This warrants a bug IMO. --David
On Wed, Jul 3, 2013 at 2:38 PM, Geoff Higginbottom <geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > Dean, > > I am guessing you are using NFS for your Primary Storage. > > This is actually 'by design'. The logic is that if the storage goes offline, > then all VMs must have also failed, and a 'forced' reboot of the Host 'might' > automatically fix things. > > This is great if you only have one Primary Storage, but typically you have > more than one, so whilst the reboot might fix the failed storage, it will > also kill off all the perfectly good VMs which were still happily running. > > The fix for XenServer Hosts is to: > > 1. Modify /opt/xensource/bin/xenheartbeat.sh on all your Hosts, commenting > out the two entries which have "reboot -f" > > 2. Identify the PID of the script - pidof -x xenheartbeat.sh > > 3. Restart the Script - kill <pid> > > 4. Force reconnect Host from the UI, the script will then re-launch on > reconnect > > If you running KVM, I'm guessing there is a similar script, but I have not > tried this yet for anything other than XenSever (it does not apply to ESXi) > > Regards > > Geoff Higginbottom > > D: +44 20 3603 0542 | S: +44 20 3603 0540 | M: +447968161581 > > geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dean Kamali [mailto:dean.kam...@gmail.com] > Sent: 03 July 2013 19:14 > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Primary storage failure > > Hello everyone > > I'm testing failure scenarios, and I have noticed that as soon as the primary > storage gets offline. > > cloudstack management server seems to think that the hypervisor is not > responding and it will reboot the node, if you have number of of nodes it > will eventually reboot all of them. (losing everything .. fun! ) > > What if I have multiple primary storage and one of them failed? it will > reboot all of my hypervisors? it doesn't seems right to me. > > Is there is a way to control this behavior? > > it seems that cloud stack management server needs to be a little smarter. > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or > opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily > represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the > intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon > its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you > believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company > incorporated in England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is operated > under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark. >
