Author: fapeeler
Date: Mon Dec 10 20:42:04 2012
New Revision: 1419744
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1419744&view=rev
Log:
CMS commit to vcl by fapeeler
Modified:
vcl/site/trunk/content/docs/vmwareconfiguration.mdtext
Modified: vcl/site/trunk/content/docs/vmwareconfiguration.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/vcl/site/trunk/content/docs/vmwareconfiguration.mdtext?rev=1419744&r1=1419743&r2=1419744&view=diff
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2012
@@ -164,17 +164,17 @@ SSH identity key authentication must be
##VM Host Profile Parameters
-###General Parameters
+**General Parameters**
-####Name
+**Name**
- Descriptive name of the VM host profile
-####Type (deprecated)
+**Type (deprecated)**
- Removed in VCL 2.3
-####Image (optional)
+**Image (optional)**
- VCL hypervisor image installed on VM host computers using xCAT
<div class="docnote">
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ SSH identity key authentication must be
- If xCAT is not used, select "No Image"
- VCL has the ability to install a hypervisor image on bare-metal computers
using xCAT. If the image property is configured, the image is installed when a
computer's state is changed to vmhostinuse via Manage Computers > Computer
Utilities
-####Username/Password (optional)
+**Username/Password (optional)**
- Name and password of the administrative or root user residing on the VM host
- This account is used to manage the VM host and VMs assigned to the host
@@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ SSH identity key authentication must be
###Storage Parameters
-####Resource Path (optional)
+**Resource Path (optional)**
Resource Path only needs to be configured if VMware vCenter is used. It
defines the location where VMs will be created in the vCenter inventory tree.
The inventory tree contains at least one Datacenter, and may also contain
Folders, Clusters, and Resource Pools.
Example: /DatacenterA/Folder1/Cluster2/ResourcePool3
@@ -212,10 +212,11 @@ Example: /DatacenterA/Folder1/Cluster2/R
- The size of the vmdk files will approximately be equal to the amount of
actual data saved in the image regardless of the size of the VM's hard drive
- Storing images in the 2 GB sparse format is necessary to allow images to
be transferred via SCP without having to transfer data equal to the entire size
of the VM's hard drive
-####Repository Image Type
+**Repository Image Type**
+
Virtual disk file format for images stored in the repository.
-####Virtual Disk Path (previously Datastore Path)
+**Virtual Disk Path (previously Datastore Path)**
- Location where master copies of images are stored which are used by running
VMs
- Example: /vmfs/volumes/nfs-datastore1
@@ -233,11 +234,11 @@ Virtual disk file format for images stor
- VCL configures VMs to access images stored in the Virtual Disk Path in
read-only mode
- Changes made to the VM's hard drive are written to delta files located
in the VM Working Directory Path dedicated for the VM
-####Virtual Disk Image Type
+**Virtual Disk Image Type**
Virtual disk file format for images stored in the virtual disk path.
-####Virtual Disk Mode (previously VM Disk)
+**Virtual Disk Mode (previously VM Disk)**
- Defines whether the storage where the VM host's Virtual Disk Path resides
is dedicated to a single host or shared among multiple hosts:
- dedicated (previously localdisk)
@@ -255,7 +256,7 @@ Virtual disk file format for images stor
These are determined by whether or not Repository Path is configured
in the profile
</div>
-####VM Working Directory Path (optional) (previously VM Path)
+**VM Working Directory Path (optional) (previously VM Path)**
- Defines path on VM host where VM working directories will reside (contains
.vmx, delta, .vswp, nvram files)
- If not configured, the Virtual Disk Path location will be used
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ Virtual disk file format for images stor
###Networking Parameters
-####VM Network (previously Virtual Switch)
+**VM Network (previously Virtual Switch)**
- VM Network 0 (previously Virtual Switch 0) - private VCL management network
- VM Network 1 (previously Virtual Switch 1) - public network used by user
making reservation to access the VMs
@@ -284,14 +285,14 @@ Virtual disk file format for images stor
- For VMware Server 2.x, the VM Network parameters must match the Network
Names configured by running vmware-config.pl
-#####Generate eth0/eth1 MAC
+**Generate eth0/eth1 MAC**
- New in VCL 2.3
- Determines whether VMs are assigned MAC addresses defined in the VCL
database or if random MAC addresses should be assigned
###Configuration Examples
-####Local Disk Only - Repository Mounted via NFS
+**Local Disk Only - Repository Mounted via NFS**
The diagram above shows a simple VCL configuration with 1 management node and
2 VMware ESXi hosts. Network storage is not used.
@@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ During image capture, images are automat
The VM host profile Virtual Disk Mode parameter is set to dedicated. This
indicates to the load process that the VM host's Virtual Disk Path is dedicated
to the VM host and not shared by other VM hosts. This allows images to be
deleted from the VM host's local datastore (Virtual Disk Path) if another image
must be copied from the repository and not enough space is available.
-####Local Disk Only - Repository Not Available via NFS
+**Local Disk Only - Repository Not Available via NFS**
This example is identical to the one above except that the repository located
on the management node's local disk is not exported via NFS.
@@ -319,7 +320,7 @@ Because of this, images must be transfer
Note that the VM host profile Repository Path parameter is set to the path on
the management node's hard drive. The code first checks if the path exists on
the VM host. If not, it assumes the repository is not mounted directly on the
VM host and the Repository Path value refers to a location on the management
node.
-####Network Storage Only - No Repository
+**Network Storage Only - No Repository**
This is an example of a simple configuration where the network storage is used.
