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XenServer 7 - Error creating new SR on new SSD


Daniel Ghisleni

Question

Hi,

 

I'm getting this error when creating a new SR on a new SSD drive:

The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.

 

I saw lots of topics related to this same error, and tried a lot of procedures. None of them worked for me.

 

Below there are the results of the commands I run. Hope some one could help me to create a new SR for using as my VMs HDDs.

 

My new SSD is /dev/sdb. No partitions, no mounting, nothing. Just a new SSD.

 

Thank you in advance.

 

Daniel

 

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[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1 host-uuid=74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87 name-label="Local Storage 2" shared=false type=ext
The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.
 
 
 

[root@ltsrv02 ~]# cat /var/log/SMlog:

[...]

Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] lock: opening lock file /var/lock/sm/5b71ea78-773f-90ce-e244-89e6acc99e87/sr
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] lock: acquired /var/lock/sm/5b71ea78-773f-90ce-e244-89e6acc99e87/sr
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] sr_create {'sr_uuid': '5b71ea78-773f-90ce-e244-89e6acc99e87', 'subtask_of': 'DummyRef:|c4388344-f590-a377-38b0-44cfc4497c81|SR.create', 'args': ['0'], 'host_ref': 'OpaqueRef:ad004414-2184-c010-b4b5-e589cc98fc61', 'session_ref': 'OpaqueRef:a7bde17e-948a-ff98-d005-f3fc73ede94d', 'device_config': {'device': '/dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1', 'SRmaster': 'true'}, 'command': 'sr_create', 'sr_ref': 'OpaqueRef:2cbe3260-1f6b-a757-27dc-107269b0f3d4'}
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] ['sginfo', '-s', '/dev/sdb']
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   pread SUCCESS
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] ['/usr/lib/udev/scsi_id', '-g', '--device', '/dev/sdb']
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   pread SUCCESS
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] Raising exception [16, The SR device is currently in use]
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] lock: released /var/lock/sm/5b71ea78-773f-90ce-e244-89e6acc99e87/sr
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] ***** generic exception: sr_create: EXCEPTION <class 'SR.SROSError'>, The SR device is currently in use
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 110, in run
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 303, in _run
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/EXTSR", line 170, in create
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     raise xs_errors.XenError('SRInUse')
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/xs_errors.py", line 52, in __init__
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     raise SR.SROSError(errorcode, errormessage)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] ***** Local EXT3 VHD: EXCEPTION <class 'SR.SROSError'>, The SR device is currently in use
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 352, in run
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     ret = cmd.run(sr)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 110, in run
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     return self._run_locked(sr)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 159, in _run_locked
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     rv = self._run(sr, target)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/SRCommand.py", line 303, in _run
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     return sr.create(self.params['sr_uuid'], long(self.params['args'][0]))
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/EXTSR", line 170, in create
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     raise xs_errors.XenError('SRInUse')
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]   File "/opt/xensource/sm/xs_errors.py", line 52, in __init__
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]     raise SR.SROSError(errorcode, errormessage)
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406]
Jan 17 18:13:41 ltsrv02 SM: [32406] lock: closed /var/lock/sm/5b71ea78-773f-90ce-e244-89e6acc99e87/sr
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe sr-list params=all
uuid ( RO)                    : 8e39261e-e962-7393-a476-c046c57fb99e
              name-label ( RW): ISORepository
        name-description ( RW):
                    host ( RO): ltsrv02
      allowed-operations (SRO): unplug; plug; PBD.create; PBD.destroy; VDI.clone; scan; VDI.create; VDI.destroy
      current-operations (SRO):
                    VDIs (SRO): d0dc7629-705c-49d7-b681-dc576a222115; 8812ec77-e698-42ea-b6f6-d571eb46b30f
                    PBDs (SRO): 53020398-dca5-520c-b57c-7f392fed283d
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 1098485760
    physical-utilisation ( RO): -1
           physical-size ( RO): -1
                    type ( RO): iso
            content-type ( RO): iso
                  shared ( RW): false
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): false
            other-config (MRW):
               sm-config (MRO):
                   blobs ( RO):
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW):
               clustered ( RO): false
 
 
uuid ( RO)                    : 98a49aaa-989d-96cd-47af-c754c1c27fe5
              name-label ( RW): DVD drives
        name-description ( RW): Physical DVD drives
                    host ( RO): ltsrv02
      allowed-operations (SRO): VDI.introduce; unplug; plug; PBD.create; update; PBD.destroy; VDI.clone; scan
      current-operations (SRO):
                    VDIs (SRO):
                    PBDs (SRO): fe605873-5389-85a4-8954-138c712ea733
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 0
    physical-utilisation ( RO): 0
           physical-size ( RO): 0
                    type ( RO): udev
            content-type ( RO): iso
                  shared ( RW): false
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): false
            other-config (MRW): i18n-original-value-name_description: Physical DVD drives; i18n-original-value-name_label: DVD drives; i18n-key: local-hotplug-cd
               sm-config (MRO): type: cd
                   blobs ( RO):
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW):
               clustered ( RO): false
 
 
uuid ( RO)                    : 3c6d93b1-d0dc-ff54-6014-69eeb9f3c7d9
              name-label ( RW): XenServer Tools
        name-description ( RW): XenServer Tools ISOs
                    host ( RO): ltsrv02
      allowed-operations (SRO): unplug; plug; PBD.create; PBD.destroy; VDI.clone; scan
      current-operations (SRO):
                    VDIs (SRO): a8ddd733-a047-4b97-8812-3405ff21285d; b8da6487-8341-4a13-8877-6e1a3ec8b1d7
                    PBDs (SRO): 0173a080-31c4-0bb6-9d23-62ce1e36f05c
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 129933312
    physical-utilisation ( RO): -1
           physical-size ( RO): -1
                    type ( RO): iso
            content-type ( RO): iso
                  shared ( RW): true
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): true
            other-config (MRW): xensource_internal: true; xenserver_tools_sr: true; i18n-key: xenserver-tools; i18n-original-value-name_label: XenServer Tools; i18n-original-value-name_description: XenServer Tools ISOs
               sm-config (MRO):
                   blobs ( RO):
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW):
               clustered ( RO): false
 
 
uuid ( RO)                    : ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a
              name-label ( RW): Local storage
        name-description ( RW):
                    host ( RO): ltsrv02
      allowed-operations (SRO): unplug; plug; PBD.create; update; PBD.destroy; VDI.resize; VDI.clone; scan; VDI.snapshot; VDI.create; VDI.destroy
      current-operations (SRO):
                    VDIs (SRO): 0fc0e9ae-efa6-4af8-9e38-4a836bf9e464; caa1caa0-2aeb-4803-bde3-ad26da40ef9b
                    PBDs (SRO): 27be0f02-c5d9-ec3b-e1b8-3a1780b499ed
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 21483225088
    physical-utilisation ( RO): 21546139648
           physical-size ( RO): 75459723264
                    type ( RO): lvm
            content-type ( RO): user
                  shared ( RW): false
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): false
            other-config (MRW): trim_last_triggered: 1484681716.61; i18n-original-value-name_label: Local storage; i18n-key: local-storage
               sm-config (MRO): allocation: thick; use_vhd: true; devserial: scsi-30550380440010000
                   blobs ( RO):
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW):
               clustered ( RO): false
 
 
uuid ( RO)                    : 19aae83e-9b8e-d9d2-cf3e-370a953d36d8
              name-label ( RW): Removable storage
        name-description ( RW):
                    host ( RO): ltsrv02
      allowed-operations (SRO): VDI.introduce; unplug; plug; PBD.create; update; PBD.destroy; VDI.clone; scan
      current-operations (SRO):
                    VDIs (SRO):
                    PBDs (SRO): cddbc1fa-01d6-e7a0-aafa-14ba61f2332f
      virtual-allocation ( RO): 0
    physical-utilisation ( RO): 0
           physical-size ( RO): 0
                    type ( RO): udev
            content-type ( RO): disk
                  shared ( RW): false
           introduced-by ( RO): <not in database>
             is-tools-sr ( RO): false
            other-config (MRW): i18n-original-value-name_label: Removable storage; i18n-key: local-hotplug-disk
               sm-config (MRO): type: block
                   blobs ( RO):
     local-cache-enabled ( RO): false
                    tags (SRW):
               clustered ( RO): false
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe pbd-list params=all
uuid ( RO)                  : fe605873-5389-85a4-8954-138c712ea733
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
             host-uuid ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
       host-name-label ( RO): ltsrv02
               sr-uuid ( RO): 98a49aaa-989d-96cd-47af-c754c1c27fe5
         sr-name-label ( RO): DVD drives
         device-config (MRO): location: /dev/xapi/cd
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:c59d0a2f-2a86-5c13-3cc8-3c8418744916
 
 
uuid ( RO)                  : 27be0f02-c5d9-ec3b-e1b8-3a1780b499ed
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
             host-uuid ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
       host-name-label ( RO): ltsrv02
               sr-uuid ( RO): ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a
         sr-name-label ( RO): Local storage
         device-config (MRO): device: /dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part3
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:c59d0a2f-2a86-5c13-3cc8-3c8418744916
 
 
uuid ( RO)                  : 0173a080-31c4-0bb6-9d23-62ce1e36f05c
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
             host-uuid ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
       host-name-label ( RO): ltsrv02
               sr-uuid ( RO): 3c6d93b1-d0dc-ff54-6014-69eeb9f3c7d9
         sr-name-label ( RO): XenServer Tools
         device-config (MRO): path: /opt/xensource/packages/iso; location: /opt/xensource/packages/iso; legacy_mode: true
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:c59d0a2f-2a86-5c13-3cc8-3c8418744916
 
 
uuid ( RO)                  : cddbc1fa-01d6-e7a0-aafa-14ba61f2332f
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
             host-uuid ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
       host-name-label ( RO): ltsrv02
               sr-uuid ( RO): 19aae83e-9b8e-d9d2-cf3e-370a953d36d8
         sr-name-label ( RO): Removable storage
         device-config (MRO): location: /dev/xapi/block
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:c59d0a2f-2a86-5c13-3cc8-3c8418744916
 
 
uuid ( RO)                  : 53020398-dca5-520c-b57c-7f392fed283d
     host ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
             host-uuid ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
       host-name-label ( RO): ltsrv02
               sr-uuid ( RO): 8e39261e-e962-7393-a476-c046c57fb99e
         sr-name-label ( RO): ISORepository
         device-config (MRO): location: /var/opt/xen/iso_import/; legacy_mode: true
    currently-attached ( RO): true
          other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:c59d0a2f-2a86-5c13-3cc8-3c8418744916
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# pvs
  PV         VG                                                 Fmt  Attr PSize   PFree
  /dev/sda3  VG_XenStorage-ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a lvm2 a--   70.28g  50.21g
  /dev/sdb1                                                     lvm2 ---  223.57g 223.57g
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# vgs
  VG                                                 #PV #LV #SN Attr   VSize  VFree
  VG_XenStorage-ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a   1   3   0 wz--n- 70.28g 50.21g
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# lvs
  LV                                       VG                                                 Attr       LSize  Pool Origin Data%  Meta%  Move Log Cpy%Sync Convert
  MGT                                      VG_XenStorage-ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a -wi-a-----  4.00m
  VHD-0fc0e9ae-efa6-4af8-9e38-4a836bf9e464 VG_XenStorage-ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a -wi------- 16.00m
  VHD-caa1caa0-2aeb-4803-bde3-ad26da40ef9b VG_XenStorage-ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a -wi-ao---- 20.05g
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:35 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part4 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 17 17:44 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:49 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 dm-name-VG_XenStorage--ce51a8d3--6f8e--7f89--c52c--fae0a6119f1a-MGT -> ../../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 08:57 dm-name-VG_XenStorage--ce51a8d3--6f8e--7f89--c52c--fae0a6119f1a-VHD--caa1caa0--2aeb--4803--bde3--ad26da40ef9b -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 08:57 dm-uuid-LVM-wq1GlQoxNtIu5qJchuwCFKsIsPRHF7MaFJGLYhpDekwnUP3rY2v6yeHQW5L0kZxx -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 dm-uuid-LVM-wq1GlQoxNtIu5qJchuwCFKsIsPRHF7Mat2NScw5YjOlcmElOja3wyqqcFkgc309g -> ../../dm-0
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# mount
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
devtmpfs on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,size=294320k,nr_inodes=73580,mode=755)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=305368k,nr_inodes=76342)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,size=305368k,nr_inodes=76342,mode=755)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (ro,nosuid,nodev,noexec,size=305368k,nr_inodes=76342,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on / type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)
xenfs on /proc/xen type xenfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
sunrpc on /var/lib/nfs/rpc_pipefs type rpc_pipefs (rw,relatime)
nfsd on /proc/fs/nfsd type nfsd (rw,relatime)
xenstore on /var/lib/xenstored type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=305368k,nr_inodes=76342,mode=755)
/opt/xensource/packages/iso/XenCenter.iso on /var/xen/xc-install type iso9660 (ro,relatime)
/dev/sda5 on /var/log type ext3 (rw,relatime,errors=continue,user_xattr,acl,barrier=1,data=ordered)
tmpfs on /run/user/0 type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,size=61076k,mode=700)
 
 
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe vm-list params=all
uuid ( RO)                          : 78658d04-ecd5-4195-b103-6bffff370381
                    name-label ( RW): Control domain on host: ltsrv02
              name-description ( RW): The domain which manages physical devices and manages other domains
                  user-version ( RW): 1
                 is-a-template ( RW): false
                 is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
                   snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database>
                     snapshots ( RO):
                 snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                 snapshot-info ( RO):
                        parent ( RO): <not in database>
                      children ( RO):
             is-control-domain ( RO): true
                   power-state ( RO): running
                 memory-actual ( RO): 788529152
                 memory-target ( RO): <expensive field>
               memory-overhead ( RO): 9437184
             memory-static-max ( RW): 788529152
            memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 788529152
            memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 788529152
             memory-static-min ( RW): 788529152
              suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
               suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
                  VCPUs-params (MRW):
                     VCPUs-max ( RW): 2
              VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 2
        actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy
          actions-after-reboot ( RW): Destroy
           actions-after-crash ( RW): Destroy
                 console-uuids (SRO): a36de7c0-629c-26f3-c368-2506beff3bce; 30a12497-2d29-546b-a34a-d00fcee82c33
                      platform (MRW):
            allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range
            current-operations (SRO):
            blocked-operations (MRW):
           allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
           allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
                possible-hosts ( RO): <expensive field>
               HVM-boot-policy ( RW):
               HVM-boot-params (MRW):
         HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000
                     PV-kernel ( RW):
                    PV-ramdisk ( RW):
                       PV-args ( RW):
                PV-legacy-args ( RW):
                 PV-bootloader ( RW):
            PV-bootloader-args ( RW):
           last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO):
              last-boot-record ( RO): <expensive field>
                   resident-on ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
                      affinity ( RW): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
                  other-config (MRW): storage_driver_domain: OpaqueRef:14f90d13-5d78-31f0-0934-a939d3a6e5f0; is_system_domain: true; perfmon: <config><variable><name value="fs_usage"/></variable><variable><name value="mem_usage"/></variable><variable><name value="log_fs_usage"/></variable></config>
                        dom-id ( RO): 0
               recommendations ( RO):
                 xenstore-data (MRW):
    ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false
           ha-restart-priority ( RW):
                         blobs ( RO):
                    start-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                  install-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                  VCPUs-number ( RO): 2
             VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): <expensive field>
                    os-version (MRO): <not in database>
            PV-drivers-version (MRO): <not in database>
         PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO): <not in database>
                        memory (MRO): <not in database>
                         disks (MRO): <not in database>
                      networks (MRO): <not in database>
           PV-drivers-detected ( RO): <not in database>
                         other (MRO): <not in database>
                          live ( RO): <not in database>
    guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): <not in database>
           can-use-hotplug-vbd ( RO): <not in database>
           can-use-hotplug-vif ( RO): <not in database>
      cooperative ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: <expensive field>
                          tags (SRW):
                     appliance ( RW): <not in database>
                   start-delay ( RW): 0
                shutdown-delay ( RW): 0
                         order ( RW): 0
                       version ( RO): 0
                 generation-id ( RO):
     hardware-platform-version ( RO): 0
             has-vendor-device ( RW): false
 
 
uuid ( RO)                          : aeac78a0-7b0a-6c23-20f3-46b90574a95b
                    name-label ( RW): LTSRV03-DNS
              name-description ( RW):
                  user-version ( RW): 1
                 is-a-template ( RW): false
                 is-a-snapshot ( RO): false
                   snapshot-of ( RO): <not in database>
                     snapshots ( RO):
                 snapshot-time ( RO): 19700101T00:00:00Z
                 snapshot-info ( RO):
                        parent ( RO): <not in database>
                      children ( RO):
             is-control-domain ( RO): false
                   power-state ( RO): running
                 memory-actual ( RO): 1082523648
                 memory-target ( RO): <expensive field>
               memory-overhead ( RO): 12582912
             memory-static-max ( RW): 1073741824
            memory-dynamic-max ( RW): 1073741824
            memory-dynamic-min ( RW): 1073741824
             memory-static-min ( RW): 536870912
              suspend-VDI-uuid ( RW): <not in database>
               suspend-SR-uuid ( RW): ce51a8d3-6f8e-7f89-c52c-fae0a6119f1a
                  VCPUs-params (MRW):
                     VCPUs-max ( RW): 2
              VCPUs-at-startup ( RW): 2
        actions-after-shutdown ( RW): Destroy
          actions-after-reboot ( RW): Restart
           actions-after-crash ( RW): Restart
                 console-uuids (SRO): 850ee089-91a2-793c-524a-2b3c8b845930
                      platform (MRW): timeoffset: -1; viridian: false; hpet: true; nx: true; acpi: 1; vga: std; cores-per-socket: 1; videoram: 8; device_id: 0001; pae: true; apic: true
            allowed-operations (SRO): changing_dynamic_range; migrate_send; pool_migrate; changing_VCPUs_live; suspend; hard_reboot; hard_shutdown; clean_reboot; clean_shutdown; pause; checkpoint; snapshot
            current-operations (SRO):
            blocked-operations (MRW):
           allowed-VBD-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
           allowed-VIF-devices (SRO): <expensive field>
                possible-hosts ( RO): <expensive field>
               HVM-boot-policy ( RW): BIOS order
               HVM-boot-params (MRW): order: ncd
         HVM-shadow-multiplier ( RW): 1.000
                     PV-kernel ( RW):
                    PV-ramdisk ( RW):
                       PV-args ( RW):
                PV-legacy-args ( RW):
                 PV-bootloader ( RW):
            PV-bootloader-args ( RW):
           last-boot-CPU-flags ( RO): vendor: GenuineIntel; features: 17cbfbff-c5fa2223-2d93fbff-00000023-00000001-00000603-00000000-00000000-00000000
              last-boot-record ( RO): <expensive field>
                   resident-on ( RO): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
                      affinity ( RW): 74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87
                  other-config (MRW): vgpu_pci: ; mac_seed: e8e5b24a-4ff3-16c7-8cde-4332f1cf03f3; install-methods: cdrom,nfs,http,ftp; linux_template: true; base_template_name: Ubuntu Xenial Xerus 16.04
                        dom-id ( RO): 4
               recommendations ( RO): <restrictions><restriction field="memory-static-max" max="1610612736000" /><restriction field="vcpus-max" max="32" /><restriction property="number-of-vbds" max="255" /><restriction property="number-of-vifs" max="7" /><restriction field="has-vendor-device" value="false" /><restriction field="allow-gpu-passthrough" value="1" /><restriction field="allow-vgpu" value="1" /></restrictions>
                 xenstore-data (MRW): vm-data:
    ha-always-run ( RW) [DEPRECATED]: false
           ha-restart-priority ( RW):
                         blobs ( RO):
                    start-time ( RO): 20170117T09:51:28Z
                  install-time ( RO): 20170115T04:42:58Z
                  VCPUs-number ( RO): 2
             VCPUs-utilisation (MRO): <expensive field>
                    os-version (MRO):
            PV-drivers-version (MRO): micro: -1
         PV-drivers-up-to-date ( RO): false
                        memory (MRO):
                         disks (MRO):
                      networks (MRO):
           PV-drivers-detected ( RO): false
                         other (MRO): platform-feature-multiprocessor-suspend: 1; has-vendor-device: 0; feature-suspend: 1; feature-shutdown: 1; feature-vcpu-hotplug: 1
                          live ( RO): true
    guest-metrics-last-updated ( RO): 20170117T10:57:50Z
           can-use-hotplug-vbd ( RO): unspecified
           can-use-hotplug-vif ( RO): unspecified
      cooperative ( RO) [DEPRECATED]: <expensive field>
                          tags (SRW):
                     appliance ( RW): <not in database>
                   start-delay ( RW): 0
                shutdown-delay ( RW): 0
                         order ( RW): 0
                       version ( RO): 0
                 generation-id ( RO):
     hardware-platform-version ( RO): 0
             has-vendor-device ( RW): false
 

 

 

[root@ltsrv02 ~]# fdisk /dev/sdb
WARNING: fdisk GPT support is currently new, and therefore in an experimental phase. Use at your own discretion.
Welcome to fdisk (util-linux 2.23.2).
 
Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them.
Be careful before using the write command.
 
 
Command (m for help): p
 
Disk /dev/sdb: 240.1 GB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disk label type: gpt
 
 
#         Start          End    Size  Type            Name
 
Command (m for help): q
 
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Presumably this is a second local SR drive in addition to what was the original local SR? What exact CLI command was used to create the new SSD-based SR? Also, I see no partition layout on /dev/sdb -- have you tried creating one to see if that makes a difference or not? My recollection is for local storage I've always had to create a partition for the SR to be able to map to.

 

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Hi Tobias, thanks for your reply!

 

Yes, this is a second local SR drive. Both were connected on the mainboard when XenServer was installed.

 

The command used to create the SSD-based SR was:

 

xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1 host-uuid=74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87 name-label="Local Storage 2" shared=false type=ext

 

It seems to appear on XenCenter, but one second later, it disappear.

 

About the partition layout, I tried with no partitions. No success.

So I created one partition and tried again without making fs. No luck.

Soon after, I ran mkfs.ext3 and tried again, but it still did not work. Not even with ext2.

 

Obs: after creation of the partition, I appended "-part1" to the device-config, according to ll /dev/disk/by-id/ output for /dev/sdb1.

 

XenServer always shows the same error:

The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.

 

Have you any other suggestion?

 

Thank you again.

 

Daniel

 

 

 

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Below, my attempts:

 

Making a partition:
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# gdisk /dev/sdb
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.6
 
Partition table scan:
  MBR: protective
  BSD: not present
  APM: not present
  GPT: present
 
Found valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
 
Command (? for help): d
No partitions
 
Command (? for help): n
Partition number (1-128, default 1):
First sector (34-468862094, default = 2048) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Last sector (2048-468862094, default = 468862094) or {+-}size{KMGTP}:
Current type is 'Linux filesystem'
Hex code or GUID (L to show codes, Enter = 8300):
Changed type of partition to 'Linux filesystem'
 
Command (? for help): w
 
Final checks complete. About to write GPT data. THIS WILL OVERWRITE EXISTING
PARTITIONS!!
 
Do you want to proceed? (Y/N): Y
OK; writing new GUID partition table (GPT) to /dev/sdb.
The operation has completed successfully.
 
 
Partition layout:
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# ls -l /dev/disk/by-id/
total 0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C -> ../../sda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part1 -> ../../sda1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part2 -> ../../sda2
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 17:35 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part3 -> ../../sda3
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part4 -> ../../sda4
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part5 -> ../../sda5
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37120G_50026B7768007D1C-part6 -> ../../sda6
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root  9 Jan 18 08:09 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1 -> ../../sdb
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 18 08:09 ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1-part1 -> ../../sdb1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 dm-name-VG_XenStorage--ce51a8d3--6f8e--7f89--c52c--fae0a6119f1a-MGT -> ../../dm-0
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 08:57 dm-name-VG_XenStorage--ce51a8d3--6f8e--7f89--c52c--fae0a6119f1a-VHD--caa1caa0--2aeb--4803--bde3--ad26da40ef9b -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 17 08:57 dm-uuid-LVM-wq1GlQoxNtIu5qJchuwCFKsIsPRHF7MaFJGLYhpDekwnUP3rY2v6yeHQW5L0kZxx -> ../../dm-1
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 10 Jan 16 18:33 dm-uuid-LVM-wq1GlQoxNtIu5qJchuwCFKsIsPRHF7Mat2NScw5YjOlcmElOja3wyqqcFkgc309g -> ../../dm-0
 
 
Trying to create SR (before running mkfs.ext3):
 

[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1-part1 host-uuid=74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87 name-label="Local Storage 2" shared=false type=ext

The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.
 
 
Running mkfs.ext3:
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdb1
mke2fs 1.42.9 (28-Dec-2013)
Discarding device blocks: done
Filesystem label=
OS type: Linux
Block size=4096 (log=2)
Fragment size=4096 (log=2)
Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks
14655488 inodes, 58607505 blocks
2930375 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user
First data block=0
Maximum filesystem blocks=4294967296
1789 block groups
32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group
8192 inodes per group
Superblock backups stored on blocks:
        32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208,
        4096000, 7962624, 11239424, 20480000, 23887872
 
Allocating group tables: done
Writing inode tables: done
Creating journal (32768 blocks): done
Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done
 
 
Trying to create SR (after running mkfs.ext3):
 
[root@ltsrv02 ~]# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=/dev/disk/by-id/ata-KINGSTON_SUV400S37240G_50026B776A04D2C1-part1 host-uuid=74a2e122-a0f8-4f7a-af66-0e80edddaa87 name-label="Local Storage 2" shared=false type=ext
The SR operation cannot be performed because a device underlying the SR is in use by the host.
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It is a single disk volume, no RAID configuration needed. The device is known by the system without any special configuration.That is, I simply plugged it on SATA port and it appeared as /dev/sdb.

 

Would it make any difference if I change SATA port of this new SSD drive? I did not try that. And I will check BIOS configuratoins too.

 

Thanks again!

 

Daniel

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Hi

 

This may be a bit late, but I had a similar problem where the disk I could not add, had been used in a previous version of Xenserver. 

I used pmagic to clear the partitions, rebooted and added the disk ok.

Also, I have added a Crucial SDD with no issues to this system.

Did you manage to fix it without a reinstall? Also sometimes disks come with extra goodies on them, l always check to see if its really clean prior to installing.

 

Aimee

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