[ovirt-users] Simple way to activate live merge in FC20 cluster

This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPartTM-000-32fe2721-2bd7-4bec-82af-199583881fe2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Bob,=0A= =0A= if your are on a cluster with FC20 hypervisor nodes wthout virt-preview =0A= (like we run it with qemu 1.6.2) the simplest way to get live merge feature= s =0A= should be - beware NOT FULLY TESTED!=0A= =0A= 1) choose a single host (we only need a single one if we think about the re= quired setup)=0A= 2) Install libvirt from virt-preview repos. DON'T UPDATE QEMU AS YOU BREAK = LIVE MIGRATION!=0A= 3) migrate VMs you want to live merge to the host=0A= 4) do the live merge=0A= 5) migrate VMs back to original host=0A= =0A= A quick test revealed:=0A= =0A= # systemctl stop vdsmd=0A= # systemctl stop libvirtd=0A= # cd /etc/yum.repos.d=0A= # wget http:/wget http://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virt-preview/fedora-v= irt-preview.repo=0A= # yum update libvirt=0A= ...=0A= # systemctl start libvirtd=0A= # systemctl start vdsmd=0A= # =0A= # vdsClient -s 0 getVdsCaps | grep -i merge=0A= ---> liveMerge =3D 'true'=0A= =0A= Best regards.=0A= =0A= Markus=0A= ________________________________________=0A= Von: Bob Doolittle [bob(a)doolittle.us.com]=0A= Gesendet: Donnerstag, 20. November 2014 16:49=0A= An: Markus Stockhausen=0A= Cc: s k; users(a)ovirt.org; Daniel Helgenberger; Coffee Chou=0A= Betreff: Re: [ovirt-users] Live Merge Functionality disabled on CentOS 6.6 = Node and oVirt 3.5.0=0A= =0A= On 11/20/2014 10:32 AM, Markus Stockhausen wrote:=0A= =0A= Thanks!=0A= =0A= Would you know how one could track to see if there is a plan for e,g.=0A= Fedora 20 to include that version at some point? I suspect every distro=0A= is different. F20 at this point includes 1.1.3. I'd like to know if I'll=0A= have to upgrade to Fedora 21 in order to get this functionality, as this=0A= will require some planning on my part.=0A= =0A= Thanks again,=0A= Bob=0A= =0A= =0A= ck=0A= =0A= we=0A= ---=0A= tOS=0A= e=0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= =0A= ------=_NextPartTM-000-32fe2721-2bd7-4bec-82af-199583881fe2 Content-Type: text/plain; name="InterScan_Disclaimer.txt" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="InterScan_Disclaimer.txt" **************************************************************************** Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. Über das Internet versandte E-Mails können unter fremden Namen erstellt oder manipuliert werden. Deshalb ist diese als E-Mail verschickte Nachricht keine rechtsverbindliche Willenserklärung. Collogia Unternehmensberatung AG Ubierring 11 D-50678 Köln Vorstand: Kadir Akin Dr. Michael Höhnerbach Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Hans Kristian Langva Registergericht: Amtsgericht Köln Registernummer: HRB 52 497 This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please notify the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this e-mail is strictly forbidden. e-mails sent over the internet may have been written under a wrong name or been manipulated. That is why this message sent as an e-mail is not a legally binding declaration of intention. Collogia Unternehmensberatung AG Ubierring 11 D-50678 Köln executive board: Kadir Akin Dr. Michael Höhnerbach President of the supervisory board: Hans Kristian Langva Registry office: district court Cologne Register number: HRB 52 497 **************************************************************************** ------=_NextPartTM-000-32fe2721-2bd7-4bec-82af-199583881fe2--