From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6B11369169 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:40 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id 579AF27FE5 for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:10 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailpro.odiso.net (mailpro.odiso.net [89.248.211.110]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id D312127FDA for ; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:06 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailpro.odiso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 83D441638409; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailpro.odiso.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailpro.odiso.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id Zmsk6GzPNb3r; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mailpro.odiso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69A85163840A; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at mailpro.odiso.com Received: from mailpro.odiso.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (mailpro.odiso.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 8xd8vgQntlBt; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mailpro.odiso.net (mailpro.odiso.net [10.1.31.111]) by mailpro.odiso.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 546531638409; Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 15:31:00 +0200 (CEST) From: Alexandre DERUMIER To: Proxmox VE user list Cc: proxmoxve Message-ID: <205693410.177586.1598707860152.JavaMail.zimbra@odiso.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Mailer: Zimbra 8.8.12_GA_3866 (ZimbraWebClient - GC83 (Linux)/8.8.12_GA_3844) Thread-Topic: Proxmox (2 node) cluster questions Thread-Index: MUY0TydInLbjFf9iwN4eiH19Ti4iaA== X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 0 AWL 0.044 Adjusted score from AWL reputation of From: address KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE -0.0001 Sender listed at https://www.dnswl.org/, no trust SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_PASS -0.001 SPF: sender matches SPF record URIBL_BLOCKED 0.001 ADMINISTRATOR NOTICE: The query to URIBL was blocked. See http://wiki.apache.org/spamassassin/DnsBlocklists#dnsbl-block for more information. [proxmox.com] Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Proxmox (2 node) cluster questions X-BeenThere: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE user list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 29 Aug 2020 13:31:40 -0000 Hi, the main problem with 2 nodes cluster, is that if 1 node is done, you lost = quorum, so /etc/pve is read only. if that occur, you can manually said to proxmox that you want only 1 node i= n the quorum, with "pvecm expected 1" command. then you'll be able to write again in /et= c/pve. (But do it only when you are sure that the other node is down) >>So i hope you don't mind me asking a couple of questions since i am tempt= ed >>to try again: >> - Can a proxmox cluster (with failover possibility) work with local >> storage. (Or do i need distributed storage from a NAS / NFS via ceph?) I'm not sure, but maybe with zfs it's possible. (but the replication is as= ync, so you'll lost data since the last sync) >> - Can i use failover possiblity in a 2 nodes cluster? manually yes. (but not with HA). you can use "pvecm expected 1", then on node1 "mv /etc/pve/nodes/node2/qem= u-server/* /etc/pve/nodes/node1/qemu-server" to move vm config. then if the storage is available on node1 (shared storage or maybe zfs loca= l), you'll be able to start vm >> - Can i use vm migration in a 2 nodes cluster? yes sure >> - Does it matter if i have the storage 'mounted' in Datacenter rather >> than on the server in a directory (gui wise). (Datacenter > storage > >> 'mounts') This is the same, but for network storage(nfs,cifs), it's better to use dat= acenter option, as it's monitoring server, and if a network timeout occur, the pvestatd daemon will not hang when try to get stats >> - Is it better to rename the mounts to vmdata rather than vmdata for the failover, you only need to have same "storage name" define for each= node. so yes, local mountpoint should be same on each node, as you can define 1 s= torage name only once at datacenter level. ----- Mail original ----- De: "Rutger Verhoeven" =C3=80: "proxmoxve" Envoy=C3=A9: Vendredi 28 Ao=C3=BBt 2020 18:41:45 Objet: [PVE-User] Proxmox (2 node) cluster questions Hello all,=20 Awhile ago i attempted to join 2 nodes into a cluster. I did this on=20 proxmox 6.0 and had the following setup:=20 - 2x 2TB SSD (1x 250GB partition to install proxmox on) (1x 1750GB=20 partition to store VM data on) I mounted these in /var/lib/vmdata5 on=20 server5 (and vmdata4 on server4)).=20 - 2x 5TB 5400RPM for extra storage. This is called vmstorage5 or vmstorage4= =20 and is also mounted in /var/lib=20 underneath is an example of my storage.cfg:=20 ----=20 *cat /etc/pve/storage.cfgdir: local path /var/lib/vz content=20 iso,vztmpl,backuplvmthin: local-lvm thinpool data vgname pve content=20 rootdir,imagesdir: vmdata4 path /var/lib/vmdata4 content=20 vztmpl,iso,snippets,backup,images,rootdir maxfiles 2 nodes server4 shared= =20 1dir: vmstorage4 path /var/lib/vmstorage4 content=20 vztmpl,iso,snippets,backup,rootdir,images maxfiles 2 nodes server4 shared= =20 1nfs: VM export /VM path /mnt/pve/VM server qnap.domain.local content=20 rootdir,vztmpl,iso,snippets,backup,images maxfiles 1 nodes server4*=20 * options vers=3D4*=20 ----=20 Also output of 'df -h':=20 ------=20 *df -hFilesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted onudev=20 48G 0 48G 0% /devtmpfs=20 9.5G 9.7M 9.5G 1% /run/dev/mapper/pve-root 30G 2.9G=20 25G 11% /tmpfs 48G 43M 48G 1% /dev/shmtmpfs=20 5.0M 0 5.0M 0% /run/locktmpfs=20 48G 0 48G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup/dev/sda2=20 511M 312K 511M 1% /boot/efi/dev/mapper/vg_vmdata4-lvv4 1.7T 2.1G=20 1.6T 1% /var/lib/vmdata4/dev/mapper/vg_storage4-lvs4 4.6T 1.8T 2.6T=20 42% /var/lib/vmstorage4/dev/fuse 30M 20K 30M 1%=20 /etc/pvetmpfs 9.5G 0 9.5G 0% /run/user/0*=20 *nas.domain.local:/VM 7.1T 2.8T 4.3T 40% /mnt/pve/VM*=20 ----=20 These machines are connected with the following network setup:=20 -----=20 *cat /etc/network/interfacesauto lo*=20 *iface lo inet loopback*=20 *### !!! do not touch ilo nic !!! #####auto eno1#iface eno1 inet=20 static######################################## this nic is used for proxmox= =20 clustering ###auto eno2iface eno2 inet=20 manual###############################################iface ens1f0 inet=20 manualiface ens1f1 inet manualauto bond0iface bond0 inet manual bond-slaves= =20 ens1f0 ens1f1 bond-miimon 100 bond-mode 802.3ad bond-xmit-hash-policy=20 layer2+3auto vmbr0iface vmbr0 inet static address 192.168.xx.xx netmask=20 255.255.252.0 gateway 192.168.xx.xx bridge_ports bond0 bridge_stp off=20 bridge_fd 0*=20 ---=20 The servers both have dual 10GB/s SFP+ and are connected via a unifi 10GBPS= =20 SFP+ switch.=20 I haven't been able to create a seperate vlan yet for management interface= =20 / seperate cluster purposes.=20 For some reason it backfired, made the files in /etc/pve/qemu-server=20 readonly and i could not change anything in this files (also wasnt able via= =20 the gui). I ended up reinstalling both nodes and solved everything with=20 manual migration (via bash script).=20 Since then i'm not so eager to try and join these servers in a cluster=20 anymore because server5 is a production machine with all kinds of=20 applications on it.=20 sidenote: im using ansible to create VM's on these machines, but i must=20 admit that mostly i work via the gui.=20 *My goals:*=20 - One host to manage them all (also for ansible)=20 - easy vm migration between the servers.=20 In the Netherlands we have a saying: "the blood crawls where it cannot go" = .=20 So i hope you don't mind me asking a couple of questions since i am tempted= =20 to try again:=20 - Can a proxmox cluster (with failover possibility) work with local=20 storage. (Or do i need distributed storage from a NAS / NFS via ceph?)=20 - Can i use failover possiblity in a 2 nodes cluster?=20 - Can i use vm migration in a 2 nodes cluster?=20 - Does it matter if i have the storage 'mounted' in Datacenter rather=20 than on the server in a directory (gui wise). (Datacenter > storage >=20 'mounts')=20 - Is it better to rename the mounts to vmdata rather than vmdata = =20 Any tips regarding this are appreciated. Thank you all in advance.=20 _______________________________________________=20 pve-user mailing list=20 pve-user@lists.proxmox.com=20 https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user=20