[Openstack] Adding new Hard disk to Compute Node
Bernd Bausch
berndbausch at gmail.com
Thu Aug 9 00:37:14 UTC 2018
Your node uses logical volume /h020--vg-root/ as its root filesystem.
This logical volume has a size of 370GB:
# lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
(...)
└─sdk5 LVM2_member 371.5G
* ├─h020--vg-root ext4 370.6G /*
└─h020--vg-swap_1 swap 976M [SWAP]
Now you created another physical volume, //dev/sdb1/, and added it to
volume group /h020-vg/. This increases the size of the *volume group*,
but not the size of the *logical volume*.
If you want to provide more space to instances' ephemeral storage, you
could:
* increase the size of root volume /h020--vg-root/ using the
/lvextend/ command, then increase the size of the filesystem on it.
I believe that this requires a reboot, since it's the root filesystem.
or
* create another logical volume, e.g. lvcreate -L1000GB -n
lv-instances h020-vg for a 1000GB logical volume, and mount it under
//var/lib/nova/instances/: mount /dev/h020-vg/lv-instances
/var/lib/nova/instances
(before mounting, create a filesystem on /lv-instances/ and transfer
the data from //var/lib/nova/instances/ to the new filesystem. Also,
don't forget to persist the mount by adding it to //etc/fstab/)
The second option is by far better, in my opinion, as you should
separate operating system files from OpenStack data.
You say that you are new to OpenStack. That's fine, but you seem to be
lacking the fundamentals of Linux system management as well. You can't
learn OpenStack without a certain level of Linux skills. At least learn
about LVM (it's not that hard) and filesystems. You will also need to
have networking fundamentals and Linux networking tools under your belt.
Good luck!
Bernd Bausch
On 8/9/2018 2:30 AM, Jay See wrote:
> Hai Eugen,
>
> Thanks for your suggestions and I went back to find more about adding
> the new HD to VG. I think it was successful. (Logs are at the end of
> the mail)
>
> Followed this link
> - https://www.howtoforge.com/logical-volume-manager-how-can-i-extend-a-volume-group
>
> But still on the nova-compute logs it still shows wrong phys_disk
> size. Even in the horizon it doesn't get updated with the new HD added
> to compute node.
>
> 2018-08-08 19:22:56.671 3335 INFO nova.compute.resource_tracker
> [req-14a2b7e2-7703-4a75-9014-180eb26876ff - - - - -] Final resource
> view: name=h020 phys_ram=515767MB used_ram=512MB
> *phys_disk=364GB *used_disk=0GB total_vcpus=40 used_vcpus=0 pci_stats=[]
>
> I understood they are not supposed to be mounted
> on /var/lib/nova/instances so removed them now.
>
> Thanks
> Jay.
>
>
> root at h020:~# vgdisplay
> --- Volume group ---
> *VG Name h020-vg*
> System ID
> Format lvm2
> Metadata Areas 1
> Metadata Sequence No 3
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status resizable
> MAX LV 0
> Cur LV 2
> Open LV 2
> Max PV 0
> Cur PV 1
> Act PV 1
> VG Size 371.52 GiB
> PE Size 4.00 MiB
> Total PE 95109
> * Alloc PE / Size 95105 / 371.50 GiB*
> * Free PE / Size 4 / 16.00 MiB*
> VG UUID 4EoW4w-x2cw-xDmC-XrrX-SXBG-RePM-XmWA2U
>
> root at h020:~# pvcreate */dev/sdb1*
> Physical volume "/dev/sdb1" successfully created
> root at h020:~# pvdisplay
> --- Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/sdk5
> VG Name h020-vg
> PV Size 371.52 GiB / not usable 2.00 MiB
> Allocatable yes
> PE Size 4.00 MiB
> Total PE 95109
> Free PE 4
> Allocated PE 95105
> PV UUID BjGeac-TRkC-0gi8-GKX8-2Ivc-7awz-DTK2nR
>
> "/dev/sdb1" is a new physical volume of "5.46 TiB"
> --- NEW Physical volume ---
> PV Name /dev/sdb1
> VG Name
> PV Size 5.46 TiB
> Allocatable NO
> PE Size 0
> Total PE 0
> Free PE 0
> Allocated PE 0
> PV UUID CPp369-3MwJ-ic3I-Keh1-dJJY-Gcrc-CpC443
>
> root at h020:~# vgextend /dev/h020-vg /dev/sdb1
> Volume group "h020-vg" successfully extended
> root at h020:~# vgdisplay
> --- Volume group ---
> VG Name h020-vg
> System ID
> Format lvm2
> Metadata Areas 2
> Metadata Sequence No 4
> VG Access read/write
> VG Status resizable
> MAX LV 0
> Cur LV 2
> Open LV 2
> Max PV 0
> Cur PV 2
> Act PV 2
> VG Size 5.82 TiB
> PE Size 4.00 MiB
> Total PE 1525900
> * Alloc PE / Size 95105 / 371.50 GiB*
> * Free PE / Size 1430795 / 5.46 TiB*
> VG UUID 4EoW4w-x2cw-xDmC-XrrX-SXBG-RePM-XmWA2U
>
> root at h020:~# service nova-compute restart
> root at h020:~# lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
> NAME FSTYPE SIZE MOUNTPOINT LABEL
> sda 5.5T
> ├─sda1 vfat 500M ESP
> ├─sda2 vfat 100M DIAGS
> └─sda3 vfat 2G OS
> sdb 5.5T
> └─sdb1 LVM2_member 5.5T
> sdk 372G
> ├─sdk1 ext2 487M /boot
> ├─sdk2 1K
> └─sdk5 LVM2_member 371.5G
> ├─h020--vg-root ext4 370.6G /
> └─h020--vg-swap_1 swap 976M [SWAP]
> root at h020:~# pvscan
> PV /dev/sdk5 VG h020-vg lvm2 [371.52 GiB / 16.00 MiB free]
> PV /dev/sdb1 VG h020-vg lvm2 [5.46 TiB / 5.46 TiB free]
> Total: 2 [5.82 TiB] / in use: 2 [5.82 TiB] / in no VG: 0 [0 ]
> root at h020:~# vgs
> VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree
> h020-vg 2 2 0 wz--n- 5.82t 5.46t
> root at h020:~# vi /var/log/nova/nova-compute.log
> root at h020:~#
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 3:36 PM, Eugen Block <eblock at nde.ag
> <mailto:eblock at nde.ag>> wrote:
>
> Okay, I'm really not sure if I understand your setup correctly.
>
> Server does not add them automatically, I tried to mount them.
> I tried they
> way they discussed in the page with /dev/sdb only. Other hard
> disks I have
> mounted them my self. Yes I can see them in lsblk output as below
>
>
> What do you mean with "tried with /dev/sdb"? I assume this is a
> fresh setup and Cinder didn't work yet, am I right?
> The new disks won't be added automatically to your cinder
> configuration, if that's what you expected. You'll have to create
> new physical volumes and then extend the existing VG to use new disks.
>
> In Nova-Compute logs I can only see main hard disk shown in
> the the
> complete phys_disk, it was supposed to show more phys_disk
> available
> atleast 5.8 TB if only /dev/sdb is added as per my understand
> (May be I am
> thinking it in the wrong way, I want increase my compute node
> disk size to
> launch more VMs)
>
>
> If you plan to use cinder volumes as disks for your instances, you
> don't need much space in /var/lib/nova/instances but more space
> available for cinder, so you'll need to grow the VG.
>
> Regards
>
>
> Zitat von Jay See <jayachander.it at gmail.com
> <mailto:jayachander.it at gmail.com>>:
>
> Hai,
>
> Thanks for a quick response.
>
> - what do you mean by "disks are not added"? Does the server
> recognize
> them? Do you see them in the output of "lsblk"?
> Server does not add them automatically, I tried to mount them.
> I tried they
> way they discussed in the page with /dev/sdb only. Other hard
> disks I have
> mounted them my self. Yes I can see them in lsblk output as below
> root at h020:~# lsblk -o NAME,FSTYPE,SIZE,MOUNTPOINT,LABEL
> NAME FSTYPE SIZE
> MOUNTPOINT LABEL
> sda 5.5T
> ├─sda1 vfat 500M
> ESP
> ├─sda2 vfat 100M
> DIAGS
> └─sda3 vfat 2G
> OS
> sdb 5.5T
> ├─sdb1 5.5T
> ├─cinder--volumes-cinder--volumes--pool_tmeta 84M
> │ └─cinder--volumes-cinder--volumes--pool 5.2T
> └─cinder--volumes-cinder--volumes--pool_tdata 5.2T
> └─cinder--volumes-cinder--volumes--pool 5.2T
> sdc 5.5T
> └─sdc1 xfs 5.5T
> sdd 5.5T
> └─sdd1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdd1
> sde 5.5T
> └─sde1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sde1
> sdf 5.5T
> └─sdf1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdf1
> sdg 5.5T
> └─sdg1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdg1
> sdh 5.5T
> └─sdh1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdh1
> sdi 5.5T
> └─sdi1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdi1
> sdj 5.5T
> └─sdj1 xfs 5.5T
> /var/lib/nova/instances/sdj1
> sdk 372G
> ├─sdk1 ext2
> 487M /boot
> ├─sdk2 1K
> └─sdk5 LVM2_member 371.5G
> ├─h020--vg-root ext4 370.6G /
> └─h020--vg-swap_1 swap
> 976M [SWAP]
>
> - Do you already have existing physical volumes for cinder
> (assuming you
> deployed cinder with lvm as in the provided link)?
> Yes, I have tried one of the HD (/dev/sdb)
>
> - If the system recognizes the new disks and you deployed
> cinder with lvm
> you can create a new physical volume and extend your existing
> volume group
> to have more space for cinder. Is this a failing step or
> someting else?
> System does not recognize the disks automatically, I have
> manually mounted
> them or added them to cinder.
>
> In Nova-Compute logs I can only see main hard disk shown in
> the the
> complete phys_disk, it was supposed to show more phys_disk
> available
> atleast 5.8 TB if only /dev/sdb is added as per my understand
> (May be I am
> thinking it in the wrong way, I want increase my compute node
> disk size to
> launch more VMs)
>
> 2018-08-08 11:58:41.722 34111 INFO nova.compute.resource_tracker
> [req-a180079f-d7c0-4430-9c14-314ac4d0832b - - - - -] F
> inal resource view: name=h020 phys_ram=515767MB used_ram=512MB
> *phys_disk=364GB* used_disk=0GB total_vcpus=
>
> 40 used_vcpus=0 pci_stats=[]
>
> - Please describe more precisely what exactly you tried and
> what exactly
> fails.
> As explained in the previous point, I want to increase the
> phys_disk size
> to use the compute node more efficiently. So to add the HD to
> compute node
> I am installing cinder on the compute node to add all the HDs.
>
> I might be doing something wrong.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Jayachander.
>
> On Wed, Aug 8, 2018 at 11:24 AM, Eugen Block <eblock at nde.ag
> <mailto:eblock at nde.ag>> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> there are a couple of questions rising up:
>
> - what do you mean by "disks are not added"? Does the
> server recognize
> them? Do you see them in the output of "lsblk"?
> - Do you already have existing physical volumes for cinder
> (assuming you
> deployed cinder with lvm as in the provided link)?
> - If the system recognizes the new disks and you deployed
> cinder with lvm
> you can create a new physical volume and extend your
> existing volume group
> to have more space for cinder. Is this a failing step or
> someting else?
> - Please describe more precisely what exactly you tried
> and what exactly
> fails.
>
> The failing neutron-l3-agent shouldn't have to do anything
> with your disk
> layout, so it's probably something else.
>
> Regards,
> Eugen
>
>
> Zitat von Jay See <jayachander.it at gmail.com
> <mailto:jayachander.it at gmail.com>>:
>
> Hai,
>
>
> I am installing Openstack Queens on Ubuntu Server.
>
> My server has extra hard disk(s) apart from main hard
> disk where
> OS(Ubuntu)
> is running.
>
> (
> https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/queens/install/cinder-stor
> <https://docs.openstack.org/cinder/queens/install/cinder-stor>
> age-install-ubuntu.html
> )
> As suggested in cinder (above link), I have been
> trying to add the new
> hard
> disk but the other hard disks are not getting added.
>
> Can anyone tell me , what am i missing to add these
> hard disks?
>
> Other info : neutron-l3-agent on controller is not
> running, is it related
> to this issue ? I am thinking it is not related to
> this issue.
>
> I am new to Openstack.
>
> ~ Jayachander.
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