You can introduce your own dedicate apis to dedicate pods clusters and host 
instead of jam them into update apis.

--Alex

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Deepti Dohare
> Sent: Monday, January 14, 2013 9:48 PM
> To: Alex Huang
> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters, Hosts
> to a domain
>
> Hi Alex,
> As you said, dedication apis should be added as a part of plugin, but here my
> concern is , when we are dedicating a pod/cluster/host, I can use existing
> apis  (eg. updatePod or updateCluster) . How will I do that in plugins?
> Please clarify.
>
> -Deepti
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Alex Huang
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 10:11 AM
> > To: Deepti Dohare
> > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters, Hosts
> > to a domain
> >
> > If anything I said doesn't make sense, don't hesitate to ask.
> >
> > --Alex
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Deepti Dohare
> > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 8:20 PM
> > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > Cc: Alex Huang
> > > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters,
> > > Hosts to a domain
> > >
> > > Thanks Alex for pointing out. I will update the FS keeping your points in
> > mind.
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com]
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, January 08, 2013 7:09 AM
> > > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods, Clusters,
> > > > Hosts to a domain
> > > >
> > > > Deepti,
> > > >
> > > > Your wiki has references to defunct wiki/bug tracking.  Please
> > > > correct that
> > > by
> > > > moving those into the apache wiki/jira.
> > > >
> > > > I don't think the two FSes has enough details for review yet but
> > > > based on APIs posted, I can see the way it is heading so I want to
> > > > make some requirements on the direction.  Dedication is not an
> > > > integral part of cloudstack.  This requirement means the following
> things.
> > > >
> > > > - You should not add dedication as an integral part of the
> > > > organization units such as zone, pod, and cluster.  It should be in 
> > > > steps
> > reflected in the API.
> > > For
> > > > example, from an API standpoint, it should be
> > > >         - admin adds a pod
> > > >         - admin dedicates the pod to a domain
> > > >         - admin enables pod.
> > > > - UI can makes these three calls on behalf of the admin if you want
> > > > to introduce a easy step.
> > > > - You should add a plugin that adds dedication apis and implements a
> > > > deployment planner interface.
> > > > - In cloudstack's core code itself, you should modify the following 
> > > > things.
> > > >         - service offering should carry a planner name to use.
> > > >         - deploy vm code should use the planner that's specified in
> > > > the service offering.
> > > >
> > > > --Alex
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > From: Deepti Dohare [mailto:deepti.doh...@citrix.com]
> > > > > Sent: Monday, January 07, 2013 11:33 AM
> > > > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > >
> > > > > Based on the discussion, we have 2 separate features:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1. Private pod, cluster, host
> > > > > 2. VMs on hardware dedicated to a specific account Functional
> > > > > specs for these 2 features are posted on  Apache CloudStack wiki:
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/FS+for+VMs+on
> > > > > +hardware+dedicated+to+a+specific+account
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Dedicated+Reso
> > > > > urces+-+Private+pod%2C+cluster%2C+host+Functional+Spec
> > > > >
> > > > > This is the first draft, and modifications will be done along the way.
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > > Deepti
> > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Hari Kannan [mailto:hari.kan...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2012 10:30 PM
> > > > > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hi Nitin,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Please see inline
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hari
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > From: Nitin Mehta [mailto:nitin.me...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2012 9:01 PM
> > > > > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > Clusters,
> > > > > Hosts
> > > > > > to a domain
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On 27-Dec-2012, at 4:47 AM, Hari Kannan wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hi Alex,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > There is no requirement for the end user administer the
> > > > > > > hardware -
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regarding the OAMP, I believe the resources are still owner,
> > > > > > > administered, maintained and provisioned by the root admin -
> > > > > > > they are simply "reserved" for the said domain/sub-domain
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > But, what would the admin view of all the resources be. Lets say
> > > > > > he has dedicated Pod P1 to domain D1 and Cluster C1 to domain D2
> > > > > > and Host h1 to domain D3 then in this case how will his dashboard
> > look like ?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hari: Perhaps, the issue is we have a single persona called
> > > > > > admin that
> > > > > seems
> > > > > > to be a catch-all. This admin role is actually composed of
> > > > > > multiple roles - I
> > > > > see
> > > > > > the OAMP task as a provider side role - and hence no different
> > > > > > than today from that perspective - i.e. the domain admin (which
> > > > > > is the
> > > > "consumer"
> > > > > side
> > > > > > role) need not have access to the provider side resources - this
> > > > > > might be a need for Hosting environments, but for a cloud
> > > > > > service provider as well as private clouds, I don't know if this
> > > > > > is a requirement. I do agree that it would be a nice to have feature
> > though..
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Regarding CRUD/Mice's question - I don't believe that is the
> > > > > > > intention -
> > > > > For
> > > > > > context, Mice wrote " but if further sub-domain is assigned a
> > > > > > different pod then it cannot access its parent domain's pod. 2.
> > > > > > Sub-domain and its child domains will have the sole access to
> > > > > > that new pod. when child domain already has some VMs on parent
> > > > > > domain's dedicated pod, is it allowed to assign a pod to the
> > > > > > child domain? or the existing VMs will be migrated to
> > > > > the
> > > > > > new pod?"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > However, I think of this feature more along the lines of what
> > > > > > > Saurav
> > > > > wrote
> > > > > > " Lets say that  the resources on the pod dedicated to the
> > > > > > child-domain are exhausted and resources on parent pod are
> > > > > > available. In this case will provisioning of vms for the
> > > > > > child-domain happen on parent's pod. So essentially provisioning
> > > > > > has a affinity for local pods if available. And if resources are
> > > > > > not available on the local pod but available on the parent pod then
> > use that.
> > > > Would it be good to configure this  affinity"
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I am afraid affinity is not the right thing to configure. The
> > > > > > child domain has
> > > > > the
> > > > > > expectation and is paying for dedicating resources just to itself.
> > > > > > If these resources exhaust we should definitely fail deploying
> > > > > > his vm. Instead if we deploy it in its parent dedicated
> > > > > > resources and still charge him premium
> > > > > that
> > > > > > is not correct. We should set the expectations right.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Hari: I'm open to either choice - dedication can be interpreted
> > > > > > differently -
> > > > > If I
> > > > > > have some resources dedicated, no one else can touch it, it
> > > > > > doesn't mean I don't get anything more - my preference is to use
> > > > > > a global to indicate if I
> > > > > can
> > > > > > draw from parent pool or not, with the default choice of "yes"
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Also what will be the change in usage ? How will we be metering
> > > > > > the end user here  with dedicated resources?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I also think we need to have a flag in the service offering
> > > > > > asking the end
> > > > > user
> > > > > > if he/she wants to deploy vm on dedicated or shared resources.
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hari
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > > From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > > Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 9:48 AM
> > > > > > > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > > Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > > Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Planners are also plugins.  It just means your dedicated piece
> > > > > > > needs to
> > > > > > implement a different planner.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > We may need some cloud-engine work.  Prachi and I talked about
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > idea
> > > > > > to let the service offering contain the planner cloud-engine
> > > > > > should use to deploy a vm.  You can explore that idea.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But this part is just action acl.  This is the easy part. The
> > > > > > > more difficult part
> > > > > is
> > > > > > the read part.  How do you limit what they can access.  That
> > > > > > part you need
> > > > > to
> > > > > > talk with Prachi about on her design.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Is there any requirement to let the end user administer the
> > > > > > > hardware
> > > > > since
> > > > > > the hardware is dedicated to them?
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > My problem right now is the list of requirements sent in your
> > > > > > > email is not
> > > > > > enough.  We need to send out a list with regard to the following.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - OAMP. This means (Operations, Administrations, Maintenance,
> > > > > > Provisioning) of hardware/physical entities/capacities.  Who is
> > > > > > ultimately responsible for the OAMP aspects of the dedicated
> > > > > > resources?  Is it the domain admin/system amdin/ or some new role?
> > > > > > Depending on this, your interaction with the new ACL work can
> > > > > > range from low to high.  This needs
> > > > > to
> > > > > > be clearly outlined in the requirements.
> > > > > > > - CRUD operations.  This means (Create, Read, Update, Delete)
> > > > > > > on virtual
> > > > > > entities and physical entities.  How does dedication affect
> > > > > > those
> > > > operations?
> > > > > > For example, questions asked by Mice in another email.  Here,
> > > > > > you need to gather up the list of virtual entities we have and
> > > > > > specify what it means for that entities in terms of CRUD.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is not a small feature.  Tread carefully.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > --Alex
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >> From: Prachi Damle [mailto:prachi.da...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:59 AM
> > > > > > >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Comments inline.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> -Prachi
> > > > > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >> From: Devdeep Singh [mailto:devdeep.si...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 4:16 PM
> > > > > > >> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Some queries inline
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >>> From: Prachi Damle [mailto:prachi.da...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 3:04 PM
> > > > > > >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >>> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> Planners and allocators work on a DeploymentPlan provided as
> > > input.
> > > > > > >>> The caller can specify particular zone, pod, cluster, host,
> > > > > > >>> pool etc., to be used for deployment.
> > > > > > >>> So for enforcing the use of a dedicated pod, caller can set
> > > > > > >>> the podId in the plan and planners will search under the
> > > > > > >>> specific pod
> > > > only.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>>> If a deploy vm request is from a user belonging to a domain
> > > > > > >>>> which has a
> > > > > > >> dedicated resource, then setting the podid/clusterid etc. will
> work.
> > > > > > >> However, if I understand correctly there is a requirement
> > > > > > >> that no user from outside the domain, should be able >>to use
> > > > > > >> the dedicated resource. They cannot be restricted by how the
> > > > > > >> planner is implemented right now. Should the avoid list be
> > > > > > >> used? But it doesn't seem like the
> > > > > right
> > > > > > use of the field.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Yes avoid set lets you set the zone,pods,clusters,hosts to be
> > > > > > >> avoided by the planner. It can be used for this purpose.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> There may be some changes necessary (like accepting a list
> > > > > > >>> of pods/clusters instead of single Ids) but this design of
> > > > > > >>> planners should let you enforce the use of dedicated
> > > > > > >>> resources without major
> > > > > > >> changes to planners.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>>> Doesn't this mean that we are changing the core cloudstack
> > > > > > >>>> code to
> > > > > > >> achieve dedicated resources features?
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> This change is not necessary; it is an optimization.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >> Also, another way is to add a custom planner say
> > > > > > >> DedicatedResourcePlanner that will search for only dedicated
> > > > > > >> resources
> > > > > > for the given account.
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>
> > > > > > >>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >>> From: Devdeep Singh [mailto:devdeep.si...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >>> Sent: Friday, December 21, 2012 2:58 PM
> > > > > > >>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >>> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> Hi Alex,
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> I assume some apis will be added for letting an admin
> > > > > > >>> dedicate a pod/cluster etc to a domain. This can be contained in
> a
> > plugin.
> > > > > > >>> However, for enforcing that a dedicated resource is picked
> > > > > > >>> up for servicing deploy vm requests from a user; wouldn't
> > > > > > >>> planners and allocators have to be updated to take care of this?
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>> Regards,
> > > > > > >>> Devdeep
> > > > > > >>>
> > > > > > >>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >>>> From: Alex Huang [mailto:alex.hu...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 7:21 PM
> > > > > > >>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >>>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >>>> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> Deepti,
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> As Chiradeep pointed out, you should get in contact with
> Prachi.
> > > > > > >>>> You should plan on this after the ACL change or you can
> > > > > > >>>> help out on the ACL
> > > > > > >>> change.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> For this feature, you really need to think about the stats
> > > > > > >>>> collection side of this because you'll need to provide a
> > > > > > >>>> lot of warnings about being near capacity so people can plan
> > accordingly.
> > > > > > >>>> It cannot be a case of the dedicated resource explodes and
> > > > > > >>>> then they go and work on expanding it.  So you should also
> > > > > > >>>> talk with Murali about how to do alerts in
> > > > > > >>> his new notification system.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> And then in your spec, you need to plan out how to do this
> > > > > > >>>> in a plugin architecture and not modify the core code.
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>> --Alex
> > > > > > >>>>
> > > > > > >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >>>>> From: Deepti Dohare [mailto:deepti.doh...@citrix.com]
> > > > > > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:32 AM
> > > > > > >>>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >>>>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate Pods,
> > > > > > >>>>> Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>> Hi Mice,
> > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>> Once a new pod is dedicated to the child-domain,
> > > > > > >>>>> deployment of the new VMs will happen only  in the new
> pod.
> > > > > > >>>>> The existing VMs will keep running on parent-domain's pod.
> > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>> Do you have any other suggestion on this.
> > > > > > >>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>> - Deepti
> > > > > > >>>>>> -----Original Message-----
> > > > > > >>>>>> From: Mice Xia [mailto:weiran.x...@gmail.com]
> > > > > > >>>>>> Sent: Thursday, December 20, 2012 4:52 PM
> > > > > > >>>>>> To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > > > > > >>>>>> Subject: RE: [DISCUSS] Dedicated Resources: Dedicate
> > > > > > >>>>>> Pods, Clusters, Hosts to a domain
> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>>> but if further sub-domain is assigned a different pod
> > > > > > >>>>>> then it cannot access
> > > > > > >>>>> its
> > > > > > >>>>>> parent domain's pod. 2. Sub-domain and its child domains
> > > > > > >>>>>> will have the sole access to that new pod.
> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>>> when child domain already has some VMs on parent
> > domain's
> > > > > > >>>>>> dedicated pod, is it allowed to assign a pod to the child
> > domain?
> > > > > > >>>>>> or the existing VMs
> > > > > > >>>>> will
> > > > > > >>>>>> be migrated to the new pod?
> > > > > > >>>>>>
> > > > > > >>>>>> mice

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