[Users] Mix Opteron and Xeon CPUs

[Andrew Cathrow]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ian Levesque" <ian at crystal.harvard.edu>
> To: users at ovirt.org
> Sent: Monday, August 6, 2012 3:35:52 PM
> Subject: [Users] Mix Opteron and Xeon CPUs
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Is it possible / planned to support different CPU types for VM hosts
> in oVirt? I'd like to add a host with Opteron 6128 CPUs to my
> cluster with an existing host that has Xeon E5506 CPUs.
> Unfortunately, the GUI informs me that "host does not meet the
> cluster's minimum CPU level. Missing CPU features : vmx,
> model_Conroe"; is there any way to use a more general
> "compatibility" mode? I know that native KVM/libvirt supported this,
> as I was able to live migrate VMs between these hosts before moving
> our infrastructure to oVirt.

KVM doesn't really support cross vendor migration - it's flaky at best and requires lobotomizing the virtual CPU to appear to be Pentium III/IV level.
 

> 
> Thanks,
> Ian
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