Erik is correct about the preferred guest os to stick Windows VMs to a set of hosts. We're not using HA, so I cannot guarantee that they will be picked up but it should.
On Wed, Feb 15, 2017 at 9:02 AM, Erik Weber <terbol...@gmail.com> wrote: > If I recall correctly then CloudStack has a setting for the preferred guest > os that should run on a host? Should be in host settings. > > > Erik > > ons. 15. feb. 2017 kl. 06.13 skrev Makrand <makrandsa...@gmail.com>: > > > Hi, > > > > Lets say I've a XENserver resource pool containing 8 hosts in my > cloudstack > > setup. I've only handful of windows VM running, lets say on host1. In > case > > host1 goes down abruptly, is there any way I can restrict these VMs to > move > > (via HA motion) to only host 2,3 or 4 and not to remaining hosts in > > cluster? Is this doable from cloud stack? > > > > > > Thing is, we only have handful of windows VMs (2008 R2/2012 R2). The way > > Microsoft licences: If you're expecting your VM to reside on particular > > host, you should purchase license for that host. This is what the > Microsoft > > guy told to my manager. So we are planning to license 4 hosts only. Kind > of > > odd licensing policy from MS, I must say. > > > > > > > > -- > > Makrand > > >
