[one-users] vmware and scsi disk setup

[Michael Curran]

So -- the issue is I have a windows VM in ESXi that is currently installed and runs fine with SCSI disks set -- but when I deploy it with OpenNebula , windows boots in recovery mode because of a suspected change in hardware

This is scsi is identified in the VMX file, by VMWare

scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
scsi0:0.present = "true"
scsi0:0.fileName = "Vanilla-w2k8r2.vmdk"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"
sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"
scsi0:0.redo = ""
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "160"
scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 66 41 49 80 90"


This is how the SCSI device is created in VMX, by OpenNebula (not sure why it creates the VM with a snapshot diskname, and not just disk.vmdk)

scsi0.present = "true"
scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
scsi0:0.present = "true"
scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
scsi0:0.fileName = "disk-000001.vmdk"
scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "-1"
scsi0:0.redo = ""

There appears to be several fields missing 

Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Tino Vazquez [mailto:cvazquez at c12g.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 21, 2013 6:28 AM
To: Michael Curran
Cc: users at lists.opennebula.org
Subject: Re: [one-users] vmware and scsi disk setup

Hi Michael,

The SCSI configuration of a disk is better left our to OpenNebula, rather than setting it manually. Could you try setting a disk like:

DISK=[IMAGE_ID="0", DEV_PREFIX="sd"]

and remove the DATA_VMX field altogether (although keeping the DATA field)?

Best regards,

-Tino
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On Tue, Aug 20, 2013 at 6:54 PM, Michael Curran <michael.curran at connectsolutions.com> wrote:
> I am trying to get my windows hosts to deploy with SCSI devices 
> instead of IDE
>
>
>
> I have modified the disk type to be SD instead of HD - and it starts 
> up with SCSI now , however I don't think its building the VMX file 
> correctly as I get this error
>
>
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: out:
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: error: Failed to start domain 
> one-24
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: error: internal error Could not 
> start
> domain: GenericVmConfigFault -
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: Failed to configure scsi0.
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]:
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]:
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: ExitCode: 1
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][I]: Failed to execute virtualization 
> driver
> operation: deploy.
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [VMM][E]: Error deploying virtual machine
>
> Tue Aug 20 09:44:08 2013 [DiM][I]: New VM state is FAILED
>
>
>
>
>
> I have tried setting the RAW settings for SCSI env. In the VMX file, 
> but it puts the disk name before it finds if the SCSI device is present.
>
>
>
> scsi0:0.fileName =
> "/vmfs/volumes/51ff8fa7-5a076f91-1cb4-b499bac14752/24/disk.0/disk.vmdk"
>
> scsi0.present = "true"
>
> scsi0.sharedBus = "none"
>
> scsi0.virtualDev = "lsisas1068"
>
> scsi0:0.present = "true "
>
> scsi0:0.deviceType = "scsi-hardDisk"
>
> sched.scsi0:0.shares = "normal"
>
> sched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = "off"
>
> scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "21"
>
> scsi0.sasWWID = "50 05 05 60 ed 9f 4c 80"
>
>
>
> Are there any recommended best practices for this type of setup? Here 
> is what my template looks like
>
>
>
> TEMPLATE 0 INFORMATION
>
> ID             : 0
>
> NAME           : Windows 2k8r2
>
> USER           : oneadmin
>
> GROUP          : oneadmin
>
> REGISTER TIME  : 08/08 12:16:50
>
>
>
> PERMISSIONS
>
> OWNER          : um-
>
> GROUP          : ---
>
> OTHER          : ---
>
>
>
> TEMPLATE CONTENTS
>
> CONTEXT=[
>
>   NETWORK="YES" ]
>
> CPU="1"
>
> DISK=[
>
>   IMAGE_ID="0" ]
>
> FEATURES=[
>
>   PCIBRIDGE="0" ]
>
> MEMORY="2048"
>
> NIC=[
>
>   MODEL="e1000",
>
>   NETWORK_ID="0" ]
>
> OS=[
>
>   GUESTOS="windows7Server64Guest" ]
>
> RAW=[
>
>   DATA="<devices><controller type='scsi' index='0'
> model='lsilogic'/></devices>",
>
>   TYPE="vmware" ]
>
> RAW=[
>
>   DATA_VMX="scsi0.present = \"true\"\nscsi0.sharedBus = 
> \"none\"\nscsi0.virtualDev = \"lsisas1068\"\nscsi0:0.present = \"true 
> \"\nscsi0:0.deviceType = \"scsi-hardDisk\"\nsched.scsi0:0.shares = 
> \"normal\"\nsched.scsi0:0.throughputCap = \"off\"\nscsi0.pciSlotNumber 
> = \"160\"",
>
>   TYPE="vmware" ]
>
> REQUIREMENTS="ID=\"0\" | ID=\"1\""
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Michael Curran | connectsolutions | Lead Network Architect
>
> Phone 614.568.2285 | Mobile 614.403.6320 | www.connectsolutions.com
>
>
>
>
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