From 159feffa37d2e446e27ec0ce0a234087061a9ec1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Bourke Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2017 17:56:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update cinder docs with some lvm info * Instruct the user that the VG needs to be on the storage nodes * enable_cinder_backend_lvm needs to be enabled when following this guide. Change-Id: I252ec98c98493705417aaf197f703957cce8528f --- doc/cinder-guide.rst | 11 +++++++++-- 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/cinder-guide.rst b/doc/cinder-guide.rst index 3d613e7202..e4179b1ef3 100644 --- a/doc/cinder-guide.rst +++ b/doc/cinder-guide.rst @@ -30,8 +30,9 @@ a real physical volume or a loopback mounted file for development. Create a Volume Group ===================== -Use ``pvcreate`` and ``vgcreate`` to create the volume group. For example -with the devices ``/dev/sdb`` and ``/dev/sdc``: +When using the ``lvm`` backend, a volume group will need to be created on each +storage node. Use ``pvcreate`` and ``vgcreate`` to create the volume group. For +example with the devices ``/dev/sdb`` and ``/dev/sdc``: :: @@ -50,6 +51,12 @@ system. :: pvcreate /dev/loop2 vgcreate cinder-volumes /dev/loop2 +Enable the ``lvm`` backend in ``/etc/kolla/globals.yml``: + +:: + + enable_cinder_backend_lvm: "yes" + Validation ==========