Re: [Users] Attach NFS storage to multiple datacenter
On 01/17/2014 02:24 AM, Dafna Ron wrote:
sounds like a very creative use for the provider 3.3 feature and I
like
the way you think :)
basically, it will require installing an all-in-one openstack but if
downtime is such a big issue it could be a good solution...
or just only glance, if no keystone is needed?
Dafna
On 01/16/2014 06:11 PM, Elad Ben Aharon wrote:
> Well, I'll be creative and I'll suggest you the following idea.
> There is an option to add a glance image server to RHEV as an external
> provider.
> This new feature allows you to export disks (not VMs) to the glance
> image repository while the VM which the disk is attached to is running.
> As for the VM configuration (which is not part of the disk that will
> be exported to the glance server), there is an option (which was
> introduced in RHEV3.3) to create a VM from a configuration file (OVF)
> of another VM.
>
> Dafna, Fede, Liron, Itamar, please back me up here. Will it be
> possible to perform those actions? Can we suggest this idea to the
> customer?
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tobias Fiebig" <mail(a)wybt.net>
> To: "Elad Ben Aharon" <ebenahar(a)redhat.com>
> Cc: "Users(a)ovirt.org List" <Users(a)ovirt.org>
> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:47:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Users] Attach NFS storage to multiple datacenter
>
> Heho,
>> Unfortunately yes, you'll suffer from a down time during this process.
> Well, as the downtime could be significantly decreased/the comfort for
> an "migrate one vm, then the next" largely increased, if an nfs storage
> could be mounted on multiple datacenters simultaneous i wonder if such a
> feature is planed?
>
> Main concern for me is that it might not really fit into the current way
> of handling storage in ovirt.
>
> With best Regards,
> Tobias
>