Re: iscsi resize -vmware datastore cannot increase size

[Steven Vacaroaia <stef97@xxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, I did. 

I event restarted rbd-target services 

uname -a
Linux osd01.chi.medavail.net 4.18.11-1.el7.elrepo.x86_64 #1 SMP Sat Sep 29 09:42:38 EDT 2018 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
[root@osd01 ~]# rpm -qa | grep tcmu

tcmu-runner-1.4.0-1.el7.x86_64 

On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 09:51, Jason Dillaman <jdillama@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 9:49 AM Steven Vacaroaia <stef97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Thanks for your prompt response
> Unfortunately , still no luck
> Device shows with correct size under "Device backing" but not showing at all  under "increase datastore capacity)
>
> resize rbd.rep01 7T
> ok
> /disks> ls
> o- disks ......................................................................................................... [13.0T, Disks: 2]
>   o- rbd.rep01 ........................................................................................................ [rep01 (7T)]

Did you rescan the LUNs in VMware after this latest resize attempt?
What kernel and tcmu-runner version are you using?

> On Fri, 25 Oct 2019 at 09:24, Jason Dillaman <jdillama@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 25, 2019 at 9:13 AM Steven Vacaroaia <stef97@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >
>> > Hi,
>> > I am trying to increase size of a datastore made available through ceph iscsi rbd
>> > The steps I followed are depicted below
>> > Basically gwcli report correct data and even VMware device capacity is correct but when tried to increase it there is no device listed
>> >
>> > I am using ceph-iscsi-config-2.6-42.gccca57d.el7 and ceph 13.2.2
>> >
>> > Any guidance/help will be appreciated
>> >
>> > 1. increase rbd size
>> > rbd -p rbd resize --size 6T rep01
>> > Resizing image: 100% complete...done.
>>
>> Never resize the RBD images backing a LUN via the "rbd" CLI -- use
>> "gwcli" to resize the images and it will handle resizing the LUNs.
>>
>> > 2. restart gwcli
>> >  systemctl restart rbd-target-gw &&  systemctl restart rbd-target-api
>> >
>> > 3 check size
>> >  gwcli
>> > /iscsi-target...go-ceph/hosts> ls
>> > o- hosts .................................................................................................... [Hosts: 8: Auth: CHAP]
>> >   o- iqn.1998-01.com.vmware:vsan5-66c18541 ................................................ [LOGGED-IN, Auth: CHAP, Disks: 2(12.0T)]
>> >   | o- lun 0 .................................................................................... [rbd.vmware01(6.0T), Owner: osd01]
>> >   | o- lun 1 ....................................................................................... [rbd.rep01(6.0T), Owner: osd02]
>> >
>> > 4. VMware rescan devices
>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Jason
>>


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Jason

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