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Another round of typos/spelling errors fixing, in particular for config-reference, HA guide and image guide. Change-Id: Ibc3661e132a0ea4010a5a61f71ef5209ae6655b6 Closes-Bug: #1356970
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE section[
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<!ENTITY % openstack SYSTEM "../../common/entities/openstack.ent">
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%openstack;
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]>
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<section xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"
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xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude"
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xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"
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version="5.0"
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xml:id="vmware">
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<title>VMware vSphere</title>
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<?dbhtml stop-chunking?>
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<section xml:id="vmware-intro">
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<title>Introduction</title>
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<para>OpenStack Compute supports the VMware vSphere product family
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and enables access to advanced features such as vMotion, High
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Availability, and Dynamic Resource Scheduling (DRS).</para>
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<para>This section describes how to configure VMware-based virtual
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machine images for launch. vSphere versions 4.1 and later are
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supported.</para>
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<para>The VMware vCenter driver enables the
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<systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem> service to communicate
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with a VMware vCenter server that manages one or more ESX host
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clusters. The driver aggregates the ESX hosts in each cluster to
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present one large hypervisor entity for each cluster to the
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Compute scheduler. Because individual ESX hosts are not exposed
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to the scheduler, Compute schedules to the granularity of
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clusters and vCenter uses DRS to select the actual ESX host
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within the cluster. When a virtual machine makes its way into a
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vCenter cluster, it can use all vSphere features.</para>
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<para>The following sections describe how to configure the VMware
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vCenter driver.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="vmware_architecture">
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<title>High-level architecture</title>
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<para>The following diagram shows a high-level view of the VMware
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driver architecture:</para>
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<figure>
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<title>VMware driver architecture</title>
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<mediaobject>
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<imageobject>
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<imagedata fileref="../../common/figures/vmware-nova-driver-architecture.jpg" format="JPG" contentwidth="6in"/>
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</imageobject>
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</mediaobject>
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</figure>
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<para>As the figure shows, the OpenStack Compute Scheduler sees
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three hypervisors that each correspond to a cluster in vCenter.
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<systemitem class="service">Nova-compute</systemitem> contains
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the VMware driver. You can run with multiple <systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem> services. While
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Compute schedules at the granularity of a cluster, the VMware
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driver inside <systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem>
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interacts with the vCenter APIs to select an appropriate ESX host within
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the cluster. Internally, vCenter uses DRS for placement.</para>
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<para>The VMware vCenter driver also interacts with the OpenStack
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Image Service to copy VMDK images from the Image Service back
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end store. The dotted line in the figure represents VMDK images
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being copied from the OpenStack Image Service to the vSphere
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data store. VMDK images are cached in the data store so the copy
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operation is only required the first time that the VMDK image is
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used.</para>
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<para>After OpenStack boots a VM into a vSphere cluster, the VM
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becomes visible in vCenter and can access vSphere advanced
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features. At the same time, the VM is visible in the OpenStack
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dashboard and you can manage it as you would any other OpenStack
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VM. You can perform advanced vSphere operations in vCenter while
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you configure OpenStack resources such as VMs through the
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OpenStack dashboard.</para>
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<para>The figure does not show how networking fits into the
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architecture. Both <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem>
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and the OpenStack Networking Service are supported. For details, see
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<xref linkend="VMware_networking"/>.</para>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="vmware_configuration_overview">
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<title>Configuration overview</title>
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<para>To get started with the VMware vCenter driver, complete the
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following high-level steps:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configure vCenter. See <xref linkend="vmware-prereqs"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configure the VMware
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vCenter driver in the <filename>nova.conf</filename> file. See <xref linkend="VMwareVCDriver_details"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Load desired VMDK images into the OpenStack Image
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Service. See <xref linkend="VMware_images"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Configure networking with either <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem>
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or the OpenStack Networking Service. See <xref linkend="VMware_networking"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="vmware-prereqs">
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<title>Prerequisites and limitations</title>
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<para>Use the following list to prepare a vSphere environment that
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runs with the VMware vCenter driver:</para>
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<orderedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Copying VMDK files (vSphere 5.1
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only).</emphasis> In vSphere 5.1, copying large image files
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(for example, 12 GB and greater) from Glance can take a long
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time. To improve performance, VMware recommends that you
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upgrade to VMware vCenter Server 5.1 Update 1 or later. For
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more information, see the <link xlink:href="https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere5/doc/vsphere-vcenter-server-51u1-release-notes.html#resolvedissuescimapi">Release Notes</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">DRS</emphasis>. For any cluster
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that contains multiple ESX hosts, enable DRS and enable
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fully automated placement.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Shared storage</emphasis>. Only
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shared storage is supported and data stores must be shared
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among all hosts in a cluster. It is recommended to remove
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data stores not intended for OpenStack from clusters being
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configured for OpenStack.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Clusters and data
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stores</emphasis>. Do not use OpenStack clusters and data
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stores for other purposes. If you do, OpenStack displays
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incorrect usage information.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Networking</emphasis>. The
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networking configuration depends on the desired networking
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model. See <xref linkend="VMware_networking"/>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Security groups</emphasis>. If you
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use the VMware driver with OpenStack Networking and the NSX
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plug-in, security groups are supported. If you use
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<systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem>,
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security groups are not supported.</para>
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<note><para>The NSX plug-in is the only plug-in that is
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validated for vSphere.</para></note>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">VNC</emphasis>. The port range
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5900 - 6105 (inclusive) is automatically enabled for VNC
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connections on every ESX host in all clusters under
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OpenStack control. For more information about using a VNC
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client to connect to virtual machine, see <link xlink:href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1246">http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1246</link>.</para>
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<note><para>In addition to the default VNC port
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numbers (5900 to 6000) specified in the above document, the
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following ports are also used: 6101, 6102, and 6105.</para></note>
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<para>You must modify the ESXi firewall configuration to allow
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the VNC ports. Additionally, for the firewall modifications
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to persist after a reboot, you must create a custom vSphere
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Installation Bundle (VIB) which is then installed onto the
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running ESXi host or added to a custom image profile used to
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install ESXi hosts. For details about how to create a VIB
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for persisting the firewall configuration modifications, see
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<link xlink:href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2007381">
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http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=2007381</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para><emphasis role="bold">Ephemeral Disks</emphasis>.
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Ephemeral disks are not supported. A future major release
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will address this limitation.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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Injection of SSH keys into compute instances hosted by vCenter is
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not currently supported.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>
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To use multiple vCenter installations with OpenStack, each vCenter
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must be assigned to a separate availability zone. This is required
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as the OpenStack Block Storage VMDK driver does not currently work
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across multiple vCenter installations.</para>
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</listitem>
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</orderedlist>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="vCenter_service_perms">
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<title>VMware vCenter service account</title>
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<para>OpenStack integration requires a vCenter service account with the following
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minimum permissions. Apply the permissions to the
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<systemitem>Datacenter</systemitem> root object, and select the <guibutton>Propagate to Child Objects</guibutton> option.</para>
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<table rules="all" width="1047">
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<caption>vCenter permissions tree</caption>
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<col width="108pt" align="left"/>
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<col width="120pt" align="left"/>
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<col width="260pt" align="left"/>
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<col width="210pt" align="left"/>
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<tbody>
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<tr>
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<td>All Privileges</td>
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<td/>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td/>
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<td>Datastore</td>
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<td/>
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<td/>
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</tr>
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<tr>
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<td/>
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<td>Allocate space</td>
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<td/>
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</tr>
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<td>Browse datastore</td>
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<td/>
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</tr>
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<td>Low level file operation</td>
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<td/>
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<td>Remove file</td>
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<td>Folder</td>
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<td>Create folder</td>
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<td>Host</td>
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<td>Configuration</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Maintenance</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Network configuration</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Storage partition configuration</td>
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<td>Network</td>
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<td>Assign network</td>
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<td>Resource</td>
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<td>Assign virtual machine to resource pool</td>
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<td/>
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<td>Migrate powered off virtual machine</td>
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<td>Migrate powered on virtual machine</td>
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<td>Virtual Machine</td>
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<td>Configuration</td>
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<td>Add existing disk</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Add new disk</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Add or remove device</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Advanced</td>
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<td>CPU count</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Disk change tracking</td>
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<td>Host USB device</td>
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<td>Memory</td>
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<td>Raw device</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Remove disk</td>
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<td>Rename</td>
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<td>Swapfile placement</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Interaction</td>
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<td>Configure CD media</td>
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<td>Power Off</td>
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<td>Power On</td>
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</tr>
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<td>Reset</td>
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<td>Suspend</td>
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<td>Inventory</td>
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<td>Create from existing</td>
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<td>Create new</td>
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<td>Move</td>
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<td>Remove</td>
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<td>Unregister</td>
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<td>Provisioning</td>
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<td>Clone virtual machine</td>
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<td>Customize</td>
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<td>Sessions</td>
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<td>Validate session</td>
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</tr>
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<td>View and stop sessions</td>
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<td>Snapshot management</td>
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<td>Create snapshot</td>
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<td>Remove snapshot</td>
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<td>vApp</td>
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<td>Export</td>
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<td>Import</td>
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</tbody>
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</table>
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</section>
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<section xml:id="VMwareVCDriver_details">
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<title>VMware vCenter driver</title>
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<para>Use the VMware vCenter driver (VMwareVCDriver) to connect
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OpenStack Compute with vCenter. This recommended configuration
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enables access through vCenter to advanced vSphere features like
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vMotion, High Availability, and Dynamic Resource Scheduling
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(DRS).</para>
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<section xml:id="VMwareVCDriver_configuration_options">
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<title>VMwareVCDriver configuration options</title>
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<para>When you use the VMwareVCDriver (vCenter versions 5.1 and
|
|
later) with OpenStack Compute, add the following
|
|
VMware-specific configuration options to the
|
|
<filename>nova.conf</filename> file:</para>
|
|
<programlisting language="ini">[DEFAULT]
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compute_driver=vmwareapi.VMwareVCDriver
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[vmware]
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host_ip=<vCenter host IP>
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host_username=<vCenter username>
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host_password=<vCenter password>
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cluster_name=<vCenter cluster name>
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datastore_regex=<optional datastore regex></programlisting>
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<note>
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<itemizedlist>
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<listitem>
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<para>vSphere vCenter versions 5.0 and earlier: You must
|
|
specify the location of the WSDL files by adding the
|
|
<code>wsdl_location=http://127.0.0.1:8080/vmware/SDK/wsdl/vim25/vimService.wsdl</code>
|
|
setting to the above configuration. For more
|
|
information, see
|
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<link linkend="VMware_additional_config">vSphere 5.0 and
|
|
earlier additional set up</link>.</para>
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</listitem>
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<listitem>
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<para>Clusters: The vCenter driver can support multiple
|
|
clusters. To use more than one cluster, simply add
|
|
multiple <option>cluster_name</option> lines in
|
|
<filename>nova.conf</filename> with the appropriate
|
|
cluster name. Clusters and data stores used by the
|
|
vCenter driver should not contain any VMs other than
|
|
those created by the driver.</para>
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</listitem>
|
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<listitem>
|
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<para>Data stores: The <option>datastore_regex</option>
|
|
setting specifies the data stores to use with Compute.
|
|
For example, <option>datastore_regex="nas.*"</option>
|
|
selects all the data stores that have a name starting
|
|
with "nas". If this line is omitted, Compute uses the
|
|
first data store returned by the vSphere API. It is
|
|
recommended not to use this field and instead remove
|
|
data stores that are not intended for OpenStack.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Reserved host memory: The
|
|
<option>reserved_host_memory_mb</option> option value is
|
|
512 MB by default. However, VMware recommends that
|
|
you set this option to 0 MB because the vCenter
|
|
driver reports the effective memory available to the
|
|
virtual machines.</para>
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</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
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</note>
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<para>A <systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem>
|
|
service can control one or more clusters containing multiple
|
|
ESX hosts, making <systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem>
|
|
a critical service from a high availability perspective. Because the
|
|
host that runs <systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem> can
|
|
fail while the vCenter and ESX still run, you must protect the
|
|
<systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem>
|
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service against host failures.</para>
|
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<note>
|
|
<para>Many <filename>nova.conf</filename> options are relevant
|
|
to libvirt but do not apply to this driver.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
<para>You must complete additional configuration for
|
|
environments that use vSphere 5.0 and earlier. See <xref linkend="VMware_additional_config"/>.</para>
|
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</section>
|
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</section>
|
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<section xml:id="VMware_images">
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<title>Images with VMware vSphere</title>
|
|
<para>The vCenter driver supports images in the VMDK format. Disks
|
|
in this format can be obtained from VMware Fusion or from an ESX
|
|
environment. It is also possible to convert other formats, such
|
|
as qcow2, to the VMDK format using the <option>qemu-img</option>
|
|
utility. After a VMDK disk is available, load it into the
|
|
OpenStack Image Service. Then, you can use it with the VMware
|
|
vCenter driver. The following sections provide additional
|
|
details on the supported disks and the commands used for
|
|
conversion and upload.</para>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_supported_images">
|
|
<title>Supported image types</title>
|
|
<para>Upload images to the OpenStack Image Service in VMDK
|
|
format. The following VMDK disk types are supported:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis role="italic">VMFS Flat Disks</emphasis>
|
|
(includes thin, thick, zeroedthick, and eagerzeroedthick).
|
|
Note that once a VMFS thin disk is exported from VMFS to a
|
|
non-VMFS location, like the OpenStack Image Service, it
|
|
becomes a preallocated flat disk. This impacts the
|
|
transfer time from the OpenStack Image Service to the data
|
|
store when the full preallocated flat disk, rather than
|
|
the thin disk, must be transferred.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis role="italic">Monolithic Sparse
|
|
disks</emphasis>. Sparse disks get imported from the
|
|
OpenStack Image Service into ESX as thin provisioned
|
|
disks. Monolithic Sparse disks can be obtained from VMware
|
|
Fusion or can be created by converting from other virtual
|
|
disk formats using the <code>qemu-img</code>
|
|
utility.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>The following table shows the <option>vmware_disktype</option>
|
|
property that applies to each of the supported VMDK disk
|
|
types:</para>
|
|
<table rules="all">
|
|
<caption>OpenStack Image Service disk type settings</caption>
|
|
<thead>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<th>vmware_disktype property</th>
|
|
<th>VMDK disk type</th>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</thead>
|
|
<tbody>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>sparse</td>
|
|
<td>
|
|
<para>Monolithic Sparse</para>
|
|
</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>thin</td>
|
|
<td>
|
|
<para>VMFS flat, thin provisioned</para>
|
|
</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
<tr>
|
|
<td>preallocated (default)</td>
|
|
<td>
|
|
<para>VMFS flat,
|
|
thick/zeroedthick/eagerzeroedthick</para>
|
|
</td>
|
|
</tr>
|
|
</tbody>
|
|
</table>
|
|
<para>The <option>vmware_disktype</option> property is set when an
|
|
image is loaded into the OpenStack Image Service. For example,
|
|
the following command creates a Monolithic Sparse image by
|
|
setting <option>vmware_disktype</option> to
|
|
<literal>sparse</literal>:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>glance image-create --name="ubuntu-sparse" --disk-format=vmdk \
|
|
--container-format=bare \
|
|
--property vmware_disktype="sparse" \
|
|
--property vmware_ostype="ubuntu64Guest" < ubuntuLTS-sparse.vmdk</userinput></screen>
|
|
<note><para>Specifying <literal>thin</literal> does not
|
|
provide any advantage over <literal>preallocated</literal>
|
|
with the current version of the driver. Future versions might
|
|
restore the thin properties of the disk after it is downloaded
|
|
to a vSphere data store.</para></note>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_converting_images">
|
|
<title>Convert and load images</title>
|
|
<para>Using the <code>qemu-img</code> utility, disk images in
|
|
several formats (such as, qcow2) can be converted to the VMDK
|
|
format.</para>
|
|
<para>For example, the following command can be used to convert
|
|
a <link
|
|
xlink:href="http://cloud-images.ubuntu.com/trusty/current/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img">qcow2 Ubuntu Trusty cloud image</link>:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>qemu-img convert -f qcow2 ~/Downloads/trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.img \
|
|
-O vmdk trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.vmdk</userinput></screen>
|
|
<para>VMDK disks converted through <code>qemu-img</code> are
|
|
<emphasis role="italic">always</emphasis> monolithic sparse
|
|
VMDK disks with an IDE adapter type. Using the previous
|
|
example of the Ubuntu Trusty image after the
|
|
<code>qemu-img</code> conversion, the command to upload the
|
|
VMDK disk should be something like:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>glance image-create --name trusty-cloud --is-public=False \
|
|
--container-format=bare --disk-format=vmdk \
|
|
--property vmware_disktype="sparse" \
|
|
--property vmware_adaptertype="ide" < \
|
|
trusty-server-cloudimg-amd64-disk1.vmdk</userinput></screen>
|
|
<para>Note that the <option>vmware_disktype</option> is set to
|
|
<emphasis role="italic">sparse</emphasis> and the
|
|
<code>vmware_adaptertype</code> is set to <emphasis role="italic">ide</emphasis> in the previous command.</para>
|
|
<para>If the image did not come from the <code>qemu-img</code>
|
|
utility, the <code>vmware_disktype</code> and
|
|
<code>vmware_adaptertype</code> might be different. To
|
|
determine the image adapter type from an image file, use the
|
|
following command and look for the
|
|
<option>ddb.adapterType=</option> line:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>head -20 <vmdk file name></userinput></screen>
|
|
<para>Assuming a preallocated disk type and an iSCSI lsiLogic
|
|
adapter type, the following command uploads the VMDK
|
|
disk:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>glance image-create --name="ubuntu-thick-scsi" --disk-format=vmdk \
|
|
--container-format=bare \
|
|
--property vmware_adaptertype="lsiLogic" \
|
|
--property vmware_disktype="preallocated" \
|
|
--property vmware_ostype="ubuntu64Guest" < ubuntuLTS-flat.vmdk</userinput></screen>
|
|
<para>Currently, OS boot VMDK disks with an IDE adapter type
|
|
cannot be attached to a virtual SCSI controller and likewise
|
|
disks with one of the SCSI adapter types (such as, busLogic,
|
|
lsiLogic) cannot be attached to the IDE controller. Therefore,
|
|
as the previous examples show, it is important to set the
|
|
<option>vmware_adaptertype</option> property correctly. The
|
|
default adapter type is lsiLogic, which is SCSI, so you can
|
|
omit the <parameter>vmware_adaptertype</parameter> property if
|
|
you are certain that the image adapter type is
|
|
lsiLogic.</para>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_tagging_images">
|
|
<title>Tag VMware images</title>
|
|
<para>In a mixed hypervisor environment, OpenStack Compute uses
|
|
the <option>hypervisor_type</option> tag to match images to the
|
|
correct hypervisor type. For VMware images, set the hypervisor
|
|
type to <literal>vmware</literal>. Other valid hypervisor
|
|
types include: xen, qemu, kvm, lxc, uml, and hyperv.</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>glance image-create --name="ubuntu-thick-scsi" --disk-format=vmdk \
|
|
--container-format=bare \
|
|
--property vmware_adaptertype="lsiLogic" \
|
|
--property vmware_disktype="preallocated" \
|
|
--property hypervisor_type="vmware" \
|
|
--property vmware_ostype="ubuntu64Guest" < ubuntuLTS-flat.vmdk</userinput></screen>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_optimizing_images">
|
|
<title>Optimize images</title>
|
|
<para>Monolithic Sparse disks are considerably faster to
|
|
download but have the overhead of an additional conversion
|
|
step. When imported into ESX, sparse disks get converted to
|
|
VMFS flat thin provisioned disks. The download and conversion
|
|
steps only affect the first launched instance that uses the
|
|
sparse disk image. The converted disk image is cached, so
|
|
subsequent instances that use this disk image can simply use
|
|
the cached version.</para>
|
|
<para>To avoid the conversion step (at the cost of longer
|
|
download times) consider converting sparse disks to thin
|
|
provisioned or preallocated disks before loading them into the
|
|
OpenStack Image Service.</para>
|
|
<para>Use one of the following tools to pre-convert sparse
|
|
disks.</para>
|
|
<variablelist>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><emphasis role="bold">vSphere CLI
|
|
tools</emphasis></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Sometimes called the remote CLI or rCLI.</para>
|
|
<para>Assuming that the sparse disk is made available on a
|
|
data store accessible by an ESX host, the following
|
|
command converts it to preallocated format:</para>
|
|
<programlisting>vmkfstools --server=ip_of_some_ESX_host -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/sparse.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/converted.vmdk</programlisting>
|
|
<para>Note that the vifs tool from the same CLI package can
|
|
be used to upload the disk to be converted. The vifs
|
|
tool can also be used to download the converted disk if
|
|
necessary.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="bold">vmkfstools directly on the ESX
|
|
host</emphasis></term> <listitem>
|
|
<para>If the SSH service is enabled on an ESX host, the
|
|
sparse disk can be uploaded to the ESX data store
|
|
through scp and the vmkfstools local to the ESX host can
|
|
use used to perform the conversion. After you log in to
|
|
the host through ssh, run this command:</para>
|
|
<programlisting>vmkfstools -i /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/sparse.vmdk /vmfs/volumes/datastore1/converted.vmdk</programlisting>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry><term><emphasis role="bold">vmware-vdiskmanager</emphasis></term><listitem>
|
|
<para><code>vmware-vdiskmanager</code> is a utility that
|
|
comes bundled with VMware Fusion and VMware Workstation.
|
|
The following example converts a sparse disk to
|
|
preallocated format:</para>
|
|
<programlisting>'/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager' -r sparse.vmdk -t 4 converted.vmdk</programlisting>
|
|
</listitem></varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
<para>In the previous cases, the converted vmdk is
|
|
actually a pair of files:</para> <itemizedlist><listitem>
|
|
<para>The descriptor file <emphasis role="italic"
|
|
>converted.vmdk</emphasis>.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>The actual virtual disk data file <emphasis
|
|
role="italic">converted-flat.vmdk</emphasis>.</para>
|
|
</listitem></itemizedlist>
|
|
<para>The file to be uploaded to the OpenStack Image
|
|
Service is <emphasis role="italic"
|
|
>converted-flat.vmdk</emphasis>.</para>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_copying_images">
|
|
<title>Image handling</title>
|
|
<para>The ESX hypervisor requires a copy of the VMDK file in
|
|
order to boot up a virtual machine. As a result, the vCenter
|
|
OpenStack Compute driver must download the VMDK via HTTP from
|
|
the OpenStack Image Service to a data store that is visible to
|
|
the hypervisor. To optimize this process, the first time a
|
|
VMDK file is used, it gets cached in the data store.
|
|
Subsequent virtual machines that need the VMDK use the cached
|
|
version and don't have to copy the file again from the
|
|
OpenStack Image Service.</para>
|
|
<para>Even with a cached VMDK, there is still a copy operation
|
|
from the cache location to the hypervisor file directory in
|
|
the shared data store. To avoid this copy, boot the image in
|
|
linked_clone mode. To learn how to enable this mode, see <xref linkend="VMware_config"/>.</para>
|
|
<note><para>You can also use
|
|
the <code>vmware_linked_clone</code> property in the OpenStack
|
|
Image Service to
|
|
override the linked_clone mode on a per-image basis.</para></note>
|
|
<para>You can automatically purge unused images after a
|
|
specified period of time. To configure this action, set these
|
|
options in the <literal>DEFAULT</literal> section in the
|
|
<filename>nova.conf</filename> file:</para>
|
|
<variablelist><varlistentry>
|
|
<term><parameter>remove_unused_base_images</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>Set this parameter to <userinput>True</userinput> to
|
|
specify that unused images should be removed after the
|
|
duration specified in the <parameter>remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds</parameter> parameter.
|
|
The default is <userinput>True</userinput>.</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
<varlistentry>
|
|
<term><parameter>remove_unused_original_minimum_age_seconds</parameter></term>
|
|
<listitem><para>Specifies the duration in seconds after which an unused
|
|
image is purged from the cache. The default is
|
|
<userinput>86400</userinput> (24 hours).</para></listitem>
|
|
</varlistentry>
|
|
</variablelist>
|
|
</section>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_networking">
|
|
<title>Networking with VMware vSphere</title>
|
|
<para>The VMware driver supports networking with the <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem> service or the
|
|
OpenStack Networking Service. Depending on your installation,
|
|
complete these configuration steps before you provision
|
|
VMs:</para>
|
|
<itemizedlist>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">
|
|
The <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem>
|
|
service with the FlatManager or FlatDHCPManager</emphasis>.
|
|
Create a port group with the same name as the
|
|
<literal>flat_network_bridge</literal> value in the
|
|
<filename>nova.conf</filename> file. The default value is
|
|
<literal>br100</literal>. If you specify another value,
|
|
the new value must be a valid Linux bridge identifier that
|
|
adheres to Linux bridge naming conventions.</para>
|
|
<para>All VM NICs are attached to this port group.</para>
|
|
<para>Ensure that the flat interface of the node that runs
|
|
the <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem>
|
|
service has a path to this network.</para>
|
|
<note>
|
|
<para>When configuring the port binding for this port group
|
|
in vCenter, specify <literal>ephemeral</literal> for the
|
|
port binding type. For more information, see
|
|
<link xlink:href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?language=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1022312">Choosing a port binding
|
|
type in ESX/ESXi</link> in the VMware Knowledge Base.</para>
|
|
</note>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para><emphasis role="bold">The <systemitem class="service">nova-network</systemitem> service with the
|
|
VlanManager</emphasis>. Set the
|
|
<literal>vlan_interface</literal> configuration option to
|
|
match the ESX host interface that handles VLAN-tagged VM
|
|
traffic.</para>
|
|
<para>OpenStack Compute automatically creates the
|
|
corresponding port groups.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
<listitem>
|
|
<para>If you are using the OpenStack Networking Service:
|
|
Before provisioning VMs, create a port group with the same
|
|
name as the <literal>vmware.integration_bridge</literal>
|
|
value in <filename>nova.conf</filename> (default is
|
|
<literal>br-int</literal>). All VM NICs are attached to
|
|
this port group for management by the OpenStack Networking
|
|
plug-in.</para>
|
|
</listitem>
|
|
</itemizedlist>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_volumes">
|
|
<title>Volumes with VMware vSphere</title>
|
|
<para>The VMware driver supports attaching volumes from the
|
|
OpenStack Block Storage service. The VMware VMDK driver for
|
|
OpenStack Block Storage is recommended and should be used for
|
|
managing volumes based on vSphere data stores. For more information
|
|
about the VMware VMDK driver, see <link xlink:href="http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/config-reference/content/vmware-vmdk-driver.html">VMware VMDK Driver</link>. Also an iSCSI volume driver
|
|
provides limited support and can be used only for
|
|
attachments.</para>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_additional_config">
|
|
<title>vSphere 5.0 and earlier additional set up</title>
|
|
<para>Users of vSphere 5.0 or earlier must host their WSDL files
|
|
locally. These steps are applicable for vCenter 5.0 or ESXi 5.0
|
|
and you can either mirror the WSDL from the vCenter or ESXi
|
|
server that you intend to use or you can download the SDK
|
|
directly from VMware. These workaround steps fix a <link xlink:href="http://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/microsites/search.do?cmd=displayKC&externalId=2010507">known issue</link> with the WSDL that was resolved in later
|
|
versions.</para>
|
|
<para>When setting the VMwareVCDriver configuration options, you
|
|
must include the <code>wsdl_location</code> option. For more
|
|
information, see
|
|
<link linkend="VMwareVCDriver_configuration_options">VMwareVCDriver
|
|
configuration options</link> above.</para>
|
|
<procedure>
|
|
<title>To mirror WSDL from vCenter (or ESXi)</title>
|
|
<step>
|
|
<para>Set the <code>VMWAREAPI_IP</code> shell variable to the
|
|
IP address for your vCenter or ESXi host from where you plan
|
|
to mirror files. For example:</para>
|
|
<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>export VMWAREAPI_IP=<your_vsphere_host_ip></userinput></screen>
|
|
</step>
|
|
<step>
|
|
<para>Create a local file system directory to hold the WSDL
|
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files:</para>
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>mkdir -p /opt/stack/vmware/wsdl/5.0</userinput></screen>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Change into the new directory.
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<screen><prompt>$</prompt> <userinput>cd /opt/stack/vmware/wsdl/5.0</userinput> </screen></para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Use your OS-specific tools to install a command-line
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tool that can download files like
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<command>wget</command>.</para>
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</step>
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<step>
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<para>Download the files to the local file cache:</para>
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<programlisting language="bash">wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/vimService.wsdl
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/vim.wsdl
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/core-types.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/query-messagetypes.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/query-types.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/vim-messagetypes.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/vim-types.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/reflect-messagetypes.xsd
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wget --no-check-certificate https://$VMWAREAPI_IP/sdk/reflect-types.xsd</programlisting>
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<para>Because the <filename>reflect-types.xsd</filename> and
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<filename>reflect-messagetypes.xsd</filename> files do not
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|
fetch properly, you must stub out these files. Use the
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following XML listing to replace the missing file content.
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The XML parser underneath Python can be very particular and
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|
if you put a space in the wrong place, it can break the
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parser. Copy the following contents and formatting
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carefully.</para>
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<programlisting language="xml"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<schema
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|
targetNamespace="urn:reflect"
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|
xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
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|
xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
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|
elementFormDefault="qualified">
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|
</schema> </programlisting>
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|
</step>
|
|
<step>
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|
<para>Now that the files are locally present, tell the driver
|
|
to look for the SOAP service WSDLs in the local file system
|
|
and not on the remote vSphere server. Add the following
|
|
setting to the <filename>nova.conf</filename> file for your
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|
<systemitem class="service">nova-compute</systemitem>
|
|
node:</para>
|
|
<programlisting language="ini">[vmware]
|
|
wsdl_location=file:///opt/stack/vmware/wsdl/5.0/vimService.wsdl</programlisting>
|
|
</step>
|
|
</procedure>
|
|
<para>Alternatively, download the version appropriate SDK from
|
|
<link xlink:href="http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/">http://www.vmware.com/support/developer/vc-sdk/</link> and
|
|
copy it to the <filename>/opt/stack/vmware</filename> file. Make
|
|
sure that the WSDL is available, in for example
|
|
<filename>/opt/stack/vmware/SDK/wsdl/vim25/vimService.wsdl</filename>.
|
|
You must point <filename>nova.conf</filename> to fetch this WSDL
|
|
file from the local file system by using a URL.</para>
|
|
<para>When using the VMwareVCDriver (vCenter) with OpenStack
|
|
Compute with vSphere version 5.0 or earlier,
|
|
<filename>nova.conf</filename> must include the following
|
|
extra config option:</para>
|
|
<programlisting language="ini">[vmware]
|
|
wsdl_location=file:///opt/stack/vmware/SDK/wsdl/vim25/vimService.wsdl</programlisting>
|
|
</section>
|
|
<section xml:id="VMware_config">
|
|
<title>Configuration reference</title>
|
|
<para>To customize the VMware driver, use the configuration option settings
|
|
documented in <xref linkend="config_table_nova_vmware"/>.</para>
|
|
</section>
|
|
</section>
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