Re: [libvirt] virsh: Can't create .vmdk virtual disk over vCenter while over ESX it works well
2011/4/6 computernews(a)rambler.ru <computernews(a)rambler.ru>:
Hello,
I am trying to create the virtual disk over "virsh". My target is the ESX
server that is a part of the vCenter. That is why I connect to it using the
vpx://-like URL. The connection itself is being established correctly.
Commands like "list --all", "dumpxml <machine>"
"vol-dumpxml <volume>" work
perfectly well. What doesn't work for me at the moment is "vol-create --file
<xml_file> --pool <my_pool>". I would suspect that I am passing some
parameters incorrectly and would be digging more into a documentation but I
am getting the following response from the server:
virsh # vol-create --file vadp4.xml --pool "iscsi-esx4-1"
error: Failed to create vol from vadp4.xml
error: internal error Could not create volume: NotImplemented - Der
angeforderte
Vorgang wird vom Server nicht implementiert.
I have to admit that the very same command worked if I connect to ESX server
directly (using esx://-like URL).
My question is if it is planned to implement the virtual disk creation in
case of vCentere is involved ?
The error message is a bit misleading, but expected. The
NotImplemented error actually comes from the vCenter Server, that
doesn't seem to support forwarding CreateVirtualDisk_Task calls to the
ESX servers. I haven't figured out yet how the vSphere Client
connected to a vCenter Server manages to do disk creation.
So you could consider this a missing workaround in libvirt, or the
lack of proper knowledge about how to do disk creation via a vCenter
Server.
Matthias