$ sudo nova-manage service disable --host=ESSEX-1 --service nova-compute It's also good to read the documentation before asking questions. http://docs.openstack.org/essex/openstack-compute/admin/content/managing-the-cloud.html#d6e6254 Cheers. On Thu, Jul 12, 2012 at 9:14 AM, Christian Wittwer <wittwerch at gmail.com>wrote: > You can just stop nova-compute on the essex-1 node. > > 2012/7/12 Trinath Somanchi <trinath.somanchi at gmail.com> > >> Hi- >> >> I have installed Openstack on a Machine ESSEX-1 which is the controller >> and Nova-Compute on another machine ESSEX-2 which acts as an agent/node. >> >> When ever I start an new instance, the VM instance is getting created in >> the CONTROLLER (ESSEX-1) machine not in the ESSEX-2 machine, the agent/node. >> >> Please kindly help me on how to restrict/instruct the controller to >> create the VM instances only on the Agent/Nodes only. >> >> Thanking you for the help. >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> ---------------------------------------------- >> Trinath Somanchi, >> +91 9866 235 130 >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net >> Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack >> More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack > Post to : openstack at lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp > > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack/attachments/20120712/5b67ae65/attachment.html>