The specific concern is *udev* and whether the *udev* version on the guest should match the version of *udev* running on the host to ensure reliable volume handling...
//adam *Adam Lawson* AQORN, Inc. 427 North Tatnall Street Ste. 58461 Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101 International: +1 302-387-4660 Direct: +1 916-246-2072 On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 4:00 PM, Adam Lawson <alaw...@aqorn.com> wrote: > Mike that's just as I suspected. To be super clear, does KVM in particular > know how to distinguish between Ubuntu v12 versus v16? In other words, do I > need to be running a specific version of KVM hypervisor so it can host > guests running the latest version of Ubuntu? > > Again, this was brought up as being a firm requirement but I've never ever > heard of such a requirement unless we're debating KVM versus ESXi so I > wanted to get my facts straight before I confirmed to the team one way or > another. > > //adam > > > *Adam Lawson* > > AQORN, Inc. > 427 North Tatnall Street > Ste. 58461 > Wilmington, Delaware 19801-2230 > Toll-free: (844) 4-AQORN-NOW ext. 101 > International: +1 302-387-4660 > Direct: +1 916-246-2072 > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2016 at 1:53 PM, Mike Smith <mism...@overstock.com> wrote: > >> Hi Adam - >> >> The OS of the guest is independent of the Openstack version. Your choice >> of hypervisor (KVM, VMWare, HyperV, etc) would just need to support the OS >> version that you want to run on your guests. >> >> Mike Smith >> Lead Cloud Systems Architect >> Overstock.com <http://overstock.com> >> >> >> >> On Sep 2, 2016, at 2:46 PM, Adam Lawson <alaw...@aqorn.com> wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, do specific versions of OpenStack necessitate specific >> versions of guest os's? I.e. if I'm running a mitaka cloud platform, do the >> guest vm operating systems need to be a specific version of Linux? My >> understanding is the two are totally unrelated when the VM's are running >> Linux but I wanted to check if things have recently changed without my >> knowledge. >> >> //adam >> _______________________________________________ >> OpenStack-operators mailing list >> OpenStack-operators@lists.openstack.org >> http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-operators >> >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> >> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This message is intended only for the use and >> review of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain >> information that is privileged and confidential. If the reader of this >> message is not the intended recipient, or the employee or agent responsible >> for delivering the message solely to the intended recipient, you are hereby >> notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this >> communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this >> communication in error, please notify sender immediately by telephone or >> return email. Thank you. >> > >
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