Re: [Users] Can oVirt be installed in a virtual machine?

On 09/13/2012 12:20 AM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: > Yes! > how critical is the availability? you could place it in a VM on shared storage. then launch it on one host. but you should never launch it on the other host before you made sure it doesn't run on the first node, or it will be corrupted. you also want to set the SPM priority on the node it is running to lower than the other node so SPM won't be scheduled on engine node. > On 2012-09-12 5:02 PM, "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com > <mailto:iheim@redhat.com>> wrote: > > On 09/12/2012 11:58 PM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: > > Thank you Itamar, much appreciated... > > So how would you go about getting this setup if you only have 2 > host > servers? > > > are they supposed to be in same cluster with shared storage, live > migration, etc.? > > > > On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 4:43 PM, Itamar Heim <iheim(a)redhat.com > <mailto:iheim@redhat.com> > <mailto:iheim@redhat.com <mailto:iheim@redhat.com>>> wrote: > > On 09/12/2012 08:26 PM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: > > Hi all, > > I am starting a small hosting business and want to use > oVirt w/ > KVM as > my virtualization platform. > > I currently have 2 host servers and an iSCSI NAS. > > Do I need a dedicated machine to run oVirt? Can I run > it from a VM? > > > either will work, but not easy right now to host the engine > on its > own hypervisor. > > > > Can I use the all-in-one solution in a Production > environment, > with a > 2nd host? ... would I need to install oVirt on both > hosts, in > the event > that one of my servers went down? > > > the all-in-one is mostly intended for POC level, using > local storage > of the host. > if you plan to use both hosts with local storage, you > should be able > to use it, depending on strength of your hosts. > > > > I am trying to see how I can survive if my oVirt server > fails. > It would > be great if it ran from a VM but I can also see issues > with > doing that... > > Another option would be to run oVirt on my workstation > and have it > connect to my 2 host servers in colocation over the > internet? > > > should work over WAN, but if you are hosting, wouldn't > users need to > access the engine / your workstation? > > > Please let me know how you've accomplished an oVirt > setup with 2 > servers. > > Thank you! > > Nic > > > > > ______________________________**_____________________ > Users mailing list > Users(a)ovirt.org <mailto:Users@ovirt.org> <mailto:Users@ovirt.org > <mailto:Users@ovirt.org>> > http://lists.ovirt.org/____**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt... > <http://lists.ovirt.org/__**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt.o... > > > <http://lists.ovirt.org/__**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt.o... > <http://lists.ovirt.org/**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt.org... > >> > > > > > > >