Thanks Ilya, I’ve already done as you suggested. It seemed to be the only immediate solution to my problem.
Warm Regards, Franky On May 13, 2015, at 5:36 PM, ilya <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: > Franky, > > I've also done backend reservations when i could not find a better solution > to lock specific IP address. > > This is less than ideal, since you will not be able to delete that guest > network, but it can certainly be done. > > Backup your DB prior to this change. > > in cloud.user_ip_address, find the ip address that needs to be locked, set it > to state=Allocated and add a timestamp into allocated field. > > I use mysqlworkbench tool from Oracle, which is free and really helps with > making changes. > > Regards > ilya > > > On 5/10/15 11:33 AM, Franky Hall wrote: >> Hi Ilya and Geoff, >> >> I’m running CS 4.4.2 with a Basic zone, so I’m not able to assign multiple >> IPs to a single instance (at least not that I’ve found). The hypervisor is >> VMware 5.5. I’m not sure what other information to provide.. it’s a pretty >> simple setup. >> >> Thanks for the ideas! >> -Franky >> >> On May 10, 2015, at 3:06 AM, Geoff Higginbottom >> <geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com> wrote: >> >>> Franky, >>> >>> Can you share more info about you config, e.g. Is it a Basic or Advanced >>> Network, and what hypervisor are you using etc. >>> >>> Ilya¹s suggestion of using a VM to Œreserve¹ IP¹s works really well, but >>> if I can understand your environment better, I may be able to make some >>> other suggestions as well. >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> Geoff Higginbottom >>> CTO / Cloud Architect >>> >>> D: +44 20 3603 0542 <tel:+442036030542> | S: +44 20 3603 0540 >>> <tel:+442036030540> | M: +447968161581 <tel:+447968161581> >>> >>> geoff.higginbot...@shapeblue.com | www.shapeblue.com >>> <htp://www.shapeblue.com/> | Twitter:@cloudstackguru >>> <https://twitter.com/#!/cloudstackguru> >>> >>> ShapeBlue Ltd, 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London, WC2N 4HS >>> <x-apple-data-detectors://5> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/05/2015 21:43, "ilya" <ilya.mailing.li...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> Not certain what version you are running, but in my test 4.3 (advanced >>>> shared zone), i have 1 VM that i call IP -tracker - its always offline >>>> and has 1cpu x 64mb offering. I use that VM to reserve IPs i dont want >>>> cloudstack to give away. >>>> >>>> All I do is attach a network interface i need it to be on and then under >>>> nics i can assign more IP address to it. That feature is available in >>>> cloudstack. >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> ilya >>>> >>>> On 5/8/15 3:35 AM, Franky Hall wrote: >>>>> Hi Vadim, >>>>> >>>>> Now that answer is spot-on. This development environment grew into a >>>>> larger site than I expected. I can migrate the VMs; they do not require >>>>> 100% uptime, but the owners do like them up m-f 8-5 ya know? I plan to >>>>> build out another environment and move things into it, but that will >>>>> take some time. This is the first cloudstack installation I¹ve done and >>>>> so far things work pretty well. I¹ve had to iron out a few kinks here >>>>> and there, but things have been fine so far and I¹m reasonably pleased >>>>> with the product. >>>>> >>>>> Thank you, again, for your feedback. I will look into cloud monkey, it >>>>> sounds like a tool I will find useful. >>>>> >>>>> Warm regards, >>>>> Franky >>>>> >>>>> On May 8, 2015, at 1:10 AM, Vadim Kimlaychuk >>>>> <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Franky, >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have to move such number of hosts at production I would >>>>>> recommend you to learn CloudMonkey and have to set-up development >>>>>> environment first. There you can develop migration strategy and >>>>>> execute test-cases for re-partitioning the network. We all learn from >>>>>> experience and there will always be better solution in the future. As >>>>>> I understand the issue is not critical - everything works as expected, >>>>>> but you have some unpleasant side-effects. So, be prepared - develop >>>>>> new network layout, test it at development and execute the same at >>>>>> production. I see no other choice. Doing changes at database level >>>>>> manually is probably the worst thing you may do. >>>>>> >>>>>> Vadim. >>>>>> >>>>>> -----Original Message----- >>>>>> From: Daan Hoogland [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com] >>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 08, 2015 10:45 AM >>>>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>>> Subject: Re: How to reserve IPs >>>>>> >>>>>> dirty trick: spin up vms, login, disable startup scripts/remove >>>>>> kernel, brang them down and leave them there to rot. The ip will never >>>>>> be used in cs again. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you like this trick: don't operate a cloud. (don't take this as >>>>>> condescending, just as my view on the thing) >>>>>> >>>>>> Op vr 8 mei 2015 om 09:21 schreef Franky Hall <fra...@cartcrafter.com>: >>>>>> >>>>>>> I wish that were so easy. :( I have 200 VMs running across 5 hosts, >>>>>>> and what you described is not a process I have time to learn right >>>>>>> now. I do appreciate your reply and advice. Thank you! >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -Franky >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On May 7, 2015, at 9:57 PM, Vadim Kimlaychuk >>>>>>> <vadim.kimlayc...@elion.ee> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello Franky, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would not reccomend you to change database tables directly >>>>>>>> in >>>>>>> order to fix errors in configuration. It is better to set-up >>>>>>> cloudstack again with the proper configuration. >>>>>>>> Vadim >>>>>>>> ________________________________________ >>>>>>>> From: Franky Hall <fra...@cartcrafter.com> >>>>>>>> Sent: Friday, May 8, 2015 1:22 >>>>>>>> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org >>>>>>>> Subject: How to reserve IPs >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I made the mistake of putting my entire /22 into cloudstack for >>>>>>>> private >>>>>>> IPs. I need to put some other things into that network (like network >>>>>>> file storage), and I¹m wondering how I can make sure CloudStack never >>>>>>> tries to assign one of the IPs I Œsteal¹. >>>>>>>> Is it as easy as updating the `state` column in the >>>>>>>> `user_ip_address` >>>>>>> table to ŒAllocated¹? I¹d like to Œallocate¹ about 20 IPs for things >>>>>>> not created in CloudStack. 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