[libvirt-users] question of iSCSI pool on the same iSCSI target

[Osier Yang]

On 2012年04月27日 11:06, david_zhu wrote:
> Hi, all,
>
> I have 3 XMLs for defining iSCSI pools.
> i1.xml and i3.xml are configured to the same iSCSI target, and i2.xml
> uses another.
>
> virsh will report error if I define pool "i3" after I have defined the
> pool "i1",
> but it is OK after defining the pool "i2".
>
> Does anyone known this problem?
>
>
> My commands are as following:
>
> -bash-4.1# virsh version
> Compiled against library: libvir 0.9.11
> Using library: libvir 0.9.11
> Using API: QEMU 0.9.11
> Running hypervisor: QEMU 0.14.1
>
>
> -bash-4.1# virsh pool-define i1.xml
> Pool i1 defined from i1.xml
>
> -bash-4.1# virsh pool-define i3.xml
> error: Failed to define pool from i3.xml
> error: operation failed: Storage source conflict with pool: 'i1'
>
> -bash-4.1# virsh pool-define i2.xml
> Pool i2 defined from i2.xml
>
> -bash-4.1# virsh pool-define i3.xml
> Pool i3 defined from i3.xml
>
>
> and my XMLs are:
>
> -bash-4.1# cat i1.xml
> <pool type='iscsi'>
> <name>i1</name>
> <source>
> <host name='192.168.58.160'/>
> <device path='iqn.2011-01.com.usi:storage.iscsi1'/>
> </source>
> <target>
> <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path>
> </target>
> </pool>
>
> -bash-4.1# cat i2.xml
> <pool type='iscsi'>
> <name>i2</name>
> <source>
> <host name='192.168.58.160'/>
> <device path='iqn.2011-01.com.usi:storage.iscsi2'/>
> </source>
> <target>
> <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path>
> </target>
> </pool>
>
> -bash-4.1# cat i3.xml
> <pool type='iscsi'>
> <name>i3</name>
> <source>
> <host name='192.168.58.160'/>
> <device path='iqn.2011-01.com.usi:storage.iscsi1'/>
> </source>
> <target>
> <path>/dev/disk/by-path</path>
> </target>
> </pool>
>

Definitely it's a bug, I think the patch posted to libvir list
right now fixes the problem.

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2012-April/msg01491.html

Osier