Adding new hard-drive in XenServer is a bit different from the traditional Linux process. For XenServer, you need to create a container called a ‘storage repository’ to define a particular storage target (such as a hard disk), in which Virtual Disk Images (VDIs) of VMs are stored. A VDI is nothing but an abstracted storage space which acts as the hard-disk for VMs.<\/div>\n

Xen storage repository supports IDE, SATA, SCSI and SAS drives\u00a0 when locally connected, apart from iSCSI, NFS, SAS and fiber channel in case of a remote storage.<\/p>\n

Steps to create an SR in a XenServer.<\/p>\n

1. SSH to the XenServer as root.
\n2. Find the disk ID of the new device using the following commands:<\/p>\n

# cat \/proc\/partitions<\/p>\n

You will see list of all the HDDs and partitions. Find which device is your new local disk. This is probably \u201csdx\u201d(most probably sdb) or \u201c\/cciss\/c0d1p0\u201d.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

# ll \/dev\/disk\/by-id<\/p>\n

This command will list the disk ids for all the partitions\/HDDs present in the server as shown in the image below.<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

Find the disk ID of the \u201csdx\u201d or \u201ccciss\/c0d1\u201ddisk. The \u201cscsi-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\u201d or \u201ccciss-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx\u201dformat is what you need.<\/p>\n

3. Find out the ‘host-uuid’ in the XenSserver using the following command.<\/p>\n

#xe host-list<\/p>\n

$\"\"$ <\/p>\n

The uuid (RO) is the ‘host-uuid’\u00a0 you need.<\/p>\n

4.Create a Storage Repository (SR):<\/p>\n

# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=\/dev\/disk\/by-id\/<scsi-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> host-uuid=<host-uuid> name-label=\u201dLocal Storage 2\u201d shared=false type=lvm
\n– Or –
\n# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=\/dev\/disk\/by-id\/<cciss-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> host-uuid=<host-uuid> name-label=\u201dLocal Storage 2\u201d shared=false type=lvm
\n– Or –
\n# xe sr-create content-type=user device-config:device=\/dev\/<sdx> host-uuid=<host-uuid> name-label=\u201dLocal Storage 2\u201d shared=false type=lvm<\/p>\n

You can verify it from XenCenter with the following steps:<\/p>\n

1. Connect to the XenCenter.
\n2. Go to the ‘Storage tab’. You will find the details of all storage repositories here. You can see the storage ‘Local Storage2’ in the list.
\nThis signifies that the disk has been added successfully. Now, you can start creating VDIs on it.<\/p>\n

Cr\u00e9ditos : http:\/\/knowledgelayer.softlayer.com\/questions\/534\/Adding+a+hard+drive+to+Citrix+XenServer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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