XenServer installation SR issue
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So in my home lab, I've decided to give XenServer a run. I have a Dell R710 with an H700 RAID card in it. I created a RAID 10 volume of 6 TB in the RAID config. I booted from USB and installed XenServer, choosing my new RAID10 volume as storage and selected thin provisioning. It installed successfully.
Upon booting up, at the console (blue screen), there was no management interface listed, even though I statically set one during the install. I rebooted and now I have a management interface and can connect to it via XenCenter.
However, my local SR is boned. Under local storage, I have a red X, and the status is "Broken", and Unplugged. Clicking on it and trying a repair fails and tells me "Logical Volume mount/activate error". Did I miss a step during install or RAID setup?
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What version of XS? 6.5 or 7.0?
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@Danp 7.0
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Some more relevant errors in XC:
When attempting to create a new SR: "Creating hardware HBA-SR 'Hardware HBA virtual disk storage on 'xenserver': The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the server"
Also: "The SR has no attached PBDs"
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@fuznutz04 Can you run a "Repair" on the existing SR?
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No, thats when I get the error in the original post. "Logical Volume mount/activate error."
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Does it matter that I installed XS on the actual RAID 10 array that I want to use for storage?
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@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
No, thats when I get the error in the original post. "Logical Volume mount/activate error."
OIC. Missed that on my initial read.
@fuznutz04 said in XenServer installation SR issue:
Does it matter that I installed XS on the actual RAID 10 array that I want to use for storage?
No, that shouldn't be an issue. Have you verified that all firmware is up to date?
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Check out this article where they describe a similar issue and list their solution.
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@Danp I dont even see my disks in XC...
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You would need to SSH into the box or use the console tab within XC.
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@Danp Following that guide.... " A PBD already exists connecting the SR to the host"
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@fuznutz04 That was for the
xe pbd-create? Did you try performing thexe pbd-plug? -
@Danp yes, also an error. I just stepped away from my desk so don't remember what it was at the moment
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@fuznutz04 Details are important.
If there's nothing meaningful stored on the array, you may be better off to just blow it away and start over from scratch.
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@Danp
I did that.. Twice already. Brand new installations -
@Danp said in XenServer installation SR issue:
@fuznutz04 That was for the
xe pbd-create? Did you try performing thexe pbd-plug?[root@xenserver ~]# xe pbd-plug uuid=484dbd7d-08b0-0305-eae8-c59ebea39a36
Error code: SR_BACKEND_FAILURE_52
Error parameters: , Logical Volume mount/activate error [opterr=FSCK failed on /dev/XSLocalEXT-0bff8e3b-dd7c-c3c4-3125-22569f5bbd77/0bff8e3b-dd7c-c3c4-3125-22569f5bbd77. Errno is 8], -
@fuznutz04 IDK. Seems odd that this has occurred multiple times. Found this forum post that you may want to review.
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what is the output of vgs, lvs, pvs from the console?
Seems like either your lvm layer is bad, or the actual raid array is bad.
Have you tried to unmount this and then runs fsck?Really weird that the local sr wasn't auto created for after install. It is like the first thing that happens when you connect to XS with XC.
Since it is not working you could just reinstall and try again, there shouldn't be an thing on it at this point. -
@momurda said
Since it is not working you could just reinstall and try again, there shouldn't be an thing on it at this point.
I think he said he did that a few times already.
I wonder if it is indeed something with the array?
