So am I correct that I need two vm host profiles for each esxi host? I'll have to have a better look at the VCL website. I'm just not clear on how this is going to be setup. I've been using the vcenter profile since I started experimenting with VCL. I guess each esxi host will have dedicated virtual machines that will always run on that esxi host?
David DeMizio *Academic Systems Coordinator* Office of Information Technology New College of Florida Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 www.ncf.edu On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 2:06 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmm... I'm not sure if this can be done with vCenter profile. I think > vCenter profile assumes you have shared storage. > > > You could add ESXi hosts directly to VCL, and then create local > datastore in each host. You may need to remove ESXi hosts from vCenter, as > it won't allow you to have the same local datastore name on each host. > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* David DeMizio <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2014 12:34 PM > *To:* user > *Subject:* Re: Local storage > > Thanks Andy > > I guess I just need clarification on what type of vm host profile I will > need to use with this type of setup and if I need a separate vm host > profile for each of my esxi host servers? > > > David DeMizio > *Academic Systems Coordinator* > Office of Information Technology > New College of Florida > Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 > www.ncf.edu > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:09 PM, Andy Kurth <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I haven't tried it, but apparently you can vMotion VMs without having >> shared storage starting with 5.1: >> >> >> http://blogs.vmware.com/vsphere/2012/09/vmotion-without-shared-storage-requirement-does-it-have-a-name.html >> >> -Andy >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 11:22 AM, David DeMizio <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Thank Dmitri, >>> >>> I'm getting a bit confused because the VM Working Directory Path pointing >>> to the local SSD which the other server knows nothing about. I'm currently >>> using the VMware Vcenter host profile will I need to change that and use >>> the esxi local storage profile? Seems like I'm going to need two virtual >>> hosts using the esxi local storage policy? >>> >>> >>> David DeMizio >>> *Academic Systems Coordinator* >>> Office of Information Technology >>> New College of Florida >>> Phone: 941-487-4222 | Fax: 941-487-4356 >>> www.ncf.edu >>> >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 10:22 AM, Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi David >>>> >>>> >>>> I think it should work fine with local SSD storage on ESXi hosts. You >>>> still may want to use a shared NFS storage for your images (Virtual >>>> Disk Path), but you can point VM Working Directory Path to local SSD >>>> storage. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Thank you, >>>> >>>> Dmitri Chebotarov >>>> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural >>>> Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging >>>> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 >>>> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404 >>>> >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From:* David DeMizio <[email protected]> >>>> *Sent:* Thursday, June 05, 2014 10:08 AM >>>> *To:* user >>>> *Subject:* Local storage >>>> >>>> >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>> We have two servers with local Solid state storage in both of them >>>> that I would like to start testing with VCL. Currently, I am using vsphere >>>> 5.5 with the vcl vmware module to provision my nodes by using a SAN. Of >>>> course if I plan to test VCL just using the local SSD drives than I will >>>> lose the ability of vmotion, at least I think I will because each server >>>> will not have access to the other servers SSDs. Can I still use the vmware >>>> module if I go this route? Any other suggestions are appreciated. Thank >>>> you. >>>> >>>> -Dave >>>> >>> >>> >> >
