This is really great. Thank you!
On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 7:03 AM, Jarrod B Johnson <[email protected]>wrote: > The plugin is compatible with having or not having vCenter. vCenter is > required for certain capabilities restricted by vmware (e.g. live > migration). If you do: > nodech <hypervisorrange> hypervisor.mgr=<vcenterserver> > chtab key=vcenter passwd.username=<vcenteruser> > passwd.password=<vcenterpassword> > It will start using vCenter (and in fact will join things to vCenter if > not joined already). > > > Managing a lot of hosts directly isn't so difficult (in fact, for the > environments that are that large without need for vCenter, xCAT can > actually manage those more quickly directly than with vCenter), however > 99.9% of the time a large environment will avail themselves of some feature > or another not available without vCenter. > > We can add the clone without template function. The clonevm to template > and back was done because some people found the model more straightforward > than explicitly knowing how to deal with linked clones and what limitations > come along with it, and mapping it to 'clone to master' and 'clone from > master' allowed for some default behaviors that tended to provide benefits > of linked clones without surprises later. The clone to master function is > really a 'clone to vm', followed by 'oh, and change that VM to a > 'template'. > > > #xcat on freenode is where some people hang out. > [image: Inactive hide details for Jestin Woods ---08/20/2013 06:16:09 > PM---Hi - I'm new to xcat and looking at using it to manage a fai]Jestin > Woods ---08/20/2013 06:16:09 PM---Hi - I'm new to xcat and looking at using > it to manage a fairly large infrastructure. I'm initially > > > From: Jestin Woods <[email protected]> > To: [email protected], > Date: 08/20/2013 06:16 PM > > Subject: [xcat-user] Looking for more documentation on Vmware integration > ------------------------------ > > > > Hi - I'm new to xcat and looking at using it to manage a fairly large > infrastructure. I'm initially focused on the vmware integration, and after > playing around with it in dev, I have several questions and I'm wondering > if someone can point me in the right direction. > > So far I've followed the documentation here * > http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_Virtualization_with_VMWare > *<http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/xcat/index.php?title=XCAT_Virtualization_with_VMWare>, > but I looking for more. For example: > > Is there a direct communication path to vcenter? Hitting esxi directly > seems as though it will have its own limitations. For example, I can see > how managing a few hundred esxi hosts will quickly become difficult. > > Is there a way to assign VMs to resource pools? I've been able to set > vmcluster, and that works, but I don't see an equivalent for things like > datacenters and resource pools. > > Is there a way to clone a vm without using a template? Like for example, I > want to do the equivalent of selecting a VM in vcenter and choosing the > Clone option (I believe this goes back to the direct vcenter communication). > > Anyway, I'm pretty excited to have found xcat and I'm hoping I can find > solutions to the problems listed above. If anyone can answer any of my > questions, or better yet, point me at some documentation that addresses > them, it would be greatly appreciated. > > Also, is no one on irc? Is there a channel and I'm just not finding it? > > Cheers, > Jestin > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Introducing Performance Central, a new site from SourceForge and > AppDynamics. Performance Central is your source for news, insights, > analysis and resources for efficient Application Performance Management. > Visit us today! > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=48897511&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > xCAT-user mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/xcat-user > >
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