[ovirt-users] Older hardware deployment

[Donny Davis]

What errors are you getting?
On Sep 22, 2015 5:47 PM, "Chas Ecomm" <chashock at speakfree.net> wrote:

> I’ve searched on this issue all over the place and not found a full answer.
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> I’ve got a lab with older Dell PE860 servers with Pentium D processors.
> We are attempting to prove out that we can move from VMware to KVM and
> oVirt, but with 3.5 we can’t get these servers to enter into a cluster due
> to the age of the processors.
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> I’ve seen it referenced in a few list entries to modify ‘the database’ to
> put CPUInfo entries in for the processor capabilities of this processor,
> but it is unclear to me and I’ve been unable to find any documentation that
> speaks to what database and how to modify it safely.
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> I know we could update these servers and get better power consumption,
> heat generation, etc., but it’s not in the cards and I can’t move my newer
> servers until we prove it out with these older ones, which ran ESXi 5.5
> with absolutely no issue.  This cluster will be a functional test and small
> tools cluster ultimately, so I don’t really care about their lower end
> specs, either.
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> Would installing something older than 3.5 help me here?  Or is there some
> doc somewhere I’ve just not found that describes this process of updating
> the DB with these CPU parameters.
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> TIA!!
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