8:41 p.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Grinberg" <simon(a)redhat.com>
To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl(a)redhat.com>
Cc: users(a)ovirt.org, "Sahina Bose" <sabose(a)redhat.com>, "Dave
Neary" <dneary(a)redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 7:40:17 PM
Subject: Re: [Users] Package installation error
----- Original Message -----
> From: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl(a)redhat.com>
> To: "Dave Neary" <dneary(a)redhat.com>
> Cc: users(a)ovirt.org, "Sahina Bose" <sabose(a)redhat.com>, "Simon
> Grinberg" <simon(a)redhat.com>
> Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:35:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Package installation error
>
> Simon?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Dave Neary" <dneary(a)redhat.com>
> > To: "Sahina Bose" <sabose(a)redhat.com>
> > Cc: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alonbl(a)redhat.com>, users(a)ovirt.org
> > Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 6:34:56 PM
> > Subject: Re: [Users] Package installation error
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > On 03/19/2013 05:24 AM, Sahina Bose wrote:
> > > You are right - Gluster 3.4 is only required to manage gluster
> > > clusters.
> > >
> > > Currently the question asked at setup is this :
> > >
> > > "The engine can be configured to present the UI in three
> > > different
> > > application modes. virt [Manage virtualization only], gluster
> > > [Manage
> > > gluster storage only],
> > > and both [Manage virtualization as well as gluster storage]"
> > > where
> > > both
> > > is the default.
> > >
> > > If this is confusing to the user, we can change this message.
> > > Suggestions?
> >
> > I would either:
> >
> > (a) put "Virt" as the default, or
I would go for this one, this keeps backwards compatibility.
Is there an easy method to change this configuration later?
Yes, changing the cluster settings.
> > (b) remove this question entirely - if someone is installing
> > oVirt,
> > assume they want to manage virt. If someone is installing
> > Gluster,
> > have
> > an option during the Gluster install to have the oVirt management
> > console.
We do want people to get exposed to the Gluster option.
> >
> > If someone wants to manage both their Gluster bricks and their
> > virt
> > with
> > oVirt, I would make that a post-install option to oVirt - perhaps
> > with
> > an extra package to install (which would depend on the later
> > version
> > of
> > Gluster).
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Dave.
> >
> >
> >
> > > On 03/19/2013 01:41 PM, Dave Neary wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> On 03/19/2013 08:16 AM, Alon Bar-Lev wrote:
> > >>> Now I am confused....
> > >>> Do you or don't you need vdsm-gluster on your system?
> > >>
> > >> Allow me to clarify.
> > >>
> > >> There have been several messages from users since the oVirt
> > >> 3.2
> > >> release asking why they need Gluster 3.4 pre-releases to run
> > >> oVirt.
> > >>
> > >> My understanding is that you don't need Gluster 3.4 unless you
> > >> want to
> > >> manage a Gluster cluster with oVirt.
> > >>
> > >> So my question is: are we sure that we are not leading users
> > >> wrong,
> > >> and confusing them during the installation & set-up process?
> > >>
> > >> Thanks,
> > >> Dave.
> > >>
> > >
> >
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> >
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