[Users] How to change number of cpu cores in Ovirt 3.1 with the python sdk.

[Don Dupuis]

Steve

THANKS!!!  That did the trick.

I was originally trying it like this

vm_cpu = params.CPU(topology=[params.CpuTopology(cores=4, sockets=1)])


Don

On Tue, Sep 25, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Steve Gordon <sgordon at redhat.com> wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Steve Gordon" <sgordon at redhat.com>
>> To: "Don Dupuis" <dondster at gmail.com>
>> Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2012 10:44:31 AM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] How to change number of cpu cores in Ovirt 3.1 with the python sdk.
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: "Don Dupuis" <dondster at gmail.com>
>> > To: "Itamar Heim" <iheim at redhat.com>
>> > Cc: users at ovirt.org
>> > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2012 8:08:40 PM
>> > Subject: Re: [Users] How to change number of cpu cores in Ovirt 3.1
>> > with the python sdk.
>> >
>> > I know the layout of the xml stuff, but I am trying to use the
>> > python
>> > sdk code such as an example
>> >
>> > vm_os = params.OperatingSystems(boot=[params.Boot(dev="hd")])
>> >
>> > Don
>>
>> I think you want params.CpuTopology. I can't work out how to actually
>> add that to the VM creation request though, I assigned it to the cpu
>> parameter and didn't get an error but I also didn't get a VM with
>> the assigned number of cores/sockets.
>>
>> Steve
>
> Worked it out. You need to define the CPU topology parameters:
>
>     vm_cpu_top = params.CpuTopology(cores=2, sockets=2)
>
> Then use that to define the CPU parameters:
>
>     vm_cpu = params.CPU(topology=vm_cpu_top)
>
> Finally you pass that in your VM creation request (assume here that I have set the other vm_* variables referenced earlier):
>
>     vm_request = params.VM(name=vm_name, memory=vm_memory, cluster=vm_cluster, template=vm_template, os=vm_os, cpu=vm_cpu)
>     vm = api.vms.add(vm_request)
>
> Steve