[Openstack-operators] vmware vsphere 4.1 support in Compute?

Milind Barve milind.barve at citrix.com
Tue Jul 12 06:08:55 UTC 2011


Hi Bryan,

As mentioned in the link -http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix, we support various hypervisors.
>From a demo perspective, either of ESX or XenServer should be fine, but I would sincerely suggest using XenServer as it will continue to get optimized for use with OpenStack.
Regards,
~Milind

From: openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org [mailto:openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org] On Behalf Of Bryan Berry
Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2011 11:29 AM
To: Sateesh Chodapuneedi
Cc: Openstack-operators at lists.openstack.org
Subject: Re: [Openstack-operators] vmware vsphere 4.1 support in Compute?

Thanks Sateesh, that is very helpful

Is vCenter integration planned?

Also, is there a preferred hypervisor(s) to use w/ openstack?

I ask as my manager may want a demo in the next couple weeks and i may choose the path of least resistance for the demo.
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 7:55 AM, Sateesh Chodapuneedi <sateesh.chodapuneedi at citrix.com<mailto:sateesh.chodapuneedi at citrix.com>> wrote:
Hi Bryan,

OpenStack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts using vSphere API.

Following operations are supported for instances running on ESXi host as compute node.

1)    Instance spawn

2)    Instance terminate

3)    Instance suspend

4)    Instance resume

5)    Instance reboot

Both FLAT as well as VLAN networking models are supported.
Console support for accessing instances is also available.

Hope this helps. Let me know If you are looking for more information on any specific features.

~Regards,
Sateesh

From: openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org> [mailto:openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org<mailto:openstack-operators-bounces at lists.openstack.org>] On Behalf Of Bryan Berry
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Subject: [Openstack-operators] vmware vsphere 4.1 support in Compute?

I can find vmware support listed in the feature matrix and this blog entry from Citrix
http://wiki.openstack.org/FeatureMatrix
http://blogs.citrix.com/2011/03/25/vmware-customers-heres-a-real-cloud-for-you/

As noted in the feature matrix, openstack interfaces directly with ESXi hosts and not with VCenter.

Can anyone comment on how well openstack supports VM instances on ESXi hosts? I would very much appreciate your feedback as it will help me decide which hypervisor to use together with openstack.

Bryan


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