[node-devel] run ovirt-node in non-livecd mode

[Wenyi Gao]

On 2013-01-16 19:47, Mike Burns wrote:
> On Wed, 2013-01-16 at 13:33 +0800, Wenyi Gao wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Currently, the ovirt-node hypervisor runs in livecd mode, that is the
>> root filesystem is read-only.
>> We have to run "persist" command for persistent files, which is
>> inconvenient for some uses who
>> run ovirt-node only as hypervisor alone. So do we have plan to let
>> ovirt-node run non-livecd mode?
>> Thanks.
> Hi Wenyi,
>
> ovirt-node doesn't just run in livecd mode, it *is* a livecd.  If you're
> using ovirt-node with ovirt-engine (or derivative builds like RHEV-H
> with RHEV-M), then you shouldn't have any need to persist anything
> manually.  This is handled by the vdsm and ovirt-node packages
> automatically.
>
> There is no plan to let it run in any mode other than livecd.  There are
> other options in those cases, like running a full OS rather than an
> ovirt-node iso.
>
> Thanks
>
> Mike

Hi Mike,

Thank you very much for answering the question. My case is we are using 
ovirt-node
as hypervisor standalone without ovirt-engin or RHEV-M.


So could you have some ideas to keep the rootfs writeable into disks 
persistently
not into  tmpfs? Like overlay file system?


>>
>> Best regards
>> Wenyi Gao
>>
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