I think you should be able create a gluster volume from the local LUN on each server and use these to create 2 storage domains.
They should then be shared storage but not replicated so if a host goes down you will loose that domain. Maybe you will need to alter the fencing policy? Regards, Paul S. ________________________________ From: Tom <t...@mdevsys.com> Sent: 10 October 2019 11:04 To: Strahil <hunter86...@yahoo.com> Cc: users <users@ovirt.org> Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: Trying to add a LUN to a host and use that, instead of Gluster, as the datastore for my VM's. I take it then theres no way to do so without NFS? Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 10, 2019, at 2:53 AM, Strahil <hunter86...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > You can create an NFS on that host and export to itself that local storage... > > Best Regards, > Strahil NikolovOn Oct 9, 2019 07:43, TomK <tomk...@mdevsys.com> wrote: >> >> Manged to reverse it through the options. Had to deactivate the custom >> local cluster. >> >> Now I have my GlusterFS back and want to try and add some local storage >> to each host under the same DC, Cluster and Storage Domain. So >> effectively I will have two storage locations. One on my GlusterFS and >> the other on the local storage I've just defined. >> >> Appears I can't make them coexist with oVirt. Either the host is placed >> in a separate cluster with local storage, or I move it back to the >> GlusterFS. >> >> Appears I can't have two usable storage types under one host. Is this >> correct? >> >> What I'm looking for is in the image and shared earlier. >> >> Cheers, >> TK >> >>> On 10/8/2019 11:03 PM, TomK wrote: >>> I'm working to reverse this scenario. >>> >>> My storage domain still exists. However I can't activate it. The >>> Manage button is greyed out without clear indication as to why. >>> Difficult to tell what my next move should be. >>> >>> Anyway to find out? >>> >>> Cheers, >>> TK >>> >>>> On 10/7/2019 8:25 AM, TomK wrote: >>>> Allright. >>>> >>>> So I followed this and configured local storage. It had some default >>>> names that I changed. It would have been either the default name, or >>>> one I choose. In either case it would be a different name then the >>>> Gluster storage domain the host was a part of anyway. >>>> >>>> Once the process completed for both hosts, I noticed the Gluster >>>> volume storage domain was offline and the gluster volume was gone. I >>>> can't seem to add that back in anymore. I get: >>>> >>>> "Error while executing action DisconnectStorageServerConnection: Error >>>> storage server disconnection" >>>> >>>> Guessing I can't have local storage in addition to Gluster on the same >>>> hosts and available for VM's? >>>> >>>> Reason why I need that is that Gluster is slow but provides redundancy >>>> and live migration. But I also wanted direct storage for VM's >>>> requiring faster IO. So here's my scenario: >>>> >>>> host01 >>>> /dev/sda OS >>>> /dev/sdb 4TB (For Gluster) >>>> /dev/sdc 4TB (For Local Storage) >>>> >>>> host02 >>>> /dev/sda OS >>>> /dev/sdb 4TB (For Gluster) >>>> /dev/sdc 4TB (For Local Storage) >>>> >>>> I would like to have: >>>> >>>> 1) GlusterFS volume available to oVirt via the two /dev/sdb drives in >>>> both physical hosts. >>>> 2) Two locally attached LUN's, each separate and local to that >>>> physical host. >>>> >>>> Is this possible? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> TK >>>> >>>>> On 10/6/2019 12:38 AM, Strahil wrote: >>>>> Hi Tom, >>>>> >>>>> Have you checked >>>>> https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Faccess.redhat.com%2Fdocumentation%2Fen-us%2Fred_hat_virtualization%2F4.3%2Fhtml%2Fadministration_guide%2Fsect-preparing_and_adding_local_storage&data=02%7C01%7Cp.staniforth%40leedsbeckett.ac.uk%7C20620e09da1047a9c01708d74d6a6b3f%7Cd79a81124fbe417aa112cd0fb490d85c%7C0%7C1%7C637062991775237424&sdata=uyY5rEgruVpmmDrUwR%2B5JfVlDVR4gJVMS42n6OMiTmA%3D&reserved=0 >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Best Regards, >>>>> Strahil NikolovOn Oct 6, 2019 06:26, TomK <tomk...@mdevsys.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hey All, >>>>>> >>>>>> I've added a 4TB LUN to my physical storage and now I want to use that, >>>>>> instead of GlusterFS as my datastore for VM's on that physical. 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