My use case is that I just don't want to start manually the virtual machines when the host starts and, also, if the host is shutdown it should guest-shutdown the virtual machines.
Any doc on that pin option? How one is supposed to pin a virtual machine to a host? Thank you. ----- Mensaje original ----- > De: "Itamar Heim" <[email protected]> > Para: "Adrian Gibanel" <[email protected]> > CC: "users" <[email protected]> > Enviados: Viernes, 7 de Diciembre 2012 15:49:36 > Asunto: Re: [Users] Auto-start vms on boot? > On 12/06/2012 10:34 PM, Adrian Gibanel wrote: > > It would seem that oVirt does not provide an standard way of > > forcing boot of virtual machines at boot. > > > > Pools can have pre-started vms as stated here: > > https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Virtualization/3.1/html/Administration_Guide/Prestarting_Virtual_Machines_in_a_Pool.html > > but pools imply state-less virtual machines and I am talking more > > about normal virtual machines. > > > > I've found this script: > > > > https://github.com/iranzo/rhevm-utils/blob/master/rhev-vm-start.py > > > > which could do to the trick if run at host boot. > > > > I've also thought (but not tried) to mark a virtual machine as > > "Highly Available" even if I have only one host (I mean, usually > > HA only makes sense when you have two hosts). > > > > Marking a VM as H.A. would do the trick? > > Any special reason why there isn't and standard way of marking > > which vms should be auto-started at boot? > > > > Just wanted to hear your thoughts before filling an RFE. > > > > > > Thank you. > > > what exactly is your use case? > the one i'm familiar with is to tie the VM life cycle to a specific > host, so a VM which is pinned to a specific host for a certain task > (say, IDS), is always starting when the host starts, and will be > automatically shutdown when host is moved to maintenance. > so only relevant for VMs which are pinned to a host. > Thanks, > Itamar -- -- Adrián Gibanel I.T. Manager +34 675 683 301 www.btactic.com Ens podeu seguir a/Nos podeis seguir en: i Abans d´imprimir aquest missatge, pensa en el medi ambient. El medi ambient és cosa de tothom. / Antes de imprimir el mensaje piensa en el medio ambiente. El medio ambiente es cosa de todos. AVIS: El contingut d'aquest missatge i els seus annexos és confidencial. Si no en sou el destinatari, us fem saber que està prohibit utilitzar-lo, divulgar-lo i/o copiar-lo sense tenir l'autorització corresponent. Si heu rebut aquest missatge per error, us agrairem que ho feu saber immediatament al remitent i que procediu a destruir el missatge . AVISO: El contenido de este mensaje y de sus anexos es confidencial. Si no es el destinatario, les hacemos saber que está prohibido utilizarlo, divulgarlo y/o copiarlo sin tener la autorización correspondiente. Si han recibido este mensaje por error, les agradeceríamos que lo hagan saber inmediatamente al remitente y que procedan a destruir el mensaje . _______________________________________________ Users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/users
