Re: [Xen-API] Is XenServer 6.2 as Broken as it Seems?

[Gene Cooper <gcooper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

We installed 64GB SSDs in each of the four nodes, however we are only 
using one on the hosts running XenServer.  We needed to be able to 
install Intel dual-port X540 10GbE NICs, so we bought the model without 
RAID or IB.
We are running Hyper-V on two of the nodes for VDI and the onboard fake 
RAID works under Hyper-V (but not with XenServer, AFAIK).
They're just boot drives, but we would love to have some cheap mirroring 
option under XenServer too.  Maybe I'll figure out some easy (dd) backup 
(image) function...
If you are looking at the Twin2 stuff, be careful about choosing between 
the various models:
  * max RAM
  * LSI RAID
  * add-on card limitations

If I had it to do over again, for hosting flexibility, I might not have 
gone with the 2U Twin2.  For hosting, I wish I had 8 NICs each...
...and I still haven't gotten past the kernel panic with Hotfix 
XS62E004. 8-(
G

On 09/23/2013 11:50 AM, mitch@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> Hi Gene - I'm looking at similar hardware - are you using a RAID controller? Or 
> the built in intel ich10 or just single disks?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Mitch
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-api-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf Of Gene Cooper
> Sent: September 23, 2013 8:21 AM
> To: xen-api@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [Xen-API] Is XenServer 6.2 as Broken as it Seems?
>
> Maybe I'm doing something wrong...
>
> I installed 6.2 on a pair of identical test servers (modern Supermicro with 
> dual Intel 2600 CPUs) and I was amazed to find two show-stopper issues within 
> minutes.  I have been using XCP 1.6 flawlessly for months with all hardware 
> detected perfectly.
>
> I installed the servers in XCP mode.
>
> 1) After the base install, which went perfectly, I created a pool and found 
> that I could not add the second server to the pool ans saw this error:
>
> There was a problem with the license daemon (v6d). Is it running?
>
> 2)  I couldn't install any updates (which sounded important).  In the latest 
> (6.2 Hotfix 3) XenCenter showed the two servers grayed-out.  So I installed the 
> Hotfixes 1, 2 and 4 via the command line as I have done on previous versions of 
> XenServer and rebooted...and lost contact with the servers.  They wouldn't boot 
> up again...stuck on the graphical progress screen with no way to ESCape out.
>
> I reinstalled XCP 1.6 for now...
>
> Thanks for any tips, clues or advice.
>
> G
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Gene Cooper
Sonora Communications, Inc.
936 W. Prince Road
Tucson, AZ 85705

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