Description of problem: ----------------------- There are few options those needs to be added to VDO volume section. Below are the list: - writepolicy=sync - emulate512=enabled - slabsize=<value>G - ignore_vdo_errors=no Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): ------------------------------------------------------------- cockpit-ovirt-dashboard-0.11.11 How reproducible: ----------------- Always Steps to Reproduce: ------------------- 1. Start RHHI installation with cockpit, selecting 'Hosted Engine with Gluster' 2. Investigate the generated gdeploy config file for VDO section Actual results: --------------- Few of the parameters required for VDO volume creation missing Expected results: ----------------- All the required parameters for VDO volume creation should be available Additional info: ---------------- 1. writepolicy=sync gdeploy by default sets the writepolicy to 'sync', but its good idea to have this parameter explicitly mentioned in the config file, so that user could get an idea about this write policy and that it could be changes as per the requirement Implementation: This is already implemented in gdeploy, generated gdeploy config file should have it 2. emulate512=enabled This is required for VDSM Implementation: This is already implemented in gdeploy, generated gdeploy config file should have it 3. slabsize=<value>G Default slabsize is 2G, but the max slab size is 32G. There could be only 8096 slabs in a VDO volume. So if we have physical device more than 16T storage space, then this parameter value should increased about 2G, but not sure what's the effect on increasing the value. Need to discuss the same with SME Implementation: This is already implemented in gdeploy, generated gdeploy config file should have it 4.ignore_vdo_errors=no gdeploy should halt exection, when VDO volume creation fails. Implementation: This is **not** implemented in gdeploy, BZ 1547814
Here are the few more inputs from Dennis Keefe 1. slabsize can be set to 32GB if the physical storage space is few TBs. Otherwise, we can go ignore this param in the gdeploy config file. <input_from_DennisKeefe> In most cases using a small slab size is done when creating smaller VDO volumes and or physical space is limited. If you are going to have 20TB of storage then set the slab size to 32GB. Even if the physical storage for a single VDO volume is a few TB, set the slabsize to 32GB. </input_from_DennisKeefe> 2. writepolicy should be set to 'auto' <input_from_DennisKeefe> The latest version of VDO has an auto option, which will select the correct mode based on the storage below VDO. Only set VDO to sync mode if the underlying storage does not have a write back cache. My recommendation would be to used the new auto default. </input_from_DennisKeefe> 3. readcache is enabled, with cachesize set to 20MB <input_from_DennisKeefe> My recommendation is to: * Enable the read cache * Set the read cache to 20M - This will help when reading blocks for faster read verify of duplicates and compressed blocks. </input_from_DennisKeefe> 4. block map cache size should be initially set to 128MB and increased when required. <input_from_DennisKeefe> * Block map cache default size is 128MB. This can be adjusted later if it is needed. I'll follow up with how to identify whether more block map cache is needed. </input_from_DennisKeefe> Based on the inputs about the gdeploy configuration will look like if the physical storage is few TBs ( say 2TB ) [vdo] names=vdovol_sdb devices=sdb logicalsize=<computed as 10 x physical size of disk sdb> # slabsize is set to 32GB for few TBs too slabsize=32GB blockmapcachesize=128MB readcache=enabled readcachesize=20MB emulate512=enabled writepolicy=auto ignore_vdo_errors=no
(In reply to SATHEESARAN from comment #4) > > [vdo] > names=vdovol_sdb > devices=sdb > logicalsize=<computed as 10 x physical size of disk sdb> > # slabsize is set to 32GB for few TBs too > slabsize=32GB > blockmapcachesize=128MB > readcache=enabled > readcachesize=20MB > emulate512=enabled > writepolicy=auto > ignore_vdo_errors=no There was small correction to the size arguments Corrected conf file is below: [vdo] action=create names=vdovol_sdb devices=sdb logicalsize=200T slabsize=32G blockmapcachesize=128M readcache=enabled readcachesize=20M emulate512=enabled writepolicy=sync ignore_vdo_errors=no
As the dependent bug is already ON_QA, moving this bug also to ON_QA
Verified the bug in the below component version's successfully. Component versions's: gdeploy-2.0.2-23.el7rhgs.noarch cockpit-ovirt-dashboard-0.11.20-1.el7ev.noarch Steps: 1. Install VDO 2. Go to the cockpit UI and check the compression and deduplication tab. 3. Proceed to the review tab. 4. Check if the below VDO parameters are available in the gdeploy conf file generated Output: [vdo1:10.70.45.29] action=create devices=sdb names=vdo_sdb logicalsize=200000G blockmapcachesize=128M readcache=enabled readcachesize=20M emulate512=enabled writepolicy=sync ignore_vdo_errors=no slabsize=32G
Since the problem described in this bug report should be resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For information on the advisory, and where to find the updated files, follow the link below. If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2018:3523