Re: [Moosefs-users] how to export moosefs to vmware esxi

[Davies L. <dav...@gm...>]

MFS has chunk lock when writing, may be it's the reason.

You could use NFS server over iSCSI, then export it to ESXi4 VM.


在 2011-2-14，下午3:22， youngcow 写道：

> I have test the solution of iscsi.
> I use iscsitarget-1.4.20.2 and install on rhel 5.5 x64. I make a 
> file(size 80G on mfs) and share with 2 node ESXi4 but only one ESXi4 can 
> use it (VMFS) another ESXi4 can see the lun but it can't use it.
> 
> Then I make another file (size 4G) on normal filesystem(ext3 local) and 
> share to these machines and two ESXi4 nodes can use it.
> 
> I can;t understand these, anyone know the reason ?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> the config file is
> 
> cat /etc/iet/ietd.conf
> User userid superpassword
> Target iqn.2011-02.cn.thcic.storage:storage.vmiso
> Lun 0 Path=/data/iscsi/vmiso,Type=fileio
> Lun 1 Path=/home/data/myiso,Type=fileio
> 
> 
> vmiso(lun 0) is on mfs and myiso(lun 1) on ext3.
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>>    You can try the ISCSI software.
>>    Dd a big file in the mfs mounted dir ,and share the file like a block
>> in the ISCSI (iscisi-target can finish the work).
>>   Use the ESXi manage client(Vsphere? I forgot it's name) mount the
>> iscsi disk.
>> 
> 
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