On 05/12/2016 09:35 AM, Marco Gaiarin wrote: > > Sorry, again a doubt. > > > The preferred method of using iSCSI is via ''LVM Groups with Network > Backing'': > > http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Storage_Model#LVM_Groups_with_Network_Backing > > > but if i use multipath, i'm just using LVM right? Eg, doing things as > the link above or following: > > https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/ISCSI_Multipath > > and then manually define a VG: > > pvcreate /dev/dm-XX > vgcreate MyName /dev/dm-XX > > and then using as LVM tyme storage 'MyName', it is the same, right? > >
yes, if using LVM, you will create a Volume Group on top of the device created by the multipath daemon taking the example from the wiki mpath0 (3600144f028f88a0000005037a95d0001) dm-3 NEXENTA,NEXENTASTOR size=64G features='1 queue_if_no_path' hwhandler='0' wp=rw `-+- policy='round-robin 0' prio=2 status=active |- 5:0:0:0 sdb 8:16 active ready running `- 6:0:0:0 sdc 8:32 active ready running at that point you should do either one of pvcreate /dev/dm-3 vgcreate MyName /dev/dm-3 or pvreate /dev/mpath0 vgcreate MyName /dev/mpath0 _______________________________________________ pve-user mailing list [email protected] http://pve.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user
