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PowerVM
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Usage
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To make use of the PowerVM compute driver, a PowerVM system set up with
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`NovaLink`_ is required.
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.. _NovaLink: https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/POWER8/p8eig/p8eig_kickoff.htm
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Installing the NovaLink software creates the ``pvm_admin`` group. In
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order to function properly, the user executing the Nova compute service must
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be a member of this group. Use the ``usermod`` command to add the user. For
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example, to add the user ``stacker`` to the ``pvm_admin`` group, execute::
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sudo usermod -a -G pvm_admin stacker
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The user must re-login for the change to take effect.
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The NovaLink architecture is such that the compute driver runs directly on the
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PowerVM system. No external management element (e.g. Hardware Management
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Console or PowerVC) is needed. Management of the virtualization is driven
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through a thin virtual machine running on the PowerVM system.
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Configuration of the PowerVM system and NovaLink is required ahead of time. If
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the operator is using volumes or Shared Storage Pools, they are required to be
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configured ahead of time.
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Configuration File Options
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After nova has been installed the user must enable PowerVM as the compute
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driver. To do so, set the ``compute_driver`` value in the ``nova.conf`` file
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to ``compute_driver = powervm.driver.PowerVMDriver``.
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hypervisor-vmware.rst
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hypervisor-hyper-v.rst
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hypervisor-virtuozzo.rst
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hypervisor-powervm.rst
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OpenStack Compute supports many hypervisors, which might make it difficult for
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you to choose one. Most installations use only one hypervisor. However, you
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Machines supported via libvirt virt_type=parallels. The supported formats
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include ploop and qcow2 images.
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* `PowerVM`_ Server virtualization with IBM PowerVM for AIX, IBM i, and Linux
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workloads on the Power Systems platform.
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.. _KVM: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
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.. _LXC: https://linuxcontainers.org/
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.. _QEMU: http://wiki.qemu.org/Manual
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.. _XenServer: <http://xenserver.org
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.. _Hyper-V: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/solutions/virtualization.aspx
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.. _Virtuozzo: https://virtuozzo.com/products/#product-virtuozzo/
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.. _PowerVM: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/
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