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In the New Storage Repository wizard select Software iSCSI as a type of storage to set up.Ĥ. Click New Storage on the Quick Launch panel in XenCenter.Ģ. If you use XenServer 6.1, connect iSCSI targets while creating the SR:ġ. Perform the 1-3 steps for the second XenServer host. Connect the targets using their IQNs found by discovery:
Iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p | iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p
Before creating the SR in XenCenter, connect the iSCSI targets through the console. Switch to the Console tab in XenCenter.Ģ. If you use XenServer 6.0 or its older versions, connect storage in the iSCSI Initiator before adding it:ġ. Set the open-iscsi service to start the iSCSI Initiator automatically when you start XenServer:Ĭhkconfig open-iscsi on Adding Shared Storage Perform the following actions on each XenServer : Turn off the Maintenance Mode: right-click the XenServer and select Exit Maintenance Mode from the shortcut menu. Select the Enable multipathing on this server checkbox.Ĩ. Right-click the XenServer and select Properties from the shortcut menu.Ħ. Switch the XenServer host to Maintenance Mode: right-click the XenServer and select Enter Maintenance Mode from the shortcut menu.ĥ. Getuid_callout “/sbin/scsi_id -g -u -s /block/%n”Ĥ. Insert the following block into the devices section of the /etc/nf:
Insert the following block into the defaults section of the /etc/nf:Ģ. To apply multipathing take the following actions for each XenServer in the pool:ġ. The window should look as shown on the screenshot below. In the Configure IP Addresses window click Add IP address to add networks.ġ1. The window should look as shown in the screenshot below.ħ. In the Management Interfaces window click Add IP address to add networks.Ħ. The XenCenter window should look as shown in the screenshot below.ġ. Take the previous steps to add the second XenServer host to the pool.ĩ. In the Add New Server window specify the first XenServer host to be added to the pool as well as a user name and password.Ħ. Specify name and description of the pool and click Add New Server.Ĥ. CONFIGURING XENSERVER HOSTS Creating a PoolĢ. Check whether device parameters are correct. Select an initialization method of the HA device. Specify cache parameters of the HA device.ġ9. Note: At least one Heartbeat channel must be separated from a Synchronization channel due to the availability considerations.ġ7. Configure data synchronization and heartbeat channel parameters. Specify target and virtual disk parameters of the second node.ġ5. If you want to create a new virtual disk, select the Create New checkbox.ġ3. Click to specify a name and location of an HA virtual disk on the server. Under this name the device is declared to iSCSI initiators that are connected to StarWind Service over an IP network.ġ1. Specify the appropriate information in the Target Alias and Target Name text fields.
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If needed, specify a username and password for StarWind Service in the corresponding text fields.
Enter the server IP-address in the Host text field. Please, follow the wizard’s steps to complete creation of a new HA device.Ĩ.
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