[Users] Attach NFS storage to multiple datacenter

[Dafna Ron]

On 01/17/2014 03:22 PM, Itamar Heim wrote:
> 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 :)
>>
>> 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?
not sure export to glance was implemented without authentication, but 
honestly, I think installing AIO using packstack might be easier from a 
user's prospective.
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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.
>>>
>>> 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?
>>>
>>> ----- 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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Dafna Ron