[Openstack] Does openstack python API support vsphere?

2013-09-03 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I am new to openstack, can anyone tell me if the openstack nova python API support vsphere? Thanks a lot xin ___ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe

[Openstack] Anyone using openstack nova/vmware api?

2013-09-04 Thread openstack learner
hi all, I am trying to use the nova/vmware and i saw the code here https://github.com/openstack/nova/blob/master/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vif.py in which nova.virt.vmwareapi is imported. but i did not find any documents online about the nova.virt.vmwareapi pakage. Anyone have a link or any document

[Openstack] Snapshot failure with VMwareVCDriver

2013-09-22 Thread openstack learner
I am unable to get snapshots working in my devstack setup with the VCDriver. When I tried to snapshot a vm instance, in the glance image-list, i could firstly see a new image was create and the status was "saving", few seconds later the new created image entry disappeared from the image list and w

Re: [Openstack] Snapshot failure with VMwareVCDriver

2013-09-23 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, After git clone the newest devstack repository on sep23 2013 and reinstall devstack, when i did a snapshot it still failed. This time, from the vCenter task history i could see both the "Create virtual machine snapshot" and the "Copy virtual disk" operation are completed successfully. T

[Openstack] Does quantum work with vmware esxi ?

2013-09-23 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I am thinking about using quantum to do some network setting for the vms on esxi host but I am not sure if it should work or not because the * VMwareVCDriver* is listed as a compute driver. Last time when I enable the quantum service in my devstack installation, there is a boot instance

[Openstack] Instances running on VMware ESXi unable to get ip by dhcp

2013-10-01 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I read a similar topic was discussed before but it seems like no specific and clear solution is provided in that discussion, anyone has the same issue before and already solved it? According to the vmware vsphere networking instruction, I create a port group with the same name as the 'vm

[Openstack] Does openstack have a notification system that will let us know when a server changes state ?

2013-10-18 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I am using the openstack python api. After I boot an instance, I will keep polling the instance status to check if its status changes from BUILD to ACTIVE. My question is: does openstack have a notification system that will let us know when a vm changes state (e.g. goes into ACTIVE stat

[Openstack] does the nova client python API support Keystone's token-based authentication?

2013-10-25 Thread openstack learner
hi guys, Instead of username/password, does the nova client python API support Keystone's token-based authentication? thanks xin ___ Mailing list: http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack Post to : [email protected]

[Openstack] what is the default timeout of the session the python nova client instance set up with the compute endpoint?

2013-10-25 Thread openstack learner
Hi guys, I am using the python-novaclient api and creating a nova client using "client = Client(USERNAME, PASSWORD, PROJECT_ID, AUTH_URL)" My question is: what is the default timeout of the session the nova client instance set up with the compute endpoint? >From the man page of the novaclient.

[Openstack] What key strings can we set in "scheduler_hints" param when boot an instance?

2013-11-06 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I am using the nova python api and recently i need to use the filter schedule hint when i boot up an instance. In the novaclient.v1_1.client.Client.servers.create() method, there is a :param scheduler_hints: (optional extension) arbitrary key-value pairs specifie

[Openstack] Create my own scheduler_weight_classe

2013-11-08 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I would like to create my own scheduler_weight_classes for Filter Scheduler host weighting. However, I did not find any documentation online that describe how to create a customized scheduler_weight_classes. The only document is http://docs.openstack.org/developer/nova/devref/filter_schedu

[Openstack] ERROR : Unable to locate Volume Group stack-volumes

2013-11-08 Thread openstack learner
Hi all, I am using devstack and sometimes when i do a ./unstack.sh and then ./stack.sh, there is a Unable to locate Volume Group stack-volumes ERROR as followed. Does anyone know what causes the error and how to solve the issue? Before i do the ./unstack.sh and redo ./stack.sh. Everything looks