Re: [Engine-devel] Setting cluster CPU

From: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; To: "Oved Ourfalli" <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; Cc: "Roy Golan" <rgolan(a)redhat.com&gt;, "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 8:01:08 PM Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Setting cluster CPU On Dec 10, 2013, at 09:14 , Oved Ourfalli <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > > ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; >> To: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Oved Ourfalli" >> <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Roy Golan" >> <rgolan(a)redhat.com&gt; >> Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; >> Sent: Tuesday, December 10, 2013 9:12:14 AM >> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Setting cluster CPU >> >> Il 09/12/2013 19:37, Michal Skrivanek ha scritto: >>> >>> >>>> On 09 Dec 2013, at 18:58, Oved Ourfalli <ovedo(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> ----- Original Message ----- >>>>> From: "Michal Skrivanek" <michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>> To: "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt;, "Roy Golan" >>>>> <rgolan(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>> Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; >>>>> Sent: Monday, December 9, 2013 5:50:49 PM >>>>> Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Setting cluster CPU >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> On Dec 9, 2013, at 16:01 , Sandro Bonazzola <sbonazzo(a)redhat.com&gt; >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi, >>>>>> I'm trying to set the cluster CPU type while adding the first host to >>>>>> the >>>>>> Default cluster. >>>>>> >>>>>> I know how to set the CPU type on a new cluster, since I'll do that in >>>>>> AIO >>>>>> plugin. >>>>>> But I'm not sure to understand how to set the CPU on an existing >>>>>> cluster. >>>>>> >>>>>> Should it be enough to specify cpu arg while adding the host to the >>>>>> cluster? >>>>>> (before adding an host, cpu is None on the cluster) >>>>>> Because I'm trying to do that without success (obtaining a sandybridge >>>>>> cluster while specifying westmere cpu). >>>>> >>>>> The CPU should be set from the first host if None. That is needed for >>>>> the >>>>> PPC >>>>> support. Roy, we talked about it recently, where are we with this >>>>> patch. >>>> >>>> We already support modifying the CPU level of an existing cluster. If >>>> changing it to a higher level then we just change it. >>>> If changing it to a lower level, and there are running VMs on the >>>> cluster, >>>> then we warn the user that some VMs might not be migrate-able, as we >>>> added a scheduling filter to filter out hosts with improper CPU level. >>>> >>>> Unless I'm missing something, that covers the use-case, isn't it? >>> >>> Not sure. I thought this is None to something, where it should work >>> automatically without specifying anything. Just add an operational host >> >> Well, here the issue is that while deploying hosted-engine VM, I'm on a >> SandyBridge host, with 1 VM running on it (the hosted engine VM). >> That VM has been created with CPU model Westmere to be able to migrate it >> to >> other hosts Westmere compatible. >> But the Default cluster is automatically set to SandyBridge when I add the because it's created with None in the first place, and then set by the first host. If you'd create it with Westmere initially the joining host would not change it IMHO the setting should be done during the installation not via calling SDK on already created empty cluster but directly in the db when the db is deployed. Unless I'm missing the sequence of deployment.

>> host also if I specify Westmere as CPU family in Host parameter. >> We may be able to set manually the CPU level later somehow, but since >> we've >> already asked the user about the CPU level I think we should avoid to ask >> the user to change it again later. See Bug 1034821 - Hosted-setup asks for >> CPU type but it doesn't set cluster to that CPU Level >> > > You can set the CPU level through the SDK, after you add the host (didn't > check that, but see no reason it won't work). why so late in the process?

> >> >>> >>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> michal >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Michael, can you take a look at http://gerrit.ovirt.org/22129 and >>>>>> advise? >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Sandro Bonazzola >>>>>> Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community >>>>>> collaboration. >>>>>> See how it works at redhat.com >>>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>>> Engine-devel mailing list >>>>>> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Engine-devel mailing list >>>>> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >>>>> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >>>>> >> >> >> -- >> Sandro Bonazzola >> Better technology. Faster innovation. Powered by community collaboration. >> See how it works at redhat.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Engine-devel mailing list >> Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org >> http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel >>