[racktables-users] Re: What virtual infrastructure do you use?
- From: Ernest Shaffer <ernest.shaffer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2011 13:23:30 -0800
Chat last night got my thinking about how virtualized hosts should be displayed
in RackTables.
So for those working on this solution, here's an example of what I'd like to
see under the Object Summary (view tab). A new section for Virtual Layout with
a table generated to display all the layers. Physical, logical, host, guest.
Ignore the colors I used. And just like the racks the object names should be
clickable. For the comment we use the visible label for a short description of
the host, so that is what is after the dash in the example below.
Also the first column with phy, dom, gz, lz, is the object type, so phy real
should just be server. But the other types would represent the type of
virtualization used.
phy = server
dom = partition/domain
gz = global zone
lz = local zone
So the above would be under the summary. Also, under Objects with type server
you would see a new tab like Ports, but maybe Virtual. Then under that new tab
you simply add all the objects (layers) just like adding a new port. Maybe you
have a comment field that gets displayed, that way if people use the Visible
Label for something else, it will not impact them and you can still get a nice
short description in the table above.
Also, if the virtualization you are using doesn't have the same number of
layers, that layer isn't displayed.
If you want to get really slick you could change the color of the objects
displayed in the real racks, if they have virtual guests, instead of being
green they are some other color. Or maybe just the font color is different.
Ernie
On Jan 9, 2011, at 11:49 AM, Glenn Kelley wrote:
> we use and love proxmox as well.
> Version 2 is due to have an api - none yet however.
>
>
> On Jan 6, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Luis F. Lacayo wrote:
>
>> I use PROXMOX...
>>
>>
>> Luis
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Matt Mills" <mmills@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: racktables-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Sent: Thursday, January 6, 2011 9:52:28 AM
>> Subject: [racktables-users] What virtual infrastructure do you use?
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>> All,
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>> Was mulling over some Racktables code and I'm curious what types of
>> virtualization infrastructure is most prevalent and how differently its
>> used. I know we use VMware and it groups hosts into Clusters and allows VM
>> migration across any host in a cluster seamlessly; Do you use something
>> different and if so does it work in a different manner? Does it have a
>> management server that provides any kind of API for accessing data?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Matt Mills
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