Hi Mike, Most of what I¹ve done so far is find best practices (at least in regards to Red Hat¹s implementation) for KVM and RHEV + NetApp storage. This includes backup, DR, and site failover. Going forward, there are plans to do much deeper integration in order to allow KVM & RHEV (and oVirt!!!) to take advantage of things like copy offload and cloning from the backend, as well as provisioning. I¹m working with the good folks over in Tel Aviv for this. Additionally, I¹m working on the host side of cloning that is, what is the best way to prep a RHEL host (or hypervisor or VM..) prior to cloning. There are many artifacts (WWIDs, LUN IDs, SSH host keys, bits in initrd/initramfs etc) that you don¹t want copied between clones. So I¹m working on a sysprep¹ like tool & workflow to address this. I¹m 99% done with the RHEL 6.x version, but I¹m still testing on RHEL 5.6+. I¹ll be sure to release it to this group for feedback. From there, I¹ll see about adding in support for SuSe. Hope this answers your question, Jb PS. - it looks like you¹re in NC as well. I¹m in RTP, on Kit Creek.. If you¹re nearby, lets grab lunch sometime. On 9/9/11 12:05 PM, "Michael D Day" <mdday@us.ibm.com> wrote:
project-planning-bounces@ovirt.org wrote on 09/09/2011 11:28:52 AM:
I¹ve had a few passes at the Workshop Invite, with some good feedback from Carl. I¹d like to share the latest version with all of you in hopes that you will provide additional feedback. Here is the current draft:
Would you like to support an Open Source project that affects all aspects of the KVM hypervisor? Are you interested in helping to develop or influence the next generation of Open Source management tools for virtualization? Do you have the desire to grow the ecosystem around KVM in order to help drive its adoption? Do you have skills around organizing or writing that you would like to lend to an Open Source project? Are interested in an Open virtualization management platform?
Do you develop a product or technology that can manage or extend KVM?
Looks good!
Thanks,
Mike
Mike Day IBM Distinguished Engineer Chief Virtualization Architect, Open Systems Development Cell: +1 919 371-8786 | mdday@us.ibm.com http://code.ncultra.org
Jon Benedict Technical Marketing Engineer Virtualization & Cloud NetApp 919.476.5093 Direct 919.757.7789 Mobile Jon.Benedict@netapp.com www.netapp.com
