Xen + VSAN initial config

[FireBIade]

I have 2 identical file servers that we were using Storage Replication on to keep us running should we have hardware issues, however due to weird performance issues we are trying alternatives.

I've got to the point of scanning for IQNs

iscsiadm -m discovery -t st -p <IP Address>

However this fails to connect - Connection refused. When I check the iscsi service it's not running and manually trying to run it fails also

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service iscsi status
Redirecting to /bin/systemctl status iscsi.service
● iscsi.service - Login and scanning of iSCSI devices
   Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/iscsi.service; enabled; vendor preset: disabled)
   Active: inactive (dead)
Condition: start condition failed at Thu 2021-12-16 15:29:15 GMT; 2min 57s ago
           none of the trigger conditions were met
     Docs: man:iscsid(8)
           man:iscsiadm(8)

the iscsid service is running.

Anyone know why the iscsi service won't start?

[yaroslav (staff)]

Are you running this command inside the VM or in XEN?
Which version of StarWind VSAN is that?

[FireBIade]

This was on both xen hosts themselves. I hadn't got to installing vsan anywhere yet so maybe I'm not following the instructions right

[yaroslav (staff)]

Check this out https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... erver-7-x/

[FireBIade]

Check this out https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... erver-7-x/

Thanks yes those were the instructions I followed but I must have gone wrong somewhere. I ignored the Hyper V stuff and went straight to the Configuring Hosts with XenServer 7.x section. Should i have created the VMs on Xen first and installed VSAN there?

[yaroslav (staff)]

No worries hope the guide helps.