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> I had a question posed to me today regarding how CloudStack > > > > > > >> and the underlying hypervisor deal with an iSCSI volume > > > > > > >> that is > > > expanded. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> For example, let's say I'm using XenServer or ESX and I > > > > > > >> create a storage repository or datastore, respectively, for > > > > > > >> each hypervisor based on an iSCSI target. I then tie this > > > > > > >> into CloudStack as Primary > > > > > > Storage. > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> If I increase the size of the iSCSI target (the SAN > > > > > > >> volume/LUN), does this increased size feed into the > > > > > > >> hypervisor and > > > CloudStack? > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> Thanks! > > > > > > >> > > > > > > >> -- > > > > > > >> *Mike Tutkowski* > > > > > > >> *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > > > > >> e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > > > >> o: 303.746.7302 > > > > > > >> Advancing the way the world uses the > > > > > > >> cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > > > > >> *(tm)* > > > > > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > > > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > > > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > > > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > > > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > > > > > *(tm)* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > > > > *(tm)* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > > > *(tm)* > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > *Mike Tutkowski* > > > *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* > > > e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com > > > o: 303.746.7302 > > > Advancing the way the world uses the > > > cloud<http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play> > > > *(tm)*
