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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Cristian Ciobanu <cr...@istream.today> on 2016/02/15 09:56:05 UTC
Re: vmware cloudstack
Hi ilya,
I'm not sure if your received any my answers, i will provide again:
1. Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
Yes, are physical dedicated.
2. How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
2TB on each server, Xeon D-1520
3. Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or server production workload?
' Yes, I installed like for production and intend to use for PROD
4. This seems pretty straightforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
I, don't have internal DNS, only external, but i can also setup an internal DNS.
Regards,
Cristian
On 15.02.2016 10:30:19, Cristian Ciobanu <cr...@istream.today> wrote:
Hi ilya,
On 11.02.2016 23:15:51, ilya musayev <il...@gmail.com> wrote:
Cristian,
Please see response in-line
On 2/11/16 4:21 AM, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
> Hello ilya,
>
> First of all, thanks for your help
>
> I will start a new setup again using CloudStack 4.5.2 and VMware
> 5.5, please see what i did before.
>
> CloudStack 4.5.2 - VMware 5.5 ( Local Storage with basic Network )
>
> Hardware and Software :
>
> *(a)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running CentOS 6.7 x64 ( used
> for CloudStack 4.5.2 Management Server i also tested on other version)
>
>
> *(b)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running Windows 2012
> Standard ( used for vCenter )
>
> *(c)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running ESXI 5.5 ( HOST )
>
Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or serve
production workload?
Reasons why i'm asking, depending on configs for each box, we can alter
the setup to make it more resilient.
>
> Network:
>
> Each server have 2 x NIC, private (vRack) andpublic just for
> server traffic
>
> Management IP's used on this configuration 172.11.0.0/24
> *(a)* 172.11.0.2 CS MGMT (cloudvm.my.domain)
> *(b)* 172.11.0.11 vCenter ( vscsp001.my.domain )
> *(c)* 172.11.0.101 ESXI -(vSwitch0 Public network for this
> server ) (vSwitch1 Private network in vRack and used for Management
> traffic and Guest )
>
>
> 1. CloudStack to vCenter, from (a) to (b) i used private IP via
> domain ( i also added in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on CS
> MGMT)
This seems pretty straigtforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts
file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
> 2. vCenter to ESXI, from (b) to (c) i used a DNS A record via
> public IP, vSwitch0 (vCenter is also able to communicate with ESXI via
> Private IP, ping and telnet tested )
>
> Guest IP ( public IP )158.xx.xx.xxx/28 (
>
> After deploy SSVM and CPVM was build, and i also added this
> record in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on SSVM ( because
> SSVM need to communicate with vCenter )
>
Is public IP routable? if so, is it over separate vSwitch or do you have
VLAN trunking?
Or public IP routing is not important?
What cloudstack zone type did you choose?
> I also want to mention that this configuration was ok for about
> 3 days ( in this time i was able to deploy VM's, create templates,
> download ISO) till i tried to change "over provisioning factor" after
> some minutes i saw error regarding "host time out" i also did some tests
> for connectivity between servers and i don't find any issue for
> communication, any task i wanted to execute from CS MGMT was
> unsuccessfully, Force reconnect, Disable/Enable Host, restart SSVM,
> CPVM, VRVM. also after some hours of troubleshooting i don't found
> anything clear for me and i'm not sure if this issue was related to my
> last change for "over provisioning" because the resources quantity was
> wrong after this change.
>
What over provisioning value have you set?
> After, I used the decision to rebuild with CS 4.6, 4.7, i was
> not able to have from start to have a full functional environment
> because of VRVM stuck in "starting" mode.
>
Lastly, i'd strongly suggest you stay on 4.5.2 - unless you have a
strong reason to do otherwise.
> This my story for CS and VMware :)
>
> */Regards,/*
If our schedules matches, i can help over webex, but we need to get a
system functional or pre-setup state.
>
> */Cristian/*
Regards
ilya
>
>> On 11.02.2016 01:02:39, ilya musayev wrote:
>>
>> Hey Chris
>>
>> I see you are strugling a bit with vmware/cloudstack, so i figured i'll
>> take this off the list to see if i can help.
>>
>> Please tell me what it is you are trying to setup, i can tell you how it
>> works (for me). Please be as detailed as possible.
>>
>> PS: do you have a specific reason you need to be on 4.8? I'd suggest you
>> stay with 4.5.2 for the time being - as it works well for me in very
>> large scale.
>>
>> Regards
>> ilya
>>
>>
>>
Re: vmware cloudstack
Posted by Cristian Ciobanu <cr...@istream.today>.
Hi ilya,
I used basic zone, and i did like in your example, i also created an internal DNS, everything is working for now.
Thank you !!
Regards,
Cristian
On 16.02.2016 02:23:40, ilya <il...@gmail.com> wrote:
Cristian
What zone setup have you used?
Do you have to leverage cloudstack's routers and vpc feature or can you
piggy back of physical infrastructure.
Lastly, here is how i would do this setup.
On all 3 hosts, install vSphere.
On host 1, install vCenter with windows 2010 - use 24GB of RAM, on
CloudStack - 8GB is more than enough.
I'd strongly suggest you use real DNS service, you can deploy a virtual
appliance that manages DNS, or just do basic linux install with Bind.
Alternatively, you can consider merging DNS with your vCenter 2010
windows server (or cloudstack).
The other 2 hosts, can be used as VmWare nodes in a single cluster.
>From then on, its fairly straightforward. Let me know what steps you
take and if you can start from scratch..
Regards,
ilya
On 2/15/16 12:56 AM, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
> Hi ilya,
>
>
> I'm not sure if your received any my answers, i will provide again:
>
> 1. Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
> Yes, are physical dedicated.
>
> 2. How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
> 2TB on each server, Xeon D-1520
>
> 3. Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or server production workload?
> ' Yes, I installed like for production and intend to use for PROD
>
> 4. This seems pretty straightforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
> I, don't have internal DNS, only external, but i can also setup an internal DNS.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Cristian
> On 15.02.2016 10:30:19, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
> Hi ilya,
>
> On 11.02.2016 23:15:51, ilya musayev wrote:
> Cristian,
>
> Please see response in-line
>
>
> On 2/11/16 4:21 AM, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
>> Hello ilya,
>>
>> First of all, thanks for your help
>>
>> I will start a new setup again using CloudStack 4.5.2 and VMware
>> 5.5, please see what i did before.
>>
>> CloudStack 4.5.2 - VMware 5.5 ( Local Storage with basic Network )
>>
>> Hardware and Software :
>>
>> *(a)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running CentOS 6.7 x64 ( used
>> for CloudStack 4.5.2 Management Server i also tested on other version)
>>
>>
>> *(b)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running Windows 2012
>> Standard ( used for vCenter )
>>
>> *(c)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running ESXI 5.5 ( HOST )
>>
>
> Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
>
> How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
>
> Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or serve
> production workload?
>
> Reasons why i'm asking, depending on configs for each box, we can alter
> the setup to make it more resilient.
>
>
>>
>> Network:
>>
>> Each server have 2 x NIC, private (vRack) andpublic just for
>> server traffic
>>
>> Management IP's used on this configuration 172.11.0.0/24
>> *(a)* 172.11.0.2 CS MGMT (cloudvm.my.domain)
>> *(b)* 172.11.0.11 vCenter ( vscsp001.my.domain )
>> *(c)* 172.11.0.101 ESXI -(vSwitch0 Public network for this
>> server ) (vSwitch1 Private network in vRack and used for Management
>> traffic and Guest )
>>
>>
>> 1. CloudStack to vCenter, from (a) to (b) i used private IP via
>> domain ( i also added in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on CS
>> MGMT)
>
>
> This seems pretty straigtforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts
> file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
>
>> 2. vCenter to ESXI, from (b) to (c) i used a DNS A record via
>> public IP, vSwitch0 (vCenter is also able to communicate with ESXI via
>> Private IP, ping and telnet tested )
>>
>> Guest IP ( public IP )158.xx.xx.xxx/28 (
>>
>> After deploy SSVM and CPVM was build, and i also added this
>> record in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on SSVM ( because
>> SSVM need to communicate with vCenter )
>>
>
> Is public IP routable? if so, is it over separate vSwitch or do you have
> VLAN trunking?
>
> Or public IP routing is not important?
>
> What cloudstack zone type did you choose?
>
>> I also want to mention that this configuration was ok for about
>> 3 days ( in this time i was able to deploy VM's, create templates,
>> download ISO) till i tried to change "over provisioning factor" after
>> some minutes i saw error regarding "host time out" i also did some tests
>> for connectivity between servers and i don't find any issue for
>> communication, any task i wanted to execute from CS MGMT was
>> unsuccessfully, Force reconnect, Disable/Enable Host, restart SSVM,
>> CPVM, VRVM. also after some hours of troubleshooting i don't found
>> anything clear for me and i'm not sure if this issue was related to my
>> last change for "over provisioning" because the resources quantity was
>> wrong after this change.
>>
>
> What over provisioning value have you set?
>
>> After, I used the decision to rebuild with CS 4.6, 4.7, i was
>> not able to have from start to have a full functional environment
>> because of VRVM stuck in "starting" mode.
>>
>
> Lastly, i'd strongly suggest you stay on 4.5.2 - unless you have a
> strong reason to do otherwise.
>
>> This my story for CS and VMware :)
>>
>> */Regards,/*
>
> If our schedules matches, i can help over webex, but we need to get a
> system functional or pre-setup state.
>
>
>>
>> */Cristian/*
>
> Regards
> ilya
>>
>>> On 11.02.2016 01:02:39, ilya musayev wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Chris
>>>
>>> I see you are strugling a bit with vmware/cloudstack, so i figured i'll
>>> take this off the list to see if i can help.
>>>
>>> Please tell me what it is you are trying to setup, i can tell you how it
>>> works (for me). Please be as detailed as possible.
>>>
>>> PS: do you have a specific reason you need to be on 4.8? I'd suggest you
>>> stay with 4.5.2 for the time being - as it works well for me in very
>>> large scale.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> ilya
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
Re: vmware cloudstack
Posted by ilya <il...@gmail.com>.
Cristian
What zone setup have you used?
Do you have to leverage cloudstack's routers and vpc feature or can you
piggy back of physical infrastructure.
Lastly, here is how i would do this setup.
On all 3 hosts, install vSphere.
On host 1, install vCenter with windows 2010 - use 24GB of RAM, on
CloudStack - 8GB is more than enough.
I'd strongly suggest you use real DNS service, you can deploy a virtual
appliance that manages DNS, or just do basic linux install with Bind.
Alternatively, you can consider merging DNS with your vCenter 2010
windows server (or cloudstack).
The other 2 hosts, can be used as VmWare nodes in a single cluster.
>From then on, its fairly straightforward. Let me know what steps you
take and if you can start from scratch..
Regards,
ilya
On 2/15/16 12:56 AM, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
> Hi ilya,
>
>
> I'm not sure if your received any my answers, i will provide again:
>
> 1. Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
> Yes, are physical dedicated.
>
> 2. How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
> 2TB on each server, Xeon D-1520
>
> 3. Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or server production workload?
> ' Yes, I installed like for production and intend to use for PROD
>
> 4. This seems pretty straightforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
> I, don't have internal DNS, only external, but i can also setup an internal DNS.
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Cristian
> On 15.02.2016 10:30:19, Cristian Ciobanu <cr...@istream.today> wrote:
> Hi ilya,
>
> On 11.02.2016 23:15:51, ilya musayev <il...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Cristian,
>
> Please see response in-line
>
>
> On 2/11/16 4:21 AM, Cristian Ciobanu wrote:
>> Hello ilya,
>>
>> First of all, thanks for your help
>>
>> I will start a new setup again using CloudStack 4.5.2 and VMware
>> 5.5, please see what i did before.
>>
>> CloudStack 4.5.2 - VMware 5.5 ( Local Storage with basic Network )
>>
>> Hardware and Software :
>>
>> *(a)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running CentOS 6.7 x64 ( used
>> for CloudStack 4.5.2 Management Server i also tested on other version)
>>
>>
>> *(b)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running Windows 2012
>> Standard ( used for vCenter )
>>
>> *(c)* 1 X Deidicated Server 32 GB RAM running ESXI 5.5 ( HOST )
>>
>
> Are these physical dedicated servers or VMs?
>
> How much disk-space do you have on each host and CPU?
>
> Is this DEV/POC environment or you want to use as playground or serve
> production workload?
>
> Reasons why i'm asking, depending on configs for each box, we can alter
> the setup to make it more resilient.
>
>
>>
>> Network:
>>
>> Each server have 2 x NIC, private (vRack) andpublic just for
>> server traffic
>>
>> Management IP's used on this configuration 172.11.0.0/24
>> *(a)* 172.11.0.2 CS MGMT (cloudvm.my.domain)
>> *(b)* 172.11.0.11 vCenter ( vscsp001.my.domain )
>> *(c)* 172.11.0.101 ESXI -(vSwitch0 Public network for this
>> server ) (vSwitch1 Private network in vRack and used for Management
>> traffic and Guest )
>>
>>
>> 1. CloudStack to vCenter, from (a) to (b) i used private IP via
>> domain ( i also added in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on CS
>> MGMT)
>
>
> This seems pretty straigtforward, do you have DNS server? Using hosts
> file is less than ideal on cloudstack system VMs that are ephemeral..
>
>> 2. vCenter to ESXI, from (b) to (c) i used a DNS A record via
>> public IP, vSwitch0 (vCenter is also able to communicate with ESXI via
>> Private IP, ping and telnet tested )
>>
>> Guest IP ( public IP )158.xx.xx.xxx/28 (
>>
>> After deploy SSVM and CPVM was build, and i also added this
>> record in /etc/hosts 172.11.0.11 vscsp001.my.domain on SSVM ( because
>> SSVM need to communicate with vCenter )
>>
>
> Is public IP routable? if so, is it over separate vSwitch or do you have
> VLAN trunking?
>
> Or public IP routing is not important?
>
> What cloudstack zone type did you choose?
>
>> I also want to mention that this configuration was ok for about
>> 3 days ( in this time i was able to deploy VM's, create templates,
>> download ISO) till i tried to change "over provisioning factor" after
>> some minutes i saw error regarding "host time out" i also did some tests
>> for connectivity between servers and i don't find any issue for
>> communication, any task i wanted to execute from CS MGMT was
>> unsuccessfully, Force reconnect, Disable/Enable Host, restart SSVM,
>> CPVM, VRVM. also after some hours of troubleshooting i don't found
>> anything clear for me and i'm not sure if this issue was related to my
>> last change for "over provisioning" because the resources quantity was
>> wrong after this change.
>>
>
> What over provisioning value have you set?
>
>> After, I used the decision to rebuild with CS 4.6, 4.7, i was
>> not able to have from start to have a full functional environment
>> because of VRVM stuck in "starting" mode.
>>
>
> Lastly, i'd strongly suggest you stay on 4.5.2 - unless you have a
> strong reason to do otherwise.
>
>> This my story for CS and VMware :)
>>
>> */Regards,/*
>
> If our schedules matches, i can help over webex, but we need to get a
> system functional or pre-setup state.
>
>
>>
>> */Cristian/*
>
> Regards
> ilya
>>
>>> On 11.02.2016 01:02:39, ilya musayev wrote:
>>>
>>> Hey Chris
>>>
>>> I see you are strugling a bit with vmware/cloudstack, so i figured i'll
>>> take this off the list to see if i can help.
>>>
>>> Please tell me what it is you are trying to setup, i can tell you how it
>>> works (for me). Please be as detailed as possible.
>>>
>>> PS: do you have a specific reason you need to be on 4.8? I'd suggest you
>>> stay with 4.5.2 for the time being - as it works well for me in very
>>> large scale.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>> ilya
>>>
>>>
>>>
>