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

[Shu Ming]

? 2012-9-13 1:26, Nicolas Chenier:
> 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.

>
> 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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