VIA - Hardened Repository - Add Storage

[chrisss]

Hello,

our repository server has two raid controllers and one volume per controller + a boot drive for the OS. In the past, we used a standard Ubuntu installation as a hardened repo and configured each volume as an extent in a SOBR.

Hardened repos installed via Veeam Infrastructure Appliances pre 13.1 used the two storage volumes for the repo and configured a spanned lvm group. That was the reason, we didn't used the appliance in the past (performance).

With 13.1, we can add additional storage later and add this space as a second extent in a SOBR. Our plan is now, to install our repo with the 13.1 VIA ISO, disable one of the raid controller before so VIA doesn't create a spanned LVM group. After the initial installation, we would enable the second raid controller and add it as additional Space (second extent in a SOBR).

Should this work or am i missing something? I don't thing it is already possible to create a stripped lvm group via the 13.1 VIA ISO?

Best regards
Chris

[vnikiforov]

Hello, Chris.

Yes, this will work. The 13.1 installer's multi-disk deployment still combines all data disks it can see into one LVM volume group, so disabling the second RAID controller during installation is the right way to get a single-volume setup.

Once the appliance is installed, enable the second controller and add its volume on the Storage page of the Host Management web UI: Rescan Storage, then Add Storage with the Linux / Hardened repository type. The appliance mounts the new volume as separate additional storage and does not merge it into the existing LVM group. It also does not register it as a backup repository automatically, so add it as a new hardened repository in the Veeam Backup & Replication console and then use both repositories as SOBR extents.

And second statement is also correct: a striped LVM group is currently not possible with the VIA ISO or storage management. But that feature is already planned for future versions, I can't provide an ETA as of yet, unfortunately.