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

13 Sep 2012


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? 2012-9-13 1:26, Nicolas Chenier:
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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?
Of course you can install ovirt-engine on a VM.
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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?
I do not recommend to use all-in-on solution in a Production 
environment.  You need to install ovirt-engine on  one host(might be 
your desktop) and install VDSM on the two host servers. ovirt-engine 
doesn't support HA yet, so you need only one ovirt-engine.
...
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?
For ovirt-engine installation, 4G plus memory is recommended.   So you 
can start a VM with  more than 4G memory and install ovirt-engine on 
that, also make sure ovirt-engine can connect the two host servers over 
the internet.
...
Please let me know how you've accomplished an oVirt setup with 2 servers.
Thank you!
Nic
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">于 2012-9-13 1:26, Nicolas Chenier:<br>
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    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJZXTnqNzScRstcaYh3wDRMqc_0Ao1tFFf8UHktB=EZ8muro5g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">Hi all,
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I am starting a small hosting business and want to use oVirt
        w/ KVM as my virtualization platform.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>I currently have 2 host servers and an iSCSI NAS.</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>
        Do I need a dedicated machine to run oVirt? Can I run it from a
        VM? <br>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    Of course you can install ovirt-engine on a VM.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJZXTnqNzScRstcaYh3wDRMqc_0Ao1tFFf8UHktB=EZ8muro5g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>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?</div>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    I do not recommend to use all-in-on solution in a Production
    environment.  You need to install ovirt-engine on  one host(might be
    your desktop) and install VDSM on the two host servers. 
    ovirt-engine doesn't support HA yet, so you need only one
    ovirt-engine.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJZXTnqNzScRstcaYh3wDRMqc_0Ao1tFFf8UHktB=EZ8muro5g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>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...</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Another option would be to run oVirt on my workstation and
        have it connect to my 2 host servers in colocation over the
        internet? <br>
      </div>
    </blockquote>
    For ovirt-engine installation, 4G plus memory is recommended.   So
    you can start a VM with  more than 4G memory and install
    ovirt-engine on that, also make sure ovirt-engine can connect the
    two host servers over the internet.<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote
cite="mid:CAJZXTnqNzScRstcaYh3wDRMqc_0Ao1tFFf8UHktB=EZ8muro5g@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Please let me know how you've accomplished an oVirt setup
        with 2 servers.
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Thank you!</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>Nic</div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <br>
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Open Virtualization Engineerning; CSTL, IBM Corp.
Tel: 86-10-82451626  Tieline: 9051626 E-mail: <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shuming@cn.ibm.com">shuming@cn.ibm.com</a> or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:shuming@linux.vnet.ibm.com">shuming@linux.vnet.ibm.com</a>
Address: 3/F Ring Building, ZhongGuanCun Software Park, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, PRC</pre>
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