1- (Option 2 assumed) In that scenario implementing the Resource in the manager pattern way, which is better I believe performance wise if HyperV is locally on the same machine >>2- (Option 3 assumed) In that scenario implementing the Resource in the Agent >>pattern way, which is in the case when you wanna handle a remote HyperV Does HyperV provide direct access to its agent ?
It is like Local and Remotes EJB idea which you can choose between them according to which installation/deployment you have and hence have the best performance easily tweaked > > > Thanks, > > Alessandro > > > On Apr 19, 2012, at 19:16 , Kevin Kluge wrote: > > > Yes, very interesting. Can you elaborate on the getThumbnail function. > One issue we have been thinking about with Hyper-V is how to do guest > console display (console proxy functionality, in CloudStack terms). > Since only RDP is available with Hyper-V, and CloudStack knows only > VNC, we've been expecting that RDP is needed in CloudStack to provide console > view. > > Did you integrate with Hyper-V in Windows Server 2008 R2? Or something > else? > > The CloudStack has existing code/framework to implement what we call a > remote agent (your scenario 3). Take a look at how KVM hosts are managed. > There's a JSON-based protocol to pass commands between Management > Server and host. > > -kevin > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rajesh Battala [mailto:rajesh.batt...@citrix.com]<mailto:[mailto: > rajesh.batt...@citrix.com]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 8:59 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto: > cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org> > Subject: RE: Hyper-V Support > > Idea is great. > All these Hyper-V operations are implement to manage the Hyper-V box > directly using WMI calls right? > Or these operations are implemented via SCVMM? > > Thanks > Rajesh Battala > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Alessandro Pilotti [mailto:a...@pilotti.it]<mailto:[mailto: > a...@pilotti.it]> > Sent: Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:02 PM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org<mailto: > cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org> > Cc: cloudstack-de...@lists.sourceforge.net<mailto: > cloudstack-de...@lists.sourceforge.net> > Subject: Hyper-V Support > > Hi guys, > > I'm new to this list, so hi everybody :-) > > I'm interested in providing code for integrating Cloudstack with Hyper-V. > We > developend an Hyper-V management framework that we use in our cloud > products that can be used (at least as as a starting point). > > I'm summing up at the bottom of this email what we already have in > terms of Hyper-V features handled by our framework (completed and > tested). We basically cover everything needed for CloudStack and more. > :-) > > Beside that we also just released an open source Hyper-V backup > library and CLI tool: http://hypervbackup.codeplex.com/ So far it's > the only open source tool handling VSS backups of VMs on CSV storage > :-) > > The assemblies are written in C# with .Net as the only dependency. > > I see 3 options to integrate our work with CloudStack: > > Write a Java adapter on top of the C# assembly (via JNI) Rewrite the > C# code in Java, considering the quirkness for accessing WMI from java > (jWMI, etc) Deploy the assembly on the Hyper-V hosts and add a RESTful > layer on top to be consumed by a Java adapter (locally or remotely). > That would be the best option in terms of performance and security > (and the fastest to release > :-) ). > > I prefer the third option, but I'm open to any idea! > Looking forward for your opinion! > > BTW We plan to setup a CloudStack Hyper-V service in our datacenter on > top of one of the clusters as soon as we have a working beta. > > > Thanks, > > Alessandro Pilotti > Cloudbase Solutions Srl > ------------------------------------------------------------ > IT Consultant & Technical Speaker > > MVP ASP.Net<http://ASP.Net> / IIS > MCSD, MCAD, MCSE, MCDBA, MCTS, MCT > RHCE - Red Hat Certified Engineer > ------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > VM > Create > Update > Delete > Add / update / remove any type of resource (ethernet > emulated/synthetic adapther, VHDs, ISO images etc) List Get summary > Get thumbnail Get integration tools status and KV data Get IP > addresses Start Stop Pause Save Shutdown Take snapshot List snapshots > Revert to snapshot Remove snapshots Export Import Network > > Create VirtualSwitch > Delete VirtualSwitch > List VirtualSwitches > Create VirtualSwitch port > remove VirtualSwitch port > Bind external ethernet port > Setup VirtualSwitch (connect to external ethernet port) Terdown switch > Create internal ethernet port Remove internal ethernet port Connect > VirtualSwitch port to VM or other ports Disconnect VirtualSwitch port > > Storage > > Create VHD (fixed, dynamic, differencing) Compact VHD Convert VHD type > Merge VHD with parent Validate VHD Mount / unmount VHD Reconnect > parent VHD Get VHD info Expand VHD Create Virtual Floppy Disk > > Utility > > Get async job info > Wait for async job info > Remote file system management > > Cluster > > Create VM resource > Remove VM resource > Live migrate VM > Create CSV > Move CSV > > Backup / Restore > > http://hypervbackup.codeplex.com/ > > > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
