[ovirt-users] Node hypervisor

[Daniel Helgenberger]

Sorry, forgot the link in [1]:
http://www.ovirt.org/OVirt_Administration_Guide

On 14.11.2014 15:11, Daniel Helgenberger wrote:
> Hello Harald,
> welcome to the ovirt mailing list!
>
> On 14.11.2014 14:35, Harald Wolf wrote:
>> Hi,
>> I am a oVirt newbie. I have installed oVirt Engine using Fedora 20 and the Qick
>> Start Guide it runs fine and manage it per web interface. Now is stuck at 2.2.1
> Where exactly is the issue there? Please point to the exact doc you are
> refeffing to.
> There are several versions and flavors of ovirt (3.4 branch plus minor
> version, 3.5 branch , nightlies; AllInOne, Hosted Engine, 'Normal'
> Engine). For future posts, it is quite helpful if you supply this.
>
> Also, be aware of some general oVirt terminology:
> - The (oVirt) Engine is the controller and data collector for your guests,
> - A 'Host' is generally a physical machine used to run guests on,
> - Hosts are grouped together in clusters of similar hardware providing
> migration and other capabilities,
> - A Datacenter is a logical entity of clusters (hosts) and storage
> connections, networks, disks, ect. shared between them;
> - VDSM is the daemon running on the hosts to make this all happen;
> imagine it as a super process for qemu processes.
>
>> Install oVirt Node. I have installed the node hypervisor and it is working.
>> BUT what is it good for?
>> Whats the purpose of it?
> The above said, you basically need a psychical or virtual machine for
> the Engine and some additional hosts to run your guests (not true for
> AllInOne; witch should IMHO only used for demo/lab purposes.
>
> Imagine oVirt Node as something similar to EXi hypervisor; it is an imae
> containing all the stuff you need to add a machine as host to ovirt. The
> same can be achived by installing ovirt from the repos on a (preferring
> minimal) CentOS, RHEL, Fedora install.
>
>> Is a ¨node¨ a end user machine that uses a virtual machine?
>> Finally i want a Windows 7 virtualistion.
> There is no problem with that and Windows is very well supported as
> guest OS.
> For all of those, have a look on the excellent ovirt admin Guide [1].
> This is still for oVirt 3.4 - but most of the stuff is true for 3.5 as well.
>
> Have fun with oVirt!
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