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Author: Stephen
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Subject: Re: Storage mangement advice
ok here is where it gets interesting the system has 0 RX/TX errors and
i can ssh in just fine. its just as responsive as it should be.

And the Volumes are listed and running according to plan:

[root@mim-openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay
  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/data/generaldata
  VG Name                data
  LV UUID                U38s47-ze5g-d71C-BecT-ILch-l7zx-uGt5Z1
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                500.00 GB
  Current LE             16000
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:0


  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/data/esxidata
  VG Name                data
  LV UUID                0xH2jc-dJxn-u36f-X7rc-JMed-zBzB-KFipik
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 0
  LV Size                244.16 GB
  Current LE             7813
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:1


  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/data/it
  VG Name                data
  LV UUID                oG0pCW-KP3L-svit-uIJr-C6Lg-cuV4-hWEJM4
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                500.00 GB
  Current LE             16000
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:2


  --- Logical volume ---
  LV Name                /dev/data/itresource
  VG Name                data
  LV UUID                yTH8FM-WxKT-vOIH-AqnZ-HXzY-i7FG-3DPM7h
  LV Write Access        read/write
  LV Status              available
  # open                 1
  LV Size                500.00 GB
  Current LE             16000
  Segments               1
  Allocation             inherit
  Read ahead sectors     auto
  - currently set to     256
  Block device           253:3



I want to remove all but the /dev/data/generaldata iSCSI share and
create a new share, however the Web Interface has basically just come
to a unuaseable crawl...

And better yet i have no idea what the web interface is anmed to even
try and restart jsut that daemon.

but having ssh open and running helps, and i can keep looking from there.

On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 9:15 PM, Stephen <> wrote:
> I will have to see if I left ash open. And I think I used ext3, as for
> the memory available it is at a default so all 8gb.
>
> Ill have to look at the rest.
>
> Thank you.
>
> On 1/25/09, Lisa Kachold <> wrote:
>>
>> Let's dissect this:
>>
>> 1) 3Ware
>> Optimization is key:
>>
>> 2) OS?
>>
>> 3) Openfiler
>>
>> Openfiler is GREAT STUFF. Admin user is sensitive; i.e. you cannot change
>> the admin user name. Also the tree permissions are picky for SMB shares and
>> home folders:
>>
>> So for instance, if this is your tree:
>>
>>
>>
>> VG
>>
>>     LV

>>
>>           Folder1  <--- allocated as share, cannot be made homes folder

>>
>>           Folder2  <--- not allocated as share, can be made homes folder

>>
>>
>> I.E. any folders allocated as shares should not be listed for allocation to
>> "homes"
>>
>> Questions:
>>
>> a)  You are not using ZFS are you?
>> b)  Are you using tracd?
>> c)  What memory do you have allocated to openfiler?
>> d)  Openfiler with USB devices and various kernel drivers has known issues
>> with Volume allocation.
>> Solution:  Load the volume group and logical volumes manually... fdisk -l
>> shows the partition but lvm vgdisplay says "no volume groups found"
>> [root@openfiler ~]# lvm vgdisplay
>>  No volume groups found
>> [root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay shows the same message...  So the next
>> thing to do is to load the volume group manually.. [root@openfiler ~]# lvm
>> vgscan
>>  Reading all physical volumes.  This may take a while...
>>  Found volume group "rac" using metadata type lvm2
>> [root@openfiler ~]# Now that the volume group is loaded, the lvdisplay shows
>> the logical volumes but they are in "NOT Available" status
>>  [root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay
>>    --- Logical volume ---
>>    LV Name                /dev/rac/crs
>>    VG Name                rac
>>    LV UUID                iKo4Jn-s2sX-pVda-RD8n-JxNr-EbiA-azLPIi
>>    LV Write Access        read/write
>>    LV Status              NOT available
>>    LV Size                50.00 GB
>>    Current LE             64
>>    Segments               1
>>    Allocation             inherit
>>    Read ahead sectors     0
>>  [root@openfiler ~]# Now change the status of the volume manually
>>  [root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvchange -a y /dev/rac/crs
>>  [root@openfiler ~]# lvm lvdisplay
>>    --- Logical volume ---
>>    LV Name                /dev/rac/crs
>>    VG Name                rac
>>    LV UUID                iKo4Jn-s2sX-pVda-RD8n-JxNr-EbiA-azLPIi
>>    LV Write Access        read/write
>>    LV Status              available
>>    # open                 0
>>    LV Size                50.00 GB
>>    Current LE             64
>>    Segments               1
>>    Allocation             inherit
>>    Read ahead sectors     0
>>    Block device           253:0
>>  [root@openfiler ~]# If there are more logical volumes, manually change the
>> status for each..

>>
>>
>> Long way around, but you could write a script for this, rather than reboot?
>>
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>>
>>> Date: Sat, 24 Jan 2009 22:35:48 -0700
>>> Subject: Storage mangement advice
>>> From:
>>> To:
>>>
>>> I have a storage server that i am running, i gave a while with
>>> openfiler and it has mostly been sucessful, but it is developing a
>>> weird quirk that its really unnaceptable.
>>>
>>> we had created an iSCSI volume and attached it to our server and have
>>> atamoving back and forth, quite happily really. but over time it has
>>> developed this weird sluggisness only on the webadmin side. the iSCSI
>>> performance is fine.. frist tiem we discovered this we had some
>>> downtme available as we needed to reboot hte mainserver so we rebooted
>>> the storage server as well. however the sluggisness is back... and
>>> well this emans the openfiler is holding about 1.7TB of space hostage
>>> and not letting me allocate it. and this is kind of unacceptable
>>> because if i want to admin the server i should not have to reboot it
>>> first.
>>>
>>> the configuration is a Supermicro board 3ware 8006-2 with a pair od
>>> drives with the OS installed, then 6 SATA drives connected as AHCI fro
>>> the data array. useing the 3ware to manage the boot partition and also
>>> Os/swap seemed a logical choice for me. but now im having second
>>> thoughts on useing openfiler but i am at a loss for a plan b.
>>>
>>> the fun part is i have had no luck finding this issue among any other
>>> openfiler users at all. and im faily sure that teh system has the
>>> resources avialable.
>>>
>>> 8gb of ram and a single harpertown 5405 i think is a little overkill
>>> to have "performance issues"
>>>
>>> the hardware was eventually going to be repurposeable to a virtual
>>> host so we werent concerned with "wast" on overkill hardware. but as
>>> we are having to completely reset the network we dont want to buy a
>>> whole lot of hardware that we dont have a clear use in a new home. or
>>> will become "throw away" hardware that will have no eventual purpose
>>> in our new facility.
>>>
>>> --
>>> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
>>> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>>>
>>> Stephen
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> --
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>
> A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
> rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.
>
> Stephen
>




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A mouse trap, placed on top of your alarm clock, will prevent you from
rolling over and going back to sleep after you hit the snooze button.

Stephen
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