Yes, no problem to change the port from access to trunk, but I'm not sure
where I can create another interface with tagged VLAN on xenserver...

On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 11:15 AM Alex Mattioli <alex.matti...@shapeblue.com>
wrote:

> Hi Alessandro,
>
> If the switchports for storage are in access mode then indeed you can't
> present another VLAN there.
> You might be able to create a new logical interface on Xen in the same
> VLAN with the new IP range, but that's not something I've tried before
> (works fine on ESX and KVM though).
>
> I'd always recommend to use Trunked ports everywhere, keeping your L2
> fabric as simple as possible and all the intelligence down in the
> hypervisor and not in the switch, this gives you much more flexibility. But
> of course, other ways of setting up are always valid, that's just my
> preferred one based on experience.
>
> Regards,
> Alex
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Alessandro Caviglione <c.alessan...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 07 May 2021 10:50
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: Re: Primary storage migration
>
> Thank you Alex,
> iscsi subnet is present on same switch fabric so we can add it, but since
> xenserver port are actually in ACCESS with specific VLAN, how can I add an
> IP with a tagged VLAN on xenserver?
>
> On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 10:29 AM Alex Mattioli <alex.matti...@shapeblue.com
> >
> wrote:
>
> > Hi Alessandro,
> >
> > Is the new iSCSI subnet present in the same L2 switching fabric? In
> > that case you just need  a VLAN interface on the 10.0.0.x network. If
> > it is in a separate switching fabric then you can add a couple extra
> > NICs to your host and connect to that network.
> >
> > Migration wise, as long as the XenServer host can mount SRs from both
> > storage servers then it should be able to migrate your VMs and volumes
> > across.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Alex
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alessandro Caviglione <c.alessan...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 07 May 2021 10:22
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: Primary storage migration
> >
> > Hi guys,
> > I've a big doubt for next few weeks.
> > Actually we're running CS 4.13 and one of the cluster we're managing
> > is based on xenserver 7.2.
> > Today, primary storage is provided through NFS share in 192.168.200.x
> > subnet but we've want to migrate to another storage that provide iSCSI
> > lun on 10.0.0.x subnet.
> > This iscsi subnet is an isolated subnet so no routing is possible.
> > What you suggests to do?
> > Is it possible to add a couple of nics to xenserver for iscsi and
> > manage it on CS?
> >
> > Thank you!
> >
>

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