StarWind Software

Posted: **Wed May 08, 2024 4:31 pm**

Hello,

I'm attempting to set up a small trial of the vSAN software in a 2 node Proxmox environment. I've followed the guide (https://www.starwindsoftware.com/resour ... ng-web-ui/) but I'm stuck at the last few steps.

Action 13 says the following:

Create LVM PV on multipathing device:

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 pve# pvcreate /dev/mapper/mpatha

where mpatha – alias for StarWind LUN

However, when I run step 11 (multipath -ll) I get no results. Up to this point everything seemed to go as the document described.

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root@pve:~# multipath -ll
root@pve:~#

I've rebooted the host but the same occurs.

Interestingly, I can connect to the LUN from my Windows PC so it really seems like a Proxmox issue.

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2024 10:00 am**

OK so a bit more digging lead me to this command:

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multipath -v3

which showed the following devices on PVE1

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===== paths list =====
253d100e593e1934d                      6:0:0:0    sdb     8:16  -1  undef undef  STARWIND,STARWIND
       unknown

On PVE2 however, it was slightly different:

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===== paths list =====
253d100e593e1934d                         6:0:0:0    sdb     8:16  -1  undef undef  STARWIND,STARWIND
          unknown
253d100e593e1934d                         7:0:0:0    sdc     8:32  50  undef undef  STARWIND,STARWIND
          unknown

I've had to heavily edit the output as the anti-spam kept blocking it.

Not sure why the second node shows 2 iSCSI devices. Any way, I added the correct WWID to the Multipath config on both nodes it seems I added the wrong WWIDs previously. Now I have been able to complete the config.

Posted: **Thu May 09, 2024 11:43 am**

Thanks for your update and for sharing your experience. Glad to read you sorted it out. Can I help you with anything else?

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2024 9:11 am**

Why do you think that one node has two paths, but the other has only one?

Posted: **Mon May 20, 2024 9:27 am**

Can you please share the answer for the follsing?

Can I please have the screenshot that showcases the full target name?

Are HA devices replicated?

How many links do you connect the storage with?

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