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From: Outback Dingo <outbackdingo@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2016 11:28:02 -0400
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Subject: Re: Advantages and disadvantages of installing CloudStack manager in
 a virtual machine within the host.
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On Sun, Sep 4, 2016 at 2:42 AM, Rene Moser <mail@renemoser.net> wrote:

> Hi
>
> On 09/03/2016 10:27 PM, Jhon Jaro wrote:
> > I have the following query, that would have advantages and disadvantages
> > install CloudStack manager in a virtual machine running on the host.
>
> I don't see any disadvantages in running the CloudStack manager on a VM,
> however the host on which the CloudStack manager VM runs must not be
> managed by CloudStack.
>


i kind of dont follow the logic here. id be curious why it should run on
another cluster/machine
simply put cloudstack in a vm on a host should be intelligent enough to
discover itself, and if it
isnt architecturally someones missed the design boat.


>
> You get all the advantages you normally get by the hypervisor, in our
> case VMware: Snapshots, Live Migration, DRS. HA.  We run the CloudStack
> manager on VMware in a different cluster.
>
>
>

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