On 07/25/2013 04:55 PM, Jason Keltz wrote:
>> I'm also puzzled by this statement: "A local storage
domain can be set
>> up on a host. When you set up host to use local storage, the host
>> automatically gets added to a new data center and cluster that no other
>> hosts can be added to. Multiple host clusters require that all hosts
>> have access to all storage domains, which is not possible with local
>> storage. Virtual machines created in a single host cluster cannot be
>> migrated, fenced or scheduled. "
>>
>> So .. let's say I have two nodes, both of them have some local disk, and
>> use the NFS data store. I can see why I wouldn't be able to migrate a
>> host from one node to the other IF that has was using local data storage
>> for the specific virtual machine. On the other hand, if it's a VM that
>> is NOT using local storage, and everything is in the NFS datastore, then
>> does this I can't migrate it because each host would have to be in its
>> own cluster only because it has local storage for *some* of the VMs!?
>
> Each local storage host requires it's own datacenter and you can't mix a
> datacenter with local storage with NFS storage.
sigh. This seems so rigid! I understand, for example, why clusters
must encompass same CPU type. I do not understand why a host cannot
connect to both local data storage, and NFS storage.
it's a legacy limitation we are working on eliminating