2.3. Preparing Disks for Virtuozzo Storage¶
Each chunk server is a service that handles a single physical disk in the cluster. Although the disk should be used solely by the CS service, technically, you can use it for multiple purposes. E.g., create a small partition for the operating system and leave the rest of disk space for Virtuozzo Storage. If the disk is already partitioned, skip this section and proceed to creating a chunk server. Otherwise follow the instructions in this section to prepare the disk for use in Virtuozzo Storage.
New disks attached to and recognized by the Hardware Node need to be prepared for use in the Virtuozzo Storage cluster by means of the /usr/libexec/vstorage/prepare_vstorage_drive tool. The tool does the following:
Removes existing partitions from the disk.
Creates and formats the required partition(s).
After that, manually add the new partition to /etc/vstorage/fstab and mount it.
Note the following:
If you do not need the disk to be bootable, run the tool with the
--nobootoption to skip GRUB bootloader installation.For SSD drives, use the
--ssdoption.To have the tool proceed without confirmation prompts, use the
-yoption.
2.3.1. Preparing Disks for Chunk Servers¶
To prepare an HDD or SSD for use as a chunk server, run the tool with the physical drive name as the option. For example:
# /usr/libexec/vstorage/prepare_vstorage_drive /dev/sdb --noboot ALL data on /dev/sdb will be completely destroyed. Are you sure to continue? [y] y Zeroing out beginning and end of /dev/sdb... Partitioning /dev/sdb... Waiting for kernel... Formatting /dev/sdb1 partition... Done!
Note
The tool does not accept partition name as the option.
Find out partition UUID:
# ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | grep sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 19 02:41 f3fbcbb8-4224-4a6a-89ed-3c55bbc073e0 -> ../../sdb1
Add the new partition to
/etc/fstabby UUID and specify thenoatime,nofail, andlazytimemount options. For example:UUID=f3fbcbb8-4224-4a6a-89ed-3c55bbc073e0 /vstorage/stor1-cs1 ext4 \ defaults,nofail,lazytime,noatime 0 0
Note
For some installations of Virtuozzo Storage, you can find the
fstabfile at/etc/vstorage/fstab. Thus, add the partition details to/etc/vstorage/fstab.Mount the partition to
/vstorage/<cluster>-cs<N>, where <cluster> is cluster name and <N> is the first unused CS index number.Note
If
/vstorage/<cluster>-cs<N>does not exist, create it.
2.3.2. Preparing SSDs for Write Journaling or Caching¶
To prepare an SSD for write journaling or caching, run the tool with two options:
--ssdand physical drive name. For example:# /usr/libexec/vstorage/prepare_vstorage_drive /dev/sdb --ssd ALL data on /dev/sdb will be completely destroyed. Are you sure to continue? [y] y Zeroing out beginning and end of /dev/sdb... Partitioning /dev/sdb... Waiting for kernel... Formatting /dev/sdb1 partition... Done!
Note
The tool does not accept partition name as the option.
Find out partition UUID:
# ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/ | grep sdb1 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jun 19 02:41 f3fbcbb8-4224-4a6a-89ed-3c55bbc073e0 -> ../../sdb1
Add the new partition to
/etc/fstabby UUID and specify thenoatime,nofail, andlazytimemount options. For example:UUID=f3fbcbb8-4224-4a6a-89ed-3c55bbc073e0 /vstorage/stor1-ssd1 ext4 \ defaults,nofail,lazytime,noatime 0 0
Mount the partition to
/vstorage/<cluster>-ssd<N>, where<cluster>is cluster name and<N>is the first unused SSD index number.Note
If
/vstorage/<cluster>-ssd<N>does not exist, create it.