From ce4f54732f1eda5a4d88a13c3a9d42d2f5456559 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: nerminamiller Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2013 11:36:12 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add evacuate instances to Cloud Admin Guide Clarify that evacuate method is preferred over manual for node recovery Edit broken and obsolete external guide references Remove gerunds in related files Address request for stylistic edits from review Address linking issues from review Change-Id: Iccf188ad89a8cc277966cb9c0a530ba24613127b Closes-Bug:#1222735 --- doc/admin-guide-cloud/ch_compute.xml | 33 +++++++++---------- doc/common/section_nova_cli_evacuate.xml | 4 +-- .../section_compute-configure-migrations.xml | 9 +++-- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/ch_compute.xml b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/ch_compute.xml index 8d62ee6160..0a83332d48 100644 --- a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/ch_compute.xml +++ b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/ch_compute.xml @@ -2010,9 +2010,8 @@ local0.error @@172.20.1.43:1024
Migration - Before starting migrations, review the Configuring Migrations section in the - Configuration Reference Guide. + Before starting migrations, review the Configure migrations section in OpenStack Configuration + Reference. Migration provides a scheme to migrate running instances from one OpenStack Compute server to another OpenStack Compute server. @@ -2082,10 +2081,8 @@ HostC p2 5 10240 150 memory (MB) - hdd:total amount of - space for - NOVA-INST-DIR/instances(GB) + hdd:total amount of space for + NOVA-INST-DIR/instances (GB) 1st line shows @@ -2127,23 +2124,25 @@ HostC p2 5 10240 150 live-migration, under the default Compute configuration options the instances - are suspended before migration. - + are suspended before migration. + See Configure migrations in OpenStack Configuration Reference for more details. + +
Recover from a failed compute node - If you have deployed OpenStack Compute with a shared - file system, you can quickly recover from a failed - compute node. + If you have deployed Compute with a shared file system, you can quickly recover + from a failed compute node. Of the two methods covered in the following sections, + the evacuate API is the preferred method even in the absence of shared storage. The + evacuate API provides many benefits over manual recovery, such as re-attachment of + volumes and floating IPs. +
Manual recovery - For KVM/libvirt compute node recovery refer to - section above, while the guide below may be - applicable for other hypervisors. + For KVM/libvirt compute node recovery, see the previous section. Use the + following procedure for other hypervisors. To work with host information diff --git a/doc/common/section_nova_cli_evacuate.xml b/doc/common/section_nova_cli_evacuate.xml index 10499e6ecd..a951f1f075 100644 --- a/doc/common/section_nova_cli_evacuate.xml +++ b/doc/common/section_nova_cli_evacuate.xml @@ -41,9 +41,7 @@ To preserve the user disk data on the evacuated server, deploy OpenStack Compute with shared - filesystem. To configure your system, see Configure migrations section. In this + filesystem. To configure your system, see Configure migrations in OpenStack Configuration Reference. In this example, the password remains unchanged. $ nova evacuate evacuated_server_name host_b --on-shared-storage diff --git a/doc/config-reference/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml b/doc/config-reference/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml index f92900138a..f556a8b609 100644 --- a/doc/config-reference/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml +++ b/doc/config-reference/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ xmlns:ns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0"> - Configuring Migrations + Configure migrations This feature is for cloud administrators only. If your cloud is configured to use cells, you can perform live migration within a cell, but not between cells. @@ -67,10 +67,9 @@ - Migrations done by the Compute service do not use libvirt's live migration - functionality by default. Because of this, guests are suspended before migration and may - therefore experience several minutes of downtime. See the section on True Migration for - KVM and Libvirt in the OpenStack Compute Administration Guide for more details. + Because the Compute service does not use libvirt's live migration functionality by + default, guests are suspended before migration and may therefore experience several + minutes of downtime. See the section for more details. This guide assumes the default value for instances_path in your