From b2b286b4a54ad4de6a8586e1f1d977487dd05451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gauvain Pocentek Date: Wed, 20 May 2015 11:56:45 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Live migration setup is not needed in kilo Specify that nova configuration for live migration is only needed for release prior to Kilo. Change-Id: I1f881da9eaa82a3e3ac01660aaf612b4a4d153e4 Closes-Bug: #1455681 --- .../section_compute-configure-migrations.xml | 19 +++++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml index fcef45f7ce..815637725a 100644 --- a/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml +++ b/doc/admin-guide-cloud/compute/section_compute-configure-migrations.xml @@ -276,15 +276,18 @@ HostA: 921515008 101921792 772783104 12% /var/lib/nova/instances
Enabling true live migration - By default, the Compute service does not use the libvirt live - migration function. To enable this function, add the following line to - the nova.conf file: + Prior to the Kilo release, the Compute service did not use the + libvirt live migration function by default. To enable this + function, add the following line to the + [libvirt] section of the + nova.conf file: - live_migration_flag=VIR_MIGRATE_UNDEFINE_SOURCE,VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER,VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE, VIR_MIGRATE_TUNNELLED - The Compute service does not use libvirt's live migration by - default because there is a risk that the migration process will never - end. This can happen if the guest operating system uses blocks on the - disk faster than they can be migrated. + live_migration_flag=VIR_MIGRATE_UNDEFINE_SOURCE,VIR_MIGRATE_PEER2PEER,VIR_MIGRATE_LIVE,VIR_MIGRATE_TUNNELLED + On versions older than Kilo, the Compute service does not use + libvirt's live migration by default because there is a risk that + the migration process will never end. This can happen if the guest + operating system uses blocks on the disk faster than they can be + migrated.