How to use a paravirtual SCSI controller on Platform nodes for VCF Operations for Networks

Products

• VCF Operations for Networks

Issue/Introduction

• When a AON Platform node is deployed it is deployed with a scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" and you want to use the paravirtual SCSI controller for Platform nodes
• You change the controller but new disks are not auto-allocated as designed when they are added

 

Environment

• Aria Operations for Networks 6.13.0
• Aria Operations for Networks 6.14.x
• VCF Operations for Networks 9.0.x

 

Cause

• By default the scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic" controller is used when deploying Platform nodes.

Resolution

• If you are using Aria Operations for Network 6.XX.X and want to use the paravirtual SCSI controller please open a Support case for a scripted resolution with the help of GS Support.
• If you are using VCF Operations 9.0.1 or newer then this has been implemented already.

Additional Information

Best practices to shutdown VCF Operations for Networks Clustered deployments

To manually allocate disk follow these steps:  Post upgrading to version 6.14.1 and increasing the brick size to XL, the additional added disk of 1 TB is not seen