----- Original Message ----- > From: "Bob Doolittle" <b...@doolittle.us.com> > To: "Doron Fediuck" <dfedi...@redhat.com>, "Andrew Lau" > <and...@andrewklau.com> > Cc: "users" <users@ovirt.org>, "Jiri Moskovcak" <jmosk...@redhat.com>, > "Sandro Bonazzola" <sbona...@redhat.com> > Sent: Monday, May 26, 2014 6:12:04 PM > Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Can HA Agent control NFS Mount? > > > On 05/26/2014 02:38 AM, Doron Fediuck wrote: > > Great to have your feedback guys! > > > > So just to clarify some of the issues you mentioned; > > > > Hosted engine wasn't designed for a 'single node' use case, as we do > > want it to be highly available. This is why it's being restarted > > elsewhere or even on the same server if no better alternative. > > I hope you will keep this configuration in your design space as you move > forward. > As you can see it is likely to be a popular one. At a previous employer, > everybody in our development group had a single (powerful) machine > running VMware vSphere, with a hosted vCenter, to use as a development > VM testbed. > > It's likely to be popular for people with few resources who want to run > in a fully supported configuration. > > HA is great, but not every environment has the resources/requirement to > support it. oVirt has a lot to offer even a leaner environment and I > hope those environments continue to get attention as the product > matures. For example, I hope there is a reasonable story around upgrades > to future releases for single-node hosted configurations. > > > Having said that, it is possible to set global maintenance mode > > as a first step (in the UI: right click engine vm and choose > > ha-maintenance). > > Then you can ssh into the engine vm and init 0. > > What is the recipe for a clean startup after shutdown? > Can we do 'hosted-engine --vm-start' while the system is in Global > Maintenance mode? > > Thanks, > Bob > >
Hi Bob, If all you need is a way to run VMs, then Kimchi[1] from the oVirt eco-system can be a better solution, as it's designed for a single-node use case. If you wish to run ovirt in a vm you can run a VM with Kimchi and install the engine inside. Also, coming on 3.5 is the ovirt appliance[2] which will simplify it. If I'm missing something please share your thoughts. As for clean start after maintenance, I'd expect "hosted-engine --set-maintenance=none" will allow the agent to start the VM automatically. If this is not the case please let us know. Thanks, Doron [1] https://github.com/kimchi-project/kimchi/wiki [2] http://www.ovirt.org/Feature/oVirtAppliance _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@ovirt.org http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users