Specifying IPs doesn't work, and in the network details I see that
"specifyipranges" is set to false.

I should probably note that this is using Advanced Networking with an
Isolated Guest Network.


Thank You,

Logan Barfield
Tranquil Hosting

On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:34 PM, Logan Barfield <lbarfi...@tqhosting.com>
wrote:

> Hi Marcus,
>
> I'll give that a shot.  I didn't know if those parameters specified the
> network CIDR or the guest CIDR.
>
>
> Thank You,
>
> Logan Barfield
> Tranquil Hosting
>
> On Mon, Oct 6, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Marcus <shadow...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Do startip and endip createNetwork parameters not work for that (when
>> creating the network? That should carve out a subset of the network for
>> cloudstack use and leave the rest untouched.
>> On Oct 6, 2014 12:57 PM, "Logan Barfield" <lbarfi...@tqhosting.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > We have decided internally to set up a CIDR reservation with all new
>> > accounts to give us the ability to easily attach dedicated hosts to
>> > existing VM networks.
>> >
>> > We were thinking it would be easier to set up the reservation before
>> > deploying VMs.  Setting up reservation after the fact can get
>> complicated
>> > if a VM happens to be outside the intended reservation range.
>> >
>> > The issue we're having is that reservation is not allowed until the
>> network
>> > is in the "Implemented" state (i.e. after the first VM is deployed).
>> >
>> > Why is reservation not allowed upon initial network creation?  If we
>> try to
>> > apply reservation after the first VM is online the command will fail
>> > occasionally because the first VM is deployed outside the CIDR range.
>> >
>> > Example:
>> >
>> > Guest Net: 10.1.1.0/24
>> > Reserved CIDR: 10.1.1.0/25
>> >
>> > - Attempt reservation before deploying a VM: Fails due to network not
>> being
>> > "Implemented"
>> > - Attempt reservation after many VMs are deployed: Fails due to VMs
>> being
>> > outside Reserved CIDR (e.g., 10.1.1.150), and requires a lot of work to
>> > change the VM's IP
>> > - Attempt reservation after first VM is deployed: Either succeeds, or
>> fails
>> > if the first VMs IP is outside of the reserved CIDR.
>> >
>> > How can we fix this without hacking work arounds into the deployment
>> logic?
>> >  (ex: Check network for 10.1.1.10, if it doesn't exist deploy the VM on
>> > that IP, if it already exists deploy it wherever.)
>> >
>> > Thank You,
>> >
>> > Logan Barfield
>> > Tranquil Hosting
>> >
>>
>
>

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