LSI Logic Parallel SCSI controller is added when new cinder volume is hot added to Windows VM

Products

• VMware
• VMware Integrated OpenStack

Issue/Introduction

Symptoms:

• Attached cinder volume on Windows does not appear on a Disk Management system utility.
• LSI Logic Parallel SCSI controller is added with a new disk but it should be LSI Logic SAS so it could work with Windows.

Environment

VMware Integrated Openstack 7.x

Resolution

Steps using Openstack Horizon Dashboard

1. Log in to the VMware Integrated OpenStack dashboard as a cloud administrator.
2. Select the admin project from the drop-down menu in the title bar.
3. Select Admin > Volume > Volume Types and click Create Volume Type.
4. Enter a name and description for the volume type.

Note:  If you want to make the volume type available to certain projects only, deselect Public.  You can configure access to the volume type after it is created.

5. Click Create Volume Type

To set a LSI Logic SAS for the volume type, perform the following steps:

1. In the Actions column, select View Extra Specs.
2. Click Create.
3. Enter vmware:adapter_type in the Key text box.
4. Enter the lsiLogicsas adapter type in the Value text box.

Note:  The following values are supported: lsiLogic, busLogic, lsiLogicsas, paraVirtual, and ide.

5. Click Create.

Additional Information

Refer to our documentation at:
https://docs.vmware.com/en/VMware-Integrated-OpenStack/5.1/com.vmware.openstack.admin.doc/GUID-8594F7A1-AB06-4685-B2FA-507E7BBAA05B.html

Steps On a command line:
cinder type-create vmware-lsiLogicsas
cinder type-key vmware-lsiLogicsas set vmware:adapter_type=lsiLogicsas

Command Line Options are described in the OpenStack documentation:
https://docs.openstack.org/python-openstackclient/pike/cli/command-objects/volume-type.html