VMware ESXi 6.5a hypervisor can mount an nfs3 volume using both the
native nfs-server and Spectrum Scale (GPFS) nfs-ganesha.
When I register a VM (or create a new VM) using a nfs3 native-nfs3 nfs-server (ibmnfs)
datastore, power on is successful
When I register the same VM using nfs3 nfs-ganesha (ibmces) datastore,
this fails.
Is there a reason?
When attempted, I get:
Failed to power on virtual machine ibmflexlm. Module 'MonitorLoop'
power on failed. Click here for more details.
Power On VM
Key haTask-7-vim.VirtualMachine.powerOn-118516861
Description Power On this virtual machine
Virtual machine ibmflexlm
State Failed - Module 'MonitorLoop' power on failed.
Errors
Module 'MonitorLoop' power on failed.
File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed
File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed
File system specific implementation of Lookup[file] failed
Failed to create swap file '/vms/ibmflexlm/./ibmflexlm-219271a5. vswp' : Not found
Could not power on virtual machine: Not found.
Failed to power on VM.
Failed to start the virtual machine.
However, on the ESXi hypervisor I have rw access to the directory and files
# cd /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/ibmflexlm
# touch ibmflexlm-219271a5.vswp
# ssh ibmnfs cat /etc/exports
/gpfsna1 *(rw,sync,no_subtree_check,no_root_squash,
fsid=32768)
# ssh ibmces mmnfs export list --nfsdefs /gpfsna1
Path Delegations Clients Access_Type Protocols Transports Squash Anonymous_uid Anonymous_gid SecType PrivilegedPort DefaultDelegations Manage_Gids FS_Commit
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
/gpfsna1 NONE * RW 3,4 TCP NO_ROOT_SQUASH -2 -2 SYS FALSE NONE FALSE FALSE
/gpfsna1 NONE 172.20.5.6,172.20.5.7 RW 3,4 TCP NO_ROOT_SQUASH -2 -2 SYS FALSE NONE FALSE FALSE
Hi Hergtp,
I am also trying to use GPFS volume as NFS datastore for the DRS-Cluster.
Actually I am able to mount the volume as NFSv3 and even st-vmotion powered-off VMs, but a PowerON of VM fails with "Module 'MonitorLoop' error"
I see in the vmkernel.log :
WARNING: Swap: 3683: Failed to create swap file '/Win003-NFS-Test/./Win003-NFS-Test-bd2f6853.vswp.35208' : Not found
Aslo the /var/log/vmkernel.log is full of "VmkAccess: 178: ipAddr = 0.0.0.0" messages since NFS volume is mounted.
Questions:
1) was you able to solve your problem?
2) Are you still using GPFS as a shared storage for ESXi?
3) If yes, what is the statement from VMware reg. supportability. I saw it HCL, but not 100% sure:
https://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility/detail.php?deviceCategory=san&productid=39658&release... Elastic&arrayTypes=3&isSVA=0&page=1&display_interval=10&sortColumn=Partner&sortOrder=Asc
IBM | IBM Elastic Storage Server | NAS |
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Could you please share your expirience in this topic?
Thx a lot!
Regards,
JK
Dear :
Do you have any documents that esxi use GPFS as shared storage 。 I want to learn how to install ,thanks.