Thanks for the reply! Ivan 18.06.2014, 21:43, "Alex Huang" : > Hi Ivan, > > To introduce a new hypervisor, it's a matter of > - Adding a new Discoverer implementation to tell CloudStack which Resource best works with the new Hypervisor. > - Adding a new Resource implementation that deals with all of the hypervisor commands sent to it. šThis is the big part due to the large set of commands we send to it. > > For someone who understands CloudStack code and the hypervisor well, I think a prototype can be done in about two months or so. šFor ESX, you have to figure out a how to map functions that CS supports but is not with ESX. šFor example, I think migration and live storage migration. šYou can decide not to support them in the prototype and just support simple vm/volume/network life cycle for now. > > --Alex >> š-----Original Message----- >> šFrom: Ivan Efremov [mailto:eo2@yandex.ru] >> šSent: Wednesday, June 18, 2014 8:31 AM >> šTo: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> šSubject: Re: Managing individual ESXi instances >> >> šHi Alex, >> >> šHow do you think, what is the rough estimation of adding ESX API support to >> šCloudStack? >> šAFAIU the main point of integration of the new API is plugins/hypervisors. >> šAre there any other major points that should be patched when adding a new >> šhypervisor type? >> >> šThanks, >> šIvan >> >> š18.06.2014, 18:24, "Alex Huang" : >>> šIIRC, the reason is because the vCenter API is more powerful than the ESX >> šAPI. šAt the time (before Apache), the features that requested needed >> švCenter. There's currently no proposal to use plain ESXi. šWould love to see >> šone though. >>> š--Alex >>>> šš-----Original Message----- >>>> ššFrom: Ivan Efremov [mailto:eo2@yandex.ru] >>>> ššSent: Tuesday, June 17, 2014 8:26 PM >>>> ššTo: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >>>> ššSubject: Managing individual ESXi instances >>>> >>>> ššHi all, >>>> >>>> ššI've sent this mail to the users list but this one looks as the better >> šdestination. >>>> ššI'm new to the CloudStack platform and I'm wondering why the platform >>>> ššdoes need the vCenter API and can not use ESXi directly, >>>> >>>> ššCan anyone elaborate on this? >>>> ššAre there any proposals for adding ESXi integration to CloudStack? >>>> >>>> ššThanks, >>>> ššIvan