manila/doc/source/adminref/multi_backends.rst
Rushil Chugh 6a5de1894f Add admin doc for multiple backends configuration
Add admin doc for how to configure multiple backends in manila.conf.

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Configure multiple back ends
============================
An administrator can configure an instance of Manila to provision shares from
one or more back ends. Each back end leverages an instance of a vendor-specific
implementation of the Manila driver API.
The name of the back end is declared as a configuration option
share_backend_name within a particular configuration stanza that contains the
related configuration options for that back end.
Administrators can specify that a particular share type be explicitly
associated with a single back end by including the extra spec
share_backend_name with the name specified within the back end configuration
stanza. When the Manila scheduler receives a provisioning request for a share
type with this extra spec set, it will fulfill the share provisioning request
on the specified back end (assuming all other scheduling criteria including
available capacity are met).
Enable multiple back ends
=========================
To enable multiple share back ends, you must set the enabled_backends flag
in the manila.conf file. This flag defines the names (separated by a comma)
of the configuration stanzas for the different back ends: one name is
associated to one configuration group for a back end.
The following example shows five configured back ends:
[DEFAULT]
enabled_backends=backendEMC1,backendEMC2,backendGeneric1,backendGeneric2,backendNetApp
[backendEMC1]
share_driver=manila.share.drivers.emc.driver.EMCShareDriver
share_backend_name=backendEMC1
emc_share_backend=vnx
emc_nas_server=1.1.1.1
emc_nas_password=password
emc_nas_login=user
emc_nas_server_container=server_2
emc_nas_pool_name="Pool 1"
[backendEMC2]
share_driver=manila.share.drivers.emc.driver.EMCShareDriver
share_backend_name=backendEMC2
emc_share_backend=vnx
emc_nas_server=1.1.1.1
emc_nas_password=password
emc_nas_login=user
emc_nas_server_container=server_3
emc_nas_pool_name="Pool 2"
[backendGeneric1]
share_driver=manila.share.drivers.generic.GenericShareDriver
share_backend_name=one_name_for_two_backends
service_instance_user=ubuntu_user
service_instance_password=ubuntu_user_password
service_image_name=ubuntu_image_name
path_to_private_key=/home/foouser/.ssh/id_rsa
path_to_public_key=/home/foouser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
[backendGeneric2]
share_driver=manila.share.drivers.generic.GenericShareDriver
share_backend_name=one_name_for_two_backends
service_instance_user=centos_user
service_instance_password=centos_user_password
service_image_name=centos_image_name
path_to_private_key=/home/baruser/.ssh/id_rsa
path_to_public_key=/home/baruser/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
[backendNetApp]
share_driver=manila.share.drivers.netapp.cluster_mode.NetAppClusteredShareDriver
share_backend_name=backendNetApp
netapp_nas_login=user
netapp_nas_password=password
netapp_nas_server_hostname=1.1.1.1
netapp_root_volume_aggregate=aggr01