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

On 09/13/2012 12:48 AM, Nicolas Chenier wrote: > Wonderful thank you. Once I install oVirt in KVM (without oVirt) will I > be able to import the VM in oVirt after I'm up? > what would be the benefit of doing that? > On 2012-09-12 5:25 PM, "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com > <mailto:iheim@redhat.com>> wrote: > > 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> > <mailto:iheim@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>> > <mailto:iheim@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>> <mailto:Users@ovirt.org > <mailto:Users@ovirt.org> > <mailto:Users@ovirt.org <mailto:Users@ovirt.org>>> > http://lists.ovirt.org/______**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovi... > <http://lists.ovirt.org/____**mailman/listinfo/users<http://lists.ovirt... > > > > <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... > <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... > >>> > > > > > > > > >