Re: VCL, is this name kosher?

Within the world of apache nothing. Do all acronyms drip with meaning in Apache or do some just pick a few letters? There hasn't been a lot of discussion on this topic, yet it needs resolution. When does this get put to vote? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative

VCL Database Abstraction Layer

Does the VCL architecture contains a database abstraction layer in its architecture? I'm curious what it would take to make VCL generalized to work with multiple database backends other than mySQL. Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative

Trying to access vmhost_profile_datastore_path

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Re: Trying to access vmhost_profile_datastore_path

That was exactly the problem; thanks! Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Mar 13, 2009, at 4:07 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: ah - need the 'get_' Try $self-data-get_vmhost_profile_datastore_path() Aaron --On March 13, 2009 3:54:10 PM -0400 Brian

VCL Web Front-end Troubleshooting

right back to the login screen. There are no errors reported, but I can't get past the login screen. Any ideas of what is causing this, and how I can dig more into this problem to troubleshoot it? Thanks, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

Re: Reservation Problem

below. I think that should work. IP Address of esxib1esxibl1. Remember to restart networking (or the whole VCL management node) when testing these configuration changes. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Mar 23, 2009, at 9:13 PM, Melba Lopez

Changing the Reservation Length

What is the easiest way to allow for longer reservation times ... say one day or 30 days? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

ESX Provisioning Module Update (and a few concerns)

based on meta-data from the database, so it is already dynamic enough. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

Changing the password for a user

? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

Re: mysql user permissions bug?

will check in with is when: LockerWrtUser=vcl I am not sure why. -Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 6, 2009, at 12:21 PM, Brian Bouterse wrote: I am doing a fresh installation and starting with a database built from the most recent vcl.sql from the SVN

Re: mysql user permissions bug?

' (specified in vcld.conf as LockerWrtUser)? Is that clearer? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 6, 2009, at 12:48 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Could you re-phrase this part? I don't understand what issue your highlighting? The value assigned

Re: VCL Appliance

I'm releasing a 3GB (ESX provisioning only) VCL VM this afternoon. I'm finishing the instructions now before I post it. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 7, 2009, at 10:01 AM, Mark Gardner wrote: The http link is not broken, just horribly

Re: vmprofile and vmtype tables in vcl.sql

think? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 8, 2009, at 11:46 AM, Josh Thompson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Brian's commit to the vcl.sql file highlighted an issue to me. The vmprofile table includes an imageid field

Re: vmprofile and vmtype tables in vcl.sql

Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 8, 2009, at 3:24 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: doh - hit send too soon... I don't think I've seen the vmwareGSX name used in a while at the vmware sites, so we could just drop that entry. Just need to double check the code

Re: xp image power on fail

engine doesn't try to compensate for misconfiguration in other areas of the system. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 9, 2009, at 3:52 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: I sort of disagree, but can understand your view point. My viewpoint is from user

Re: Questions about Distributing the VMware ESXi Server

the esx.pm module? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 15, 2009, at 10:51 PM, 杨杰 wrote: I have been trying to install a VMware ESXi Server to a bare metal machine for a month, but things are not going on well. I am using VCL1.6+xCAT1.3 now. How could

Re: Questions about Distributing the VMware ESXi Server

with the esx.pm module? Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 16, 2009, at 10:00 AM, 杨杰 wrote: God. It sounds like that i had spent mutiple days on a complex task. We are also trying to drive esx3i to operate the VMs through VCL now

Re: Much Improved VCL Virtual Appliance (VCL 2.1 unofficial RC) Released

: https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_linux_ESX_image_for_VCL For windows instructions, see here: https://wiki.oscr.ncsu.edu/wiki/index.php/Creating_a_base_windows_ESX_image_for_VCL Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On Apr 20, 2009

Adding an image into VCL to test the esx.pm with

) Before shutting down the VM in the library for the last time, remove the udev NIC rules at (/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules) E-mail the vcl-dev list if you have any problems. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

VCL Architecture Change Proposal

kinds from the Apache VCL community to explore the architecture's merits and challenges at both the architectural and implementation levels. Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796

Re: Is the free license restricted in ESXi ?

another look at it, because that command works great on our end, and we're using commodity ESX 3i with a license from vmware.com Best, Brian Brian Bouterse Secure Open Systems Initiative 919.698.8796 On May 17, 2009, at 9:22 AM, 杨杰 wrote: There are two conditions: 1. The free license

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Re: VCL scaleup limits

Thanks for the scalability info. I had one more question: does the vcld component benefit from multiple cores? In other words, is the vcld component multithreaded? Thanks! Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services 919.698.8796 On Sep 9, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Aaron Peeler wrote: Good question

full perl path inside VCL module

it the entire path. Is there an easy way inside a VCL perl provisioning module to know the path of itself? 2) Is there an easier way to configure a username, password, and IP for esxthin.pm to use besides using the variable table? Thanks! Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services 919.698.8796

administrative notification (related to esxthin.pm)

to send an e-mail to the VCL administrator? This code would be a stop-gap until a more formal storage provisioning architecture is worked out in the future. Thanks, Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services 919.698.8796

Multiple Reservations For the Same Image Form the Same User

to have a single reservation at any given time. Please select another time to use the application. If you are finished with an active reservation, click Current Reservations, then click the End button of your active reservation. Is there a way I can bypass this check? Thanks! Brian Brian

XMLRPC Woes

working because the error message I get is: xmlrpclib.Fault: Fault 6: 'Unable to authenticate passed in X-User' Which line of code verifies this value? Any ideas why this isn't working? Thanks! Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services 919.698.8796

Reservation Timeout Problems

.' Basically I want to provision VM's but not connect into them. For the image I am reserving, I have gone through as set Check for logged in user: to No under Manage Images-Profiles-Edit-Advanced. How can I make these reservations not time out? Thanks! Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services

Re: administrative notification (related to esxthin.pm)

When executing perl code inside a provisioning module, when I got o use the mail utility function, how can I know to $to address that the admins have configured to be the vcl administrator e-mail address? Thanks! Brian Brian Bouterse NEXT Services 919.698.8796 On Oct 20, 2009, at 8:46 AM