Re: Dynamic Scalable Template issue

2015-09-04 Thread Todd Pigram 
Ok. After rebooting the instance still no change after disabling globally. I 
modified all my templates to remove ‘Dynamic Scalable’,  then I have to 
shutdown every instance and unselect ‘Dynamic Scalable’, then restart for it to 
be correct.

This may need to be looked at closer for a Windows/XenDesktop(XenApp) 
environment as MS SQL will consume all the RAM windows sees.

My other question is why CCP 4.3 (which is certified for Citrix Ready for IaaS 
for XD) didn’t have this issue until I upgraded to 4.3.0.2 in July. This 
feature was released in 4.2…..


Thanks for all the help. 

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> On Sep 4, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Todd Pigram  wrote:
> 
> Thanks. 
> 
> Just funny that on CCP 4.3 it wasn’t an issue and only after upgrading to 
> 4.3.0.2 and a host reboot did it change my instances.
> 
> This issue is that the instance below is a SQL server. As Windows see 32GB, 
> it shows the used RAM in windows as 31.6GB. The Server only has 8GB. That is 
> what really is the issue. Causing slowness for my users.
> 
> I have set ‘enable.dynamic.scale.vm’  to false and restarted 
> cloudstack-management. I will reboot an instance that is out of prod and let 
> you know the results.  
> 
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>> On Sep 4, 2015, at 11:41 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk > > wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Todd,
>> 
>>If I understood you correctly, you wonder why you have static max as 4x 
>> of the offering, isn't it?  This article should answer your question:
>> 
>>
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Dynamic+scaling+of+CPU+and+RAM#DynamicscalingofCPUandRAM-Xenserver
>>  
>> 
>> 
>>Look chapter for XenServer changes. As it is stated there: static max = 
>> f_min (4 * service_offering) / memory_overprovisioning_of_cluster
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Vadim.
>> 
>> 
>> On 2015-09-04 17:41, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> 
>>> Just wondering if anyone has seen similar. I already have a case open. But 
>>> seeing if the forum has an answer?
>>> Issue, Upgraded to CCP 4.3.0.2 back in July. Afterwards everything was 
>>> great. Hosts rebooted two weeks ago. Any instance built with a template 
>>> with Dynamic Scalable set to yes, shows in XenCenter as min/max memory as 
>>> what system offering is but has a Static Max of 4x the RAM.
>>> Screen shot of instance built from template with Dynamic Scalable = yes
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/8AoU3kQRQjZccdnUrrAIAXjKBWkv3JXG-X1pm5S52Ks?feat=directlink
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  [1]
>>> XenCenter of same instance
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/IATy1WmgkbdYHtfzpOcqVnjKBWkv3JXG-X1pm5S52Ks?feat=directlink
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  [2]
>>> In Windows 2012r2 sees Static Max
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/AQ_xkMQhmBsJuKALKJ5vBnjKBWkv3JXG-X1pm5S52Ks?feat=directlink
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  [3]
>>> Now if I build a new w2012r2 template without Dynamic Scalable, it works as 
>>> it should. But I lose the ability to Dynamically scale.
>>> Screenshots of instance built form template without Dynamic Scaling and 
>>> also in XC
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/3DorqjATJilaUl-B1_7B_3jKBWkv3JXG-X1pm5S52Ks?feat=directlink
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  [4]
>>> https://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/QSMuaRocZjk8imkHjfuEH3jKBWkv3JXG-X1pm5S52Ks?feat=directlink
>>>  
>>> 
>>>  [5]
>>> Anyone aware if this is fixed in CCP/ACS 4.5.1? Has anyone seen this?
>>> The XenServer Hosts are patched through XS62ESP1027.
>>> Todd Pigram
>>> http://about.me/ToddPigram  [6]
>>> www.linkedin.com/in/toddpigram/  
>>> [7] @pigram86 on twitter
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Re: Dynamic Scalable Template issue

2015-09-08 Thread Todd Pigram 
Vadium,

After installing XS62ESP1028 via CLI (no reboot on hosts yet) and building an 
Centos65 instance w/o ‘Dynamic Scalable’ option checked, it showed right in 
XenCenter. I installed the new tools from (XS62ESP1028) and still good. I 
created a template from this instance. Deployed said template, and the memory 
is still good in XenCenter.

I tested on a Windows VM and it is the same with the new tools, however, as 
this particular tenant bypasses the virtual router, I have to reboot twice and 
reset networking as the new XenTools reset the networking stack.


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> On Sep 6, 2015, at 4:57 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
> 
> Todd,
> 
>  Can you try Linux template with same dynamic scale option on the same 
> pool? I wonder if there is a problem with Windows or any guest OS.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vadim.
> 
> On 2015-09-05 21:04, Todd Pigram wrote:
> 
>> Vadium
>> That makes sense. I will see if I can replicate the issue in a lab. But 
>> given the holiday weekend, might not be until next week
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> Todd,
>> I have seeing similar problem with Xen 4.1 (not XenServer). Linux guests 
>> were able to see (and use) entire host resources on any guest VM. That was a 
>> bug of configuration. If you think about what could be different after CS 
>> update - it could be VM registration procedure. Still guest VM should not be 
>> able to see static max. Your XenCenter shows that effective dynamic VM 
>> memory size is 8Gb while maximium is 32Gb. So CS configured VM guest 
>> correctly. This is problem of hypervisor <-> guest VM communitcation. That 
>> is why I asked you to try to register VM manually. I believe you will have 
>> the same result. Than means your server pool of XS62ESP1027 is broken. 3 
>> other pools are not. I see no reason to update to 4.5.1, because I think 
>> this is not the problem of CS, but particularly this XenServer pool + this 
>> type of Windows guest (if other templates with dynamic offer are good).
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-05 14:45, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Vadim
>> I have 3 other pools (1 XS6.2sp1 and 2x xs65sp1) I have no issue with these.
>> Based on the Design doc, what i was experiencing is by design. Ok I will 
>> turn it off.
>> But now my question is, why on 4.3 I didn't have this issue but after 
>> installing 4.3.0.2 it changed.
>> Was 4.3 broken or is 4.3.0.2? Will upgrading to CCP 4.5.1 will be better?
>> If this is truely by design, I will not be able to use dynamic scalable for 
>> my windows instances
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> Todd,
>> You may try to create VM at XenServer without CloudStack just using XE tool 
>> (or XenCenter). If your manually created VM with static max <> dynamic max 
>> will be OK, then there is a problem with Cloudstack.
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-04 21:51, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Latest as of XS62ESP1027. I know XS62ESP1028 comes with new XenTools.
>> On Friday, September 4, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> I am afraid this issue has nothing to do with Cloudstack. If VM "sees"
>> maximum memory size available instead of effective -- this is problem of
>> hypervisor and/or guest utilities. Do you have guest utilities that come
>> with XenServer version or older in your template?
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-04 19:34, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Ok. After rebooting the instance still no change after disabling globally. I 
>> modified all my templates to remove 'Dynamic Scalable', then I have to
>> shutdown every instance and unselect 'Dynamic Scalable', then restart for
>> it to be correct.
>> This may need to be looked at closer for a Windows/XenDesktop(XenApp)
>> environment as MS SQL will consume all the RAM windows sees.
>> My other question is why CCP 4.3 (which is certified for Citrix Ready for
>> IaaS for XD) didn't have this issue until I upgraded to 4.3.0.2 in July.
>> This feature was released in 4.2.
>> Thanks for all the help.
>> Todd Pigram
>> http://about.me/ToddPigram  [1] [1] [1] [1 [1]] 
>> > >
>> www.linkedin.com/in/toddpigram/  [2] 
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Re: Dynamic Scalable Template issue

2015-09-08 Thread Vadim Kimlaychuk 

Todd,

   Have you tried to do the following manual tests on the cluster 
where you have problem:

1. Dynamically scalable with CentOS ?
2. Dynamically scalable with Windows ?

   What do they show as available RAM?

Regards,

On 2015-09-08 19:44, Todd Pigram wrote:


Vadium,

After installing XS62ESP1028 via CLI (no reboot on hosts yet) and 
building an Centos65 instance w/o 'Dynamic Scalable' option checked, it 
showed right in XenCenter. I installed the new tools from (XS62ESP1028) 
and still good. I created a template from this instance. Deployed said 
template, and the memory is still good in XenCenter.


I tested on a Windows VM and it is the same with the new tools, 
however, as this particular tenant bypasses the virtual router, I have 
to reboot twice and reset networking as the new XenTools reset the 
networking stack.


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On Sep 6, 2015, at 4:57 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk  
wrote:

Todd,

Can you try Linux template with same dynamic scale option on the same 
pool? I wonder if there is a problem with Windows or any guest OS.


Regards,

Vadim.

On 2015-09-05 21:04, Todd Pigram wrote:

Vadium
That makes sense. I will see if I can replicate the issue in a lab. But 
given the holiday weekend, might not be until next week
On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  
wrote:

Todd,
I have seeing similar problem with Xen 4.1 (not XenServer). Linux 
guests were able to see (and use) entire host resources on any guest 
VM. That was a bug of configuration. If you think about what could be 
different after CS update - it could be VM registration procedure. 
Still guest VM should not be able to see static max. Your XenCenter 
shows that effective dynamic VM memory size is 8Gb while maximium is 
32Gb. So CS configured VM guest correctly. This is problem of 
hypervisor <-> guest VM communitcation. That is why I asked you to try 
to register VM manually. I believe you will have the same result. Than 
means your server pool of XS62ESP1027 is broken. 3 other pools are not. 
I see no reason to update to 4.5.1, because I think this is not the 
problem of CS, but particularly this XenServer pool + this type of 
Windows guest (if other templates with dynamic offer are good).

Vadim.
On 2015-09-05 14:45, Todd Pigram wrote:
Vadim
I have 3 other pools (1 XS6.2sp1 and 2x xs65sp1) I have no issue with 
these.
Based on the Design doc, what i was experiencing is by design. Ok I 
will turn it off.
But now my question is, why on 4.3 I didn't have this issue but after 
installing 4.3.0.2 it changed.
Was 4.3 broken or is 4.3.0.2? Will upgrading to CCP 4.5.1 will be 
better?
If this is truely by design, I will not be able to use dynamic scalable 
for my windows instances
On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  
wrote:

Todd,
You may try to create VM at XenServer without CloudStack just using XE 
tool (or XenCenter). If your manually created VM with static max <> 
dynamic max will be OK, then there is a problem with Cloudstack.

Vadim.
On 2015-09-04 21:51, Todd Pigram wrote:
Latest as of XS62ESP1027. I know XS62ESP1028 comes with new XenTools.
On Friday, September 4, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  
wrote:

I am afraid this issue has nothing to do with Cloudstack. If VM "sees"
maximum memory size available instead of effective -- this is problem 
of
hypervisor and/or guest utilities. Do you have guest utilities that 
come

with XenServer version or older in your template?
Vadim.
On 2015-09-04 19:34, Todd Pigram wrote:
Ok. After rebooting the instance still no change after disabling 
globally. I modified all my templates to remove 'Dynamic Scalable', 
then I have to
shutdown every instance and unselect 'Dynamic Scalable', then restart 
for

it to be correct.
This may need to be looked at closer for a Windows/XenDesktop(XenApp)
environment as MS SQL will consume all the RAM windows sees.
My other question is why CCP 4.3 (which is certified for Citrix Ready 
for
IaaS for XD) didn't have this issue until I upgraded to 4.3.0.2 in 
July.

This feature was released in 4.2.
Thanks for all the help.
Todd Pigram
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Sep 4, 2015, at 12:04 PM, Todd Pigram  wrote:
Thanks.
Just funny that on CCP 4.3 it wasn't an issue and only after upgrading 
to

4.3.0.2 and a host reboot did it change my instances.
This issue is that the instance below is a SQL

Re: Dynamic Scalable Template issue

2015-09-09 Thread Todd Pigram 
Vadium,

Yes to both with the new tools from XS62ESP1028. Both Windows and CentOS have 
‘Dynamic Scalable’ Option selected and in XenCenter they show the correct RAM.


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> On Sep 9, 2015, at 2:49 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
> 
> Todd,
> 
>   Have you tried to do the following manual tests on the cluster where 
> you have problem:
>1. Dynamically scalable with CentOS ?
>2. Dynamically scalable with Windows ?
> 
>   What do they show as available RAM?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> On 2015-09-08 19:44, Todd Pigram wrote:
> 
>> Vadium,
>> After installing XS62ESP1028 via CLI (no reboot on hosts yet) and building 
>> an Centos65 instance w/o 'Dynamic Scalable' option checked, it showed right 
>> in XenCenter. I installed the new tools from (XS62ESP1028) and still good. I 
>> created a template from this instance. Deployed said template, and the 
>> memory is still good in XenCenter.
>> I tested on a Windows VM and it is the same with the new tools, however, as 
>> this particular tenant bypasses the virtual router, I have to reboot twice 
>> and reset networking as the new XenTools reset the networking stack.
>> Todd Pigram
>> http://about.me/ToddPigram [1]
>> www.linkedin.com/in/toddpigram/ [2] @pigram86 on twitter
>> https://plus.google.com/+ToddPigram86 [3] Mobile - 216-224-5769
>> PGP Public Key [4]
>> On Sep 6, 2015, at 4:57 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> Todd,
>> Can you try Linux template with same dynamic scale option on the same pool? 
>> I wonder if there is a problem with Windows or any guest OS.
>> Regards,
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-05 21:04, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Vadium
>> That makes sense. I will see if I can replicate the issue in a lab. But 
>> given the holiday weekend, might not be until next week
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> Todd,
>> I have seeing similar problem with Xen 4.1 (not XenServer). Linux guests 
>> were able to see (and use) entire host resources on any guest VM. That was a 
>> bug of configuration. If you think about what could be different after CS 
>> update - it could be VM registration procedure. Still guest VM should not be 
>> able to see static max. Your XenCenter shows that effective dynamic VM 
>> memory size is 8Gb while maximium is 32Gb. So CS configured VM guest 
>> correctly. This is problem of hypervisor <-> guest VM communitcation. That 
>> is why I asked you to try to register VM manually. I believe you will have 
>> the same result. Than means your server pool of XS62ESP1027 is broken. 3 
>> other pools are not. I see no reason to update to 4.5.1, because I think 
>> this is not the problem of CS, but particularly this XenServer pool + this 
>> type of Windows guest (if other templates with dynamic offer are good).
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-05 14:45, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Vadim
>> I have 3 other pools (1 XS6.2sp1 and 2x xs65sp1) I have no issue with these.
>> Based on the Design doc, what i was experiencing is by design. Ok I will 
>> turn it off.
>> But now my question is, why on 4.3 I didn't have this issue but after 
>> installing 4.3.0.2 it changed.
>> Was 4.3 broken or is 4.3.0.2? Will upgrading to CCP 4.5.1 will be better?
>> If this is truely by design, I will not be able to use dynamic scalable for 
>> my windows instances
>> On Saturday, September 5, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> Todd,
>> You may try to create VM at XenServer without CloudStack just using XE tool 
>> (or XenCenter). If your manually created VM with static max <> dynamic max 
>> will be OK, then there is a problem with Cloudstack.
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-04 21:51, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Latest as of XS62ESP1027. I know XS62ESP1028 comes with new XenTools.
>> On Friday, September 4, 2015, Vadim Kimlaychuk  wrote:
>> I am afraid this issue has nothing to do with Cloudstack. If VM "sees"
>> maximum memory size available instead of effective -- this is problem of
>> hypervisor and/or guest utilities. Do you have guest utilities that come
>> with XenServer version or older in your template?
>> Vadim.
>> On 2015-09-04 19:34, Todd Pigram wrote:
>> Ok. After rebooting the instance still no change after disabling globally. I 
>> modified all my templates to remove 'Dynamic Scalable', then I have to
>> shutdown every instance and unselect 'Dynamic Scalable', then restart for
>> it to be correct.
>> This may need to be looked at closer for a Windows/XenDesktop(XenApp)
>> environment as MS SQL will consume all the RAM windows sees.
>> My other question is why CCP 4.3 (which is certified for Citrix Ready for
>> IaaS for XD) didn't have this issue until I upgraded to 4.3.0.2 in July.
>> This feature was released in 4.2.
>> T