First off let me start by saying that the new Cinder logo is wonderful. Nothing helps me think of backend storage better than the backend of a horse. In an environment I am working in, we have a large number of cinder volumes that are in error state, due to the backend storage being ripped … Continue reading OpenStack: Deleting Zombie Cinder Volumes and VMs
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PackStack: How to Create OpenStack Cinder-Volumes Manually
The PackStack installer for OpenStack is largely considered an installer for Test and Proof-of-Concept OpenStack environments. Being such, the PackStack Installer can automatically create a loopback device for use with Cinder if you allow it to. In my lab, I would actually rather create a separate volume for Cinder to use. Below are the steps needed to do so.
OpenStack Cinder – Add Additional Backend Volumes
On this standalone host we have just added an additional disk, which has been enumerated as "/dev/vdc". First lets go ahead and create a partition on this disk and label it with the type "lvm"