I know, for example, that I'd like to test out that managed storage works with it.
I've added support for managed storage to XenServer, ESX/vCenter, and KVM for CloudStack. Another hypervisor type - to me personally - means I'd to verify managed storage works with it. Depending on how radical the changes for an ESX-only solution are, it may or may not work "out of the box" for managed storage. On Wed, Jun 18, 2014 at 9:30 AM, Ivan Efremov <e...@yandex.ru> wrote: > Hi Alex, > > How do you think, what is the rough estimation of adding ESX API support > to CloudStack? > AFAIU the main point of integration of the new API is plugins/hypervisors. > Are there any other major points that should be patched when adding a new > hypervisor type? > > > Thanks, > Ivan > > 18.06.2014, 18:24, "Alex Huang" <alex.hu...@citrix.com>: > > IIRC, the reason is because the vCenter API is more powerful than the > ESX API. At the time (before Apache), the features that requested needed > vCenter. There's currently no proposal to use plain ESXi. Would love to > see one though. > > > > --Alex > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Ivan Efremov [mailto:e...@yandex.ru] > >> Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:26 PM > >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > >> Subject: Managing individual ESXi instances > >> > >> Hi all, > >> > >> I've sent this mail to the users list but this one looks as the better > destination. > >> > >> I'm new to the CloudStack platform and I'm wondering why the platform > >> does need the vCenter API and can not use ESXi directly, > >> > >> Can anyone elaborate on this? > >> Are there any proposals for adding ESXi integration to CloudStack? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Ivan > -- *Mike Tutkowski* *Senior CloudStack Developer, SolidFire Inc.* e: mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com o: 303.746.7302 Advancing the way the world uses the cloud <http://solidfire.com/solution/overview/?video=play>*™*