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Included new section 'Create and manage host aggregates' 

New section to the Admin User guide to 'Create and manage host aggregates'
in the dashboard chapter.
Partial-Bug: #1304821

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<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_admin_manage_resources.xml"/>
<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_admin_manage_host_aggregates.xml"/>
<?hard-pagebreak?>
<xi:include href="section_dashboard_admin_manage_stacks.xml"/>
</chapter>

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" version="5.0"
xml:id="dashboard_manage_host_aggregates">
<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
<title>Create and manage host aggregates</title>
<para>Host aggregates enable administrative users to assign
key-value pairs to groups of machines.</para>
<para>Each node can have multiple aggregates and each aggregate can
have multiple key-value pairs. You can assign the same key-value
pair to multiple aggregates.</para>
<para>The scheduler uses this information to make scheduling
decisions. For information, see <link
xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/config-reference/content/section_compute-scheduler.html">
<citetitle>Scheduling</citetitle></link>.</para>
<procedure>
<title>To create a host aggregate</title>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down list.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
<guilabel>Host Aggregates</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click <guibutton>Create Host Aggregate</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Create Host Aggregate</guilabel> window,
enter or select the following values:</para>
<informaltable rules="all" width="85%">
<col width="25%"/>
<col width="75%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center">
<guilabel>Host Aggregate Info</guilabel> tab</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Name</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td><para>The host aggregate name.</para>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Availability Zone</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td><para>The cloud provider defines the default
availability zone, such as <literal>us-west</literal>,
<literal>apac-south</literal>, or
<literal>nova</literal>.</para>
<note>
<para>You can target the host aggregate, as
follows:</para>
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>When the host aggregate is exposed as an
availability zone, select the availability zone
when you launch an instance.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>When the host aggregate is not exposed as an
availability zone, select a flavor and its extra
specs to target the host aggregate.</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</note>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
<informaltable rules="all" width="85%">
<col width="25%"/>
<col width="75%"/>
<thead>
<tr>
<th colspan="2" align="center">
<guilabel>Host within Aggregate</guilabel> tab</th>
</tr>
</thead>
<tbody>
<tr>
<td><para><guilabel>Selected hosts</guilabel></para>
</td>
<td><para>To assign a host to the aggregate, click
<guilabel>+</guilabel> for the host. The host moves
from the <guilabel>All available hosts</guilabel> list
to the <guilabel>Selected hosts</guilabel>
list.</para>
<note>
<para>You can add one host to one or more aggregates.
To add a host later, edit the aggregate.</para>
</note>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</informaltable>
</step>
</procedure>
<procedure>
<title>To manage host and aggregates</title>
<step>
<para>Log in to the dashboard.</para>
<para>Choose the <guilabel>admin</guilabel> project from the
<guilabel>CURRENT PROJECT</guilabel> drop-down list.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>On the <guilabel>Admin</guilabel> tab, click the
<guilabel> Host Aggregates</guilabel> category.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>To edit host aggregates:</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>Select the host aggregate that you want to edit. Click
<guibutton>Edit Host Aggregate</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Edit Host Aggregate</guilabel>
window, you can change the name and availability zone for
the aggregate.</para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
<step>
<para>To manage hosts:</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>Select the host aggregate that you want to edit. Click
<guibutton>More</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>In the <guilabel>Add/Remove Hosts to
Aggregate</guilabel> window, click
<guilabel>+</guilabel> to assign a host to the
aggregate.</para>
<para>Click <guilabel>-</guilabel> to remove a host that is
assigned to an aggregate.</para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
<step>
<para>To delete host aggregates:</para>
<substeps>
<step>
<para>Select the host aggregate that you want to edit. Click
<guibutton>More</guibutton>.</para>
</step>
<step>
<para>Click the <guilabel>Delete Host Aggregate</guilabel>
option.</para>
</step>
</substeps>
</step>
</procedure>
</section>