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<p class="MsoNormal">Hello,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I am having issues getting KVM / QEMU / libvirt refreshing one of my storage pools.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have SAN storage volumes connected through multipath iscsi on the host in /dev/mapper - All GOOD so far<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $ ls -l /dev/mapper<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> total 0<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> crw------- 1 root root 10, 236 Feb 20 17:31 control<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 10 13:24 mpath-a -> ../dm-5<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 10 13:24 mpath-b -> ../dm-4<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 10 13:24 mpath-c -> ../dm-2<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 8 Mar 10 13:24 mpath-d -> ../dm-11<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I list the storage pools on the KVM / QEMU / visrh host ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $ virsh pool-list<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Name State Autostart<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> -----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> archive active yes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> multipath_iscsi active yes<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">... and then list the volumes in the multipath_iscsi storage pool ...
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $ virsh vol-list multipath_iscsi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Name Path<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> -----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-5 /dev/mapper/mpath-a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-4 /dev/mapper/mpath-b<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-2 /dev/mapper/mpath-c<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I see thet my NEW SAN volume does not show up in the listed volumes, so I refresh the storage pool and re-list ...<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $ virsh pool-refresh multipath_iscsi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> $ virsh vol-list multipath_iscsi<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> Name Path<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> -----------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-5 /dev/mapper/mpath-a<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-4 /dev/mapper/mpath-b<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> dm-2 /dev/mapper/mpath-c<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Uh Oh!, No new volume listed in the storage pool<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Is there anything else I should be doing?<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The host is seeing the additional multipath iscsi volume so, there is nothing wrong with the volume, iscsi, multipath setup… I just can 't get virsh to "add it to the storage pool"<o:p></o:p></p>
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