[virt-tools-list] Virtual Machine Manager not seeing iSCSI target

[Cole Robinson]

On 10/18/2013 09:13 AM, Ritchie P. Fraser wrote:
> Hello list,
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> This issue has me (us) scratching our heads in confusion…
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> I am having issues connecting a virtual machine (in virtual machine manager)
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> with only one of the iSCSI targets even though the host server seems to have
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> mapped it successfully.
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>  
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> We have:
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> - Ubuntu 10.10 server (host) running QEMU KVM 0.12.5
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> - a Fujitsu SAN with iSCSI targets
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> - several iSCSI targets on the SAN
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>  

I can't spot anything obviously wrong below, but given the age of the software
you are talking about here there are likely bugs. I'd recommend filing a bug
report with your distro.

- Cole

> 
> $ sudo ls -l /dev/mapper
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      7 2013-10-18 12:04 mpath4 -> ../dm-5
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      8 2013-10-18 12:04 mpath4-part1 -> ../dm-14
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      8 2013-10-18 12:04 mpath4-part2 -> ../dm-15
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> lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root      8 2013-10-18 12:04 mpath4-part3 -> ../dm-16
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> $ sudo multipath -ll
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> mpath4 (3600000e00d00000000013eed00030000) dm-5 FUJITSU ,ETERNUS_DXL  
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> [size=20G][features=1 queue_if_no_path][hwhandler=0]
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> \_ round-robin 0 [prio=140][active]
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> \_ 6:0:0:3   sdg  8:96   [active][ready]
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> \_ 12:0:0:3  sdu  65:64  [active][ready]
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> I can even mount and browse the partitions successfully.
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> $ mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/mpath4-part1 /mnt/part1
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> $ mount -t ext4 /dev/mapper/mpath4-part2 /mnt/part2
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> (part3 is a linux swap so I haven't tried to mount this...)
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> In Virtual Machine Manager:
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> I right click the host and selected 'Details'
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> Select the 'Storage' tab and the 'iscsi-mpath' pool
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> and hit the refresh list button...
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> dm-5 (see output from multipath -ll above) does not appear in the list of
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> available volumes.
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> If I try to use the CLI to add the disk...
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> $ sudo virsh
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> virsh # attach-disk tmp_marge --source /dev/mapper/mpath4 --target vda
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> error: Failed to attach disk
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> error: Requested operation is not valid: cannot attach device on inactive domain
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>  
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> If I then start the virtual computer (without hdd attached) and then run...
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> virsh # attach-disk tmp_marge --source /dev/mapper/mpath4 --target vda
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> Disk attached successfully
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> Yay!
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>  
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> I try rebooting the vm and I get
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> Error starting domain: internal error unsupported driver name 'phy' for disk
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> '/dev/mapper/mpath4'
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> Boo!
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> Also, if I right click the vm in Virtual Machine Manager -> Open. Click the
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> 'i' tool bar button. Select the 'VirtIO Disk 1' I see the following information.
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>   Virtual Disk
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>     Target device: VirtIO Disk 1
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>     Source path: /dev/mapper/mpath4
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>     Storage size: Unknown
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>     Read Only: No
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>     Shareable: No
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>     Disk Bus: Virtio
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>     Serial number: blank
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>     Storage format: raw
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>     Cache mode: default
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>     IO mode: default
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> The 'Storage Size' = Unknown is worrying as this shows correctly for all the
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> other virtual machines using the other iSCSI targets
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> virsh # attach-disk tmp_marge --source /dev/mapper/mpath4 --target vda
> --persistent
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> error: Failed to attach disk
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> error: Requested operation is not valid: cannot modify the persistent
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> configuration of a domain
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> 
> Kind Regards,
> 
> */Ritchie Fraser/*
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> 
> 
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