Re: [VOTE] Apache VCL Ready to Graduate
+1 Cameron Mann | Cybera Inc. On Thu, May 10, 2012 at 9:01 AM, Andy Kurth wrote: > This vote is to determine if the Apache VCL community believes the > project is ready to graduate from the incubator to a top level > project. Everyone in the community is encouraged to vote. Please > reply expressing one of the following: > > +1 : yes, Apache VCL is ready to graduate to a top level project > 0 : ambivalent > -1 : no, Apache VCL is not ready to graduate to a top level project > > This vote will be closed on Tuesday, May 15, 2012 at 5:00 pm EST. If > this vote passes, the community will draft a board resolution and > present it to the IPMC. > > Thank You, > Andy Kurth >
Re: openstack and VCL ?
Hi Young, At the moment we've tested our module with Amazon EC2 and OpenStack's Cactus release. Provisioning works, though there's still a few issues that need resolving. We're also still deciding the best approach to take with image capture, especially for Windows images. We definitely want to get everyone's thoughts on this once it's open sourced. It'll be great to get a chance to talk with you at the conference. Cameron On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 9:55 AM, Young h Oh wrote: > Hi Cameron, > > Sounds great. Our team are also interested in implementing the OpenStack > Provisioning module to VCL at IBM tivioli. The stage here is also in the > proof of concept and I've tried to build up the test environment now. But > before I go further, I'd like to know whether you already implemented the > openstack provisioning module or not. I'd like to avoid any duplicating > efforts on the same work. If you already finished, please let me know. > > Also, I'll join the ICA CON 2012 and I'm looking forward to your > presentation. We can discuss more details about your work after it. Thank > you. > > Young > > > [image: Inactive hide details for Aaron Peeler ---03/29/2012 01:09:50 > PM---Great. I'll create a jira issue on it to give it an initial]Aaron > Peeler ---03/29/2012 01:09:50 PM---Great. I'll create a jira issue on it to > give it an initial home. You should see it come across the > > From: Aaron Peeler > To: Cameron Mann , > Cc: vcl-user@incubator.apache.org, vcl-...@incubator.apache.org > Date: 03/29/2012 01:09 PM > Subject: Re: openstack and VCL ? > -- > > > > Great. I'll create a jira issue on it to give it an initial home. You > should see it come across the vcl-dev list shortly. > > Thanks again and looking forward to your presentation. > > Aaron > > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Cameron Mann > wrote: > > We'd definitely be comfortable with that and should be able to do so > within > > the next two or three weeks. > > > > Cameron > > > > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Aaron Peeler > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Cameron, > >> > >> That's wonderful. > >> > >> I understand this is a POC now, but also thats a great point in > >> development cycle to get more eyes looking at it. Would you be > >> comfortable (if not now, soon) submitting the work under ASF for > >> review by the VCL community? Also with that we could work toward > >> bringing you or your lead on this effort in as a apache vcl committer. > >> > >> I look forward to seeing you at ICA CON 2012 > >> > >> Best Regards, > >> Aaron > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Cameron Mann > >> wrote: > >> > Hi Aaron, > >> > > >> > One of the things we're working on at Cybera is an EC2 provisioning > >> > module. > >> > We've also done a lot of work with OpenStack and our intent is for > the > >> > module not just to work with Amazon EC2 but any cloud that implements > >> > the > >> > EC2 API, including OpenStack. Right now it's very much in a proof of > >> > concept state, but our intent is to open source it once some of the > >> > rough > >> > edges are smoothed over. > >> > > >> > We'll also be presenting a paper at the upcoming ICA CON 2012 on our > >> > work so > >> > far. > >> > > >> > Cameron > >> > > >> > > >> > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Aaron Peeler > >> > wrote: > >> >> > >> >> Hi Folks, > >> >> > >> >> I think Tony from ECU asked about this before. > >> >> > >> >> Has anyone worked with openstack http://openstack.org/ ? > >> >> > >> >> I think integrating openstack provisioning into the VCL framework > >> >> would benefit VCL. It could also benefit openstack and their current > >> >> users. From what I understand, Openstack has a large commercial base > >> >> of users and could be a way to expose VCL to more commercial users. > >> >> > >> >> Unless I'm wrong, currently openstack doesn't provide a self-service > >> >> interface for users to VDI or clusters, nor does it provide > bare-metal > >> >> loads. VCL with xCAT could provide t
Re: openstack and VCL ?
We'd definitely be comfortable with that and should be able to do so within the next two or three weeks. Cameron On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:08 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > Hi Cameron, > > That's wonderful. > > I understand this is a POC now, but also thats a great point in > development cycle to get more eyes looking at it. Would you be > comfortable (if not now, soon) submitting the work under ASF for > review by the VCL community? Also with that we could work toward > bringing you or your lead on this effort in as a apache vcl committer. > > I look forward to seeing you at ICA CON 2012 > > Best Regards, > Aaron > > > On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 11:50 AM, Cameron Mann > wrote: > > Hi Aaron, > > > > One of the things we're working on at Cybera is an EC2 provisioning > module. > > We've also done a lot of work with OpenStack and our intent is for the > > module not just to work with Amazon EC2 but any cloud that implements the > > EC2 API, including OpenStack. Right now it's very much in a proof of > > concept state, but our intent is to open source it once some of the rough > > edges are smoothed over. > > > > We'll also be presenting a paper at the upcoming ICA CON 2012 on our > work so > > far. > > > > Cameron > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Aaron Peeler > wrote: > >> > >> Hi Folks, > >> > >> I think Tony from ECU asked about this before. > >> > >> Has anyone worked with openstack http://openstack.org/ ? > >> > >> I think integrating openstack provisioning into the VCL framework > >> would benefit VCL. It could also benefit openstack and their current > >> users. From what I understand, Openstack has a large commercial base > >> of users and could be a way to expose VCL to more commercial users. > >> > >> Unless I'm wrong, currently openstack doesn't provide a self-service > >> interface for users to VDI or clusters, nor does it provide bare-metal > >> loads. VCL with xCAT could provide that for that community in a short > >> time-frame. > >> > >> Is there anyone interested in investigating and working on an > >> openstack provisioning module ? I don't think it will take a huge > >> amount of work, one would need to know openstack and how to add in a > >> VCL provisioning module. I'd be willing to assist but would need > >> someone to take the lead on it. > >> > >> Thoughts? > >> > >> I know this is a development question, but also felt this is big > >> enough to include folks on the vcl-user list. > >> > >> Best, > >> Aaron > >> > >> -- > >> Aaron Peeler > >> Program Manager > >> Virtual Computing Lab > >> NC State University > >> > >> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > >> are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > >> Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > > > > > > > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. >
Re: openstack and VCL ?
Hi Aaron, One of the things we're working on at Cybera is an EC2 provisioning module. We've also done a lot of work with OpenStack and our intent is for the module not just to work with Amazon EC2 but any cloud that implements the EC2 API, including OpenStack. Right now it's very much in a proof of concept state, but our intent is to open source it once some of the rough edges are smoothed over. We'll also be presenting a paper at the upcoming ICA CON 2012 on our work so far. Cameron On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 8:28 AM, Aaron Peeler wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I think Tony from ECU asked about this before. > > Has anyone worked with openstack http://openstack.org/ ? > > I think integrating openstack provisioning into the VCL framework > would benefit VCL. It could also benefit openstack and their current > users. From what I understand, Openstack has a large commercial base > of users and could be a way to expose VCL to more commercial users. > > Unless I'm wrong, currently openstack doesn't provide a self-service > interface for users to VDI or clusters, nor does it provide bare-metal > loads. VCL with xCAT could provide that for that community in a short > time-frame. > > Is there anyone interested in investigating and working on an > openstack provisioning module ? I don't think it will take a huge > amount of work, one would need to know openstack and how to add in a > VCL provisioning module. I'd be willing to assist but would need > someone to take the lead on it. > > Thoughts? > > I know this is a development question, but also felt this is big > enough to include folks on the vcl-user list. > > Best, > Aaron > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. >
Switching from localdisk to networkdisk
Hello, Currently our VM hosts (running ESXi) are setup to use localdisk with the VM and data store paths on the host itself and the repository path on an NFS share. Currently we're looking to switch to using networkdisk instead. My first inclination was to see if simply using the old repository as the new data store would be feasible. It seems like this would be the case except for the fact that the vmdk format used to store images in the repository isn't supported by ESXi. The obvious answer seems to be to convert our repository images to the same format used for the data store, but I was wondering if there was a better solution? Thanks, Cameron Mann
