On 3/29/14, 7:31 PM, "Sateesh Chodapuneedi"
<sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com> wrote:

>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com]
>> Sent: 30 March 2014 00:06
>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org
>> Subject: [QUESTION] VMware ServerResource
>> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Quick question:
>> 
>> For VMware, since we have vCenter Server in the mix as opposed to just
>> ESX(i) hosts, I was wondering how that works out with our related
>>ServerResources.
>> 
>> For example, if you have a cluster with three ESX hosts, does that
>>equate to three ServerResources running on the management server?
>Yes, each host is tracked by a server resource. CloudStack retrieves
>owning cluster/datacenter as required from vCenter and performs required
>operations.
>
>> 
>> Assuming that leads to three ServerResources in that situation, if you
>>have multiple management servers for your cloud, do all three of
>> these ServerResources have to be managed by a single management server
>>(because their resources are in the same cluster)?
>I think it is not required to be managed by a single management server.


Yes, it is not required to be managed by a single management server. One
thing to note that, all resource instances are now sharing a pool of
vCenter sessions, an instance of such vCenter session is acquired and
released by server resource when it needs to perform operations to vCenter.


>
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> 
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