[Users] Attach NFS storage to multiple datacenter

[Itamar Heim]

On 01/17/2014 02:24 AM, Dafna Ron wrote:
> sounds like a very creative use for the provider 3.3 feature and I like
> the way you think :)
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> basically, it will require installing an all-in-one openstack but if
> downtime is such a big issue it could be a good solution...

or just only glance, if no keystone is needed?


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> Dafna
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> On 01/16/2014 06:11 PM, Elad Ben Aharon wrote:
>> Well, I'll be creative and I'll suggest you the following idea.
>> There is an option to add a glance image server to RHEV as an external
>> provider.
>> This new feature allows you to export disks (not VMs) to the glance
>> image repository while the VM which the disk is attached to is running.
>> As for the VM configuration (which is not part of the disk that will
>> be exported to the glance server), there is an option (which was
>> introduced in RHEV3.3) to create a VM from a configuration file (OVF)
>> of another VM.
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>> Dafna, Fede, Liron, Itamar, please back me up here. Will it be
>> possible to perform those actions? Can we suggest this idea to the
>> customer?
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>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Tobias Fiebig" <mail at wybt.net>
>> To: "Elad Ben Aharon" <ebenahar at redhat.com>
>> Cc: "Users at ovirt.org List" <Users at ovirt.org>
>> Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2014 6:47:54 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Users] Attach NFS storage to multiple datacenter
>>
>> Heho,
>>> Unfortunately yes, you'll suffer from a down time during this process.
>> Well, as the downtime could be significantly decreased/the comfort for
>> an "migrate one vm, then the next" largely increased, if an nfs storage
>> could be mounted on multiple datacenters simultaneous i wonder if such a
>> feature is planed?
>>
>> Main concern for me is that it might not really fit into the current way
>> of handling storage in ovirt.
>>
>> With best Regards,
>> Tobias
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