On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:57 AM, Bob Ball <bob.b...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Ah - understood. > > Thanks. The iSCSI SR will of course be logged in while the SR is plugged on the > host (through the PBD). > > You could potentially use a hook script (create files called vm-pre-start > and vm-post-destroy in /etc/xapi.d) to create the SR dynamically, but > beyond that there isn't currently a way to only have the iSCSI target > logged in when the VM is booted. > > Hopefully the sr-create will not auto format the luns on every mount :) Thanks for your help. I'll report back if any success on this. > Bob > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Rushikesh Jadhav [2rushike...@gmail.com] > *Sent:* 14 August 2013 22:22 > *To:* Bob Ball > *Cc:* xen-api@lists.xen.org > *Subject:* Re: [Xen-API] How to use iSCSI disk with Xenserver VM > > > > > On Thu, Aug 15, 2013 at 2:31 AM, Bob Ball <bob.b...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> You can create an SR using the undocumented and unsupported "iscsi" >> type and set the device config target and targetIQN values - this will >> set up a single VDI which is a raw lun. >> >> > Thanks Bob but I'm looking for a generic way in which I would be storing > the LUN info in VM properties other-config (MRW) or if possible in VBD > other config such that whenever VM tries to boot, the hook will login on > iSCSI target and pass the device. I think this needs be handled by blktap > rather than XAPI or SMAPI, what you say ? > > >> Attach that VDI to a guest and it should be what you're looking for? >> > > Trying to automate it. > > >> >> Thanks, >> >> Bob >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* xen-api-boun...@lists.xen.org [xen-api-boun...@lists.xen.org] on >> behalf of Rushikesh Jadhav [2rushike...@gmail.com] >> *Sent:* 14 August 2013 16:07 >> *To:* xen-api@lists.xen.org >> *Subject:* [Xen-API] How to use iSCSI disk with Xenserver VM >> >> Hello All, >> >> Since normal Xen supports iSCSI lun as device for xvda, I would like to >> know its possibility with Xenserver. >> >> What are the possible ways may be hacky to get it working ? >> >> Since XAPI can now support Ceph as custom drive, how hard it would be >> to use same for iSCSI ? >> >> From Xenserver POV, I undestood that Ceph is acting as a SR but I'm >> expecting to pass iSCSI lun as raw block device to VM. >> >> Thanks. >> > >
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