What I mean is that on the NFS server holding the secondary storage you have a certain directory structure, e.g. ls -1 /export/secondary/ snapshots template volumes
Now, if you exported your dedup appliance as iSCSI, formatted and mounted it under /export/secondary/snapshots (see above), then I guess you would achieve your goal? HTH Lucian -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alessandro Caviglione" <c.alessan...@gmail.com> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Sent: Monday, 23 February, 2015 10:54:03 > Subject: Re: Storage for Snapshots > NFS, CIFS, iSCSI. > Mmm.... now I've understood what you wrote... I've to try it! :) > > Thanky > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: > >> How does you appliance export storage? >> >> I am not aware of such tags and I don't see anything related to that in >> the Global Settings. >> >> I think your best bet a.t.m. is to do something similar to what I said in >> my previous email. >> >> -- >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> Nux! >> www.nux.ro >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> > From: "Alessandro Caviglione" <c.alessan...@gmail.com> >> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> > Sent: Monday, 23 February, 2015 10:04:27 >> > Subject: Re: Storage for Snapshots >> >> > Yes but my goal should be to use dedup appliance only for snapshot, not >> > also for ISOs and Template... >> > I think that also secondary storage should have tags to separate >> > ISO/Template from Snap. >> > >> > >> > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Nux! <n...@li.nux.ro> wrote: >> > >> >> Hi Alessandro, >> >> >> >> I do not think you can separate secondary storage that way. >> >> Depending on the capabilities of your deduplication device, you might be >> >> able to mount it in the secondary storage NFS server, under >> >> /path/secondary/storage/snapshots; say if it's an ISCSI lun etc. >> >> >> >> HTH >> >> Lucian >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! >> >> >> >> Nux! >> >> www.nux.ro >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> > From: "Alessandro Caviglione" <c.alessan...@gmail.com> >> >> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >> >> > Sent: Monday, 23 February, 2015 09:39:46 >> >> > Subject: Storage for Snapshots >> >> >> >> > Hi guys, >> >> > I've tried to find a way but without success. >> >> > We've a simple infrastructure with some XS hosts, CS 4.4, one primary >> >> > storage and one secondary storage. >> >> > Now I'd like to add a deduplication appliance as secondary storage to >> >> hosts >> >> > only instance snapshots. >> >> > How can I configure CS to move the snapshot to that specific secondary >> >> > storage? >> >> > >> >> > Thank you!
