On Wed, Oct 17, 2012 at 6:15 PM, Michael Jinks <[email protected]> wrote: > Now that I have block allocations working (thanks again to everyone who > so patiently held my hand through that exercise), I'm playing around > with the system and finding that I have more questions.
No problem. We're glad your able to get it working. > > First off, the "VM Limit" under "Virtual Hosts" -> "Configure Host" > seems to have no effect. I have it set to "5" currently for my ESXi > machines, in an attempt to force a single block allocation to spread > across three virtual hosts, but a 15-VM batch is bringing up 14 > machines on one host, and one on another. I also notice that, at least > some of the time, the web UI doesn't actually store the number I enter > in the VM limit box. Sometimes it works, other times it appears to > work, but if I come back to that virtual host and click the "Configure > Host" button again, the old value comes back. I wonder if these factors > are related. There is a difference in the 2.2.1 and 2.3 code that addresses the vm limit not getting set issue. In 2.2.1 code, if you set the limit and then click on white space on that page, it should then be set. Something ajax related. I'm not sure about the balancing of vm's on vmhosts. Josh might be able to answer that one. > > My other question involves access to block reserved machines. Currently > I have a couple of block reservations in effect, and I've received the > e-mail notice from VCL telling the reserving user that the allocation > was successful, but I don't see any way for a user to know how to connect > to a machine in one of those blocks. Could it be that a second > notification mail is getting dropped somewhere? Or maybe I don't know > where to look in the UI? > The end-user who is a member of the block allocation will still need to make the reservation. The main purpose of block allocations is to provided dedicated pre-loaded environments for a class. By making machines only available to members of the defined user group and ready to go with less than 1 min wait times. The end-user has to make a reservation for a couple of reasons, the biggest one is related to the firewall setting. They have to make the reservation and hit the connect button for the firewall to be setup correctly. Secondly in our experiences, your not sure who is coming to the class or if the instructor will use the block allocation that day. So the thought is there was no real need to make reservations on behalf of the end-user. Hope this helps. Aaron > Thanks as always. > > -m > > -- > Michael Jinks :: [email protected] > University of Chicago IT Services -- 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.
