RE: [DISCUSS] Changing nictype/disk controller for a template or VM
-Original Message- From: Wido den Hollander [mailto:w...@widodh.nl] Sent: 10 November 2014 14:37 To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Changing nictype/disk controller for a template or VM On 10-11-14 08:37, Rohit Yadav wrote: Hi, In case of VMWare, when we register a new template we can pass in nic type and disk controller but there is no API (or parameter passable to current APIs) to change nic type and disk controller for both VM and template. I’m planning to add a details map (following the registerTemplate API) to updateTemplate and updateVirtualMachine APIs which would takes in the nictype and disk controller parameters. Please share if this would cause any issue for you or if there is was a good reason to not allow it before? Right now to do something like that would require database hacking. Thanks. Rohit, Looks like it's API layer change only. Just to confirm, does this modify resource code as well? Regards, Sateesh I don't see any problems. For some longer running VMs it might be useful at some point that you can switch from e1000 to VirtIO NICs for example. Wido
Re: [DISCUSS] Changing nictype/disk controller for a template or VM
Hi, On 13-Nov-2014, at 2:18 pm, Sateesh Chodapuneedi sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com wrote: Looks like it's API layer change only. Just to confirm, does this modify resource code as well? I’ve already fixed the issue. What I did does not change resource code at all. As soon as a template’s details are updated for new VMs using that template those details will be used so we’re good. That was the main fix. For already running VMs, it’s tricky to implement the fix and I’m not sure how we would want to handle this. So for now I simply added the fix to update the details in DB (via the API). We can discuss and decide how we can handle this case but I am personally interested in fixing the templates only as previously there was no way to update details once a template is registered. Regards, Rohit Yadav Software Architect, ShapeBlue M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services IaaS Cloud Design Buildhttp://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build// CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment frameworkhttp://shapeblue.com/csforge/ CloudStack Consultinghttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/ CloudStack Software Engineeringhttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/ CloudStack Infrastructure Supporthttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/ CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courseshttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/ This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
Re: [DISCUSS] Changing nictype/disk controller for a template or VM
On 10-11-14 08:37, Rohit Yadav wrote: Hi, In case of VMWare, when we register a new template we can pass in nic type and disk controller but there is no API (or parameter passable to current APIs) to change nic type and disk controller for both VM and template. I’m planning to add a details map (following the registerTemplate API) to updateTemplate and updateVirtualMachine APIs which would takes in the nictype and disk controller parameters. Please share if this would cause any issue for you or if there is was a good reason to not allow it before? Right now to do something like that would require database hacking. Thanks. I don't see any problems. For some longer running VMs it might be useful at some point that you can switch from e1000 to VirtIO NICs for example. Wido Regards, Rohit Yadav Software Architect, ShapeBlue M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services IaaS Cloud Design Buildhttp://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build// CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment frameworkhttp://shapeblue.com/csforge/ CloudStack Consultinghttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/ CloudStack Infrastructure Supporthttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/ CloudStack Bootcamp Training Courseshttp://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/ This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended solely for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in England Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company registered by The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
