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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">In order to us NFS backend , and following this article :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US">https://access.redhat.com/articles/1323213<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I’ve created a new nfstype within cinder .<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">#
<b>cinder extra-specs-list</b><o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">+--------------------------------------+---------+-----------------------------------------+<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">| ID | Name | extra_specs |<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">| bbff44b5-52b1-43d6-beb4-83aa2d20bc59 | nfstype | {u'volume_backend_name': u'nfsbackend'} |<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-fareast-language:FR">| f8d31dc8-a20e-410c-81bf-6b0a971c61a0 | iscsi | {u'volume_backend_name': u'lvm'} |<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Now , my goal is to create an instance that will be bootable from a nfs volume.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">As said here :<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/cli_nova_launch_instance_from_volume.html">http://docs.openstack.org/user-guide/cli_nova_launch_instance_from_volume.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">i<i>f you want to create a volume to a specific storage backend, you need to use an image which has
</i><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">cinder_img_volume_type</span></em><i> property. In this case, a new volume will be created as
</i><em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-style:normal">storage_backend1</span></em><i> volume type.</i><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Related to my use case , what should be the value of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">cinder_img_volume_type</span></em><i>
</i>property I’ve to add to the image :<i> nfstype or nfsbackend ?<o:p></o:p></i></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I understand that , if all stuff is going well , a new volume will be created to host the instance , no ephemeral storage will be used for this instance ( making it movable between compute nodes ) ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Am I right ?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thx for help.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regards,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FR">Jean-Pierre RIBEAUVILLE<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-language:FR">+33 1 4717 2049<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-fareast-language:FR"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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