That's right. Cloudstack relies on native HA capabilities provided by vSphere.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Kirk Kosinski [mailto:kirkkosin...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 6:30 AM > To: us...@cloudstack.apache.org > Cc: Chip Childers; dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Re: HA for VMWare > > Hi, unless something changed (I checked 4.0/4.1 release notes and found > nothing), CloudStack uses the native vSphere HA (unlike XenServer and > KVM), so HA must be enabled in a CloudStack-managed vSphere for HA to > work. Shutting down a VM through vCenter is probably seen as a valid > shutdown (same as shutting down through CS UI/API) and doesn't trigger HA > even if it is enabled in vSphere. This might be different for other > hypervisors > since VMSync for vSphere is different. > > Best regards, > Kirk > > On 07/10/2013 01:03 PM, Chip Childers wrote: > > It "should" work for CS to do the HA (typically with the VMware > > cluster *not* having HA enabled). > > > > Nicolas, perhaps open a bug? > > > > On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 4:01 PM, Jörgen Maas <jorgen.m...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> This should be done by ESX instead of CS, to CS ESX hypervisor is > >> externally managed (vCenter) I guess you need to enable HA in your > >> vmware configuration > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 12:11 PM, <nicolas.lamira...@orange.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hi, > >>> We are testing CS 4.1.0 with VMWare vSphere 5.0. > >>> If we stop a VM using vCenter, CS doesn't try to restart it. In logs > >>> we see : > >>> > >>> Skip HA for VMware VM i-xxxxxx > >>> > >>> In source code, we can see : > >>> > >>> @Override > >>> public void scheduleRestartForVmsOnHost(final HostVO host, > >>> boolean > >>> investigate) { > >>> > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> if(host.getHypervisorType() == HypervisorType.VMware) { > >>> s_logger.info("Don't restart for VMs on host " + > >>> host.getId() + " as the host is VMware host"); > >>> return; > >>> } > >>> > >>> > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> } > >>> > >>> > >>> So, CS does not care to restart the VM ? > >>> Regards. > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Nicolas Lamirault > >>> > >>> > >>> > __________________________________________________________ > __________ > >>> _____________________________________________________ > >>> > >>> Ce message et ses pieces jointes peuvent contenir des informations > >>> confidentielles ou privilegiees et ne doivent donc pas etre > >>> diffuses, exploites ou copies sans autorisation. Si vous avez recu > >>> ce message par erreur, veuillez le signaler a l'expediteur et le > >>> detruire ainsi que les pieces jointes. Les messages electroniques > >>> etant susceptibles d'alteration, Orange decline toute responsabilite > >>> si ce message a ete altere, deforme ou falsifie. Merci. > >>> > >>> This message and its attachments may contain confidential or > >>> privileged information that may be protected by law; they should not > >>> be distributed, used or copied without authorisation. > >>> If you have received this email in error, please notify the sender > >>> and delete this message and its attachments. > >>> As emails may be altered, Orange is not liable for messages that > >>> have been modified, changed or falsified. > >>> Thank you. > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Grtz, > >> Jörgen Maas
