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Added by Danny Wannagat, last edited by Danny Wannagat on Aug 22, 2008
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22 Aug 2008 12:18 PM EDT
XenServer SR and Openfiler 2.3
[ Tags: openfiler ,   iscsi ,   nonspecific ]
posted by Danny Wannagat

Hi.

 If you are using the OpenFiler software as a iSCSI Server for Citrix XenServer, you will run into an issue.
XenServer is not able to reconnect to the LUN after you reboot the OpenFiler Server.

There is a problem of activation Xen VG's within the Openfiler LV.
To resolve the issue you have to change the configuration on your openfiler server:

So, to fix the issue in OpenFiler 2.3 and stop VG activation on the system startup comment the following lines (333-337) in /etc/rc.sysinit

#       if [ -x /sbin/lvm.static ]; then
#               if /sbin/lvm.static vgscan --mknodes --ignorelockingfailure > /dev/null 2>&1 ; then
#                    action $"Setting up Logical Volume Management:" /sbin/lvm.static vgchange -a y -ignorelockingfailure
#               fi
#       fi

 You can find more details in the OpenFiler Forum at:

https://forums.openfiler.com/viewtopic.php?id=2280

 Danny

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Comments (3)

 

  1. Aug 07

    Chris Jeffrey says:

    I have tried this on my Openfiler and it hasn't worked. Openfiler seem unwillin...

    I have tried this on my Openfiler and it hasn't worked.

    Openfiler seem unwilling to help with this problem. Can anyone offer an assistance?

    Thanks,

    Chris

  2. Aug 27

    Anonymous says:

    Danny's solution worked for me. Thank You

    Danny's solution worked for me.

    Thank You

  3. Nov 06

    Renaud DEVERS says:

    Hi, To fix it: Edit  rc.sysinit like Danny say Edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf t...

    Hi,

    To fix it:

    1. Edit  rc.sysinit like Danny say
    2. Edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf to change the filter 
      filter = [ "a|^/dev/[hs]d[ab].*|", "r|^/dev/md.*|", "r|.*|" ]
    3. Stop loading AOE (ATA over Ethernet) 
      chkconfig aoe off

    This is MY filter case! my hard drive was /dev/sda & /dev/sdb

    In all case after you edit the filter, use lvscan command. If you have a syntax error in filter, this command check lvm.conf

    Good luke.

    chavers on www.doctor-citrix.com

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