From 2d5bd5333c407f6759a69cf41e518286beabca8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harikrishna Patnala Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 10:44:40 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] VM Dynamic Scaling granular options to enabling or disabling --- source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst index dc8a1dd43b..065eb984c5 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst @@ -433,14 +433,28 @@ variables: - scale.retry: How many times to attempt the scaling operation. Default = 2. +Along with these global configurations following are the options that needs +to be enabled to make a VM dynamically scalable + +- Template from which VM is created needs to have Xen tools (for XenServer hosts) + or VMware Tools (for VMware hosts) and while registering the template should be + marked as Dynamically Scalable. + +- Service Offering of the VM should have option Dynamic Scaling Enabled set to true. + By default when a Service Offering is created Dynamic Scaling Enabled is set to true. + +- While deploying a VM, user or admin needs to mark Dynamic Scaling Enabled to true. + By default the value of Dynamic Scaling Enabled is set to true. + +If any of the above settings are false then VM cannot be configured as dynamically scalable. How to Dynamically Scale CPU and RAM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To modify the CPU and/or RAM capacity of a virtual machine, you need to change the compute offering of the VM to a new compute offering that has -the desired CPU and RAM values. You can use the same steps described -above in `“Changing the Service Offering for a +the desired CPU and RAM values and Dynamic Scaling Enabled option set to true. +You can use the same steps described above in `“Changing the Service Offering for a VM” <#changing-the-service-offering-for-a-vm>`_, but skip the step where you stop the virtual machine. Of course, you might have to create a new compute offering first. From ab9893a26c830c4f7d1c365b0f13858f31a4c41e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harikrishna Patnala Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 10:07:11 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Rephrasing of sentences --- source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst | 14 +++++++------- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst index 065eb984c5..67e921d9b9 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst @@ -437,14 +437,14 @@ Along with these global configurations following are the options that needs to be enabled to make a VM dynamically scalable - Template from which VM is created needs to have Xen tools (for XenServer hosts) - or VMware Tools (for VMware hosts) and while registering the template should be - marked as Dynamically Scalable. + or VMware Tools (for VMware hosts) and it should have 'Dynamically Scalable' + flag set to true. -- Service Offering of the VM should have option Dynamic Scaling Enabled set to true. - By default when a Service Offering is created Dynamic Scaling Enabled is set to true. +- Service Offering of the VM should have 'Dynamic Scaling Enabled' flag set to true. + By default, this flag is true when a Service Offering is created. -- While deploying a VM, user or admin needs to mark Dynamic Scaling Enabled to true. - By default the value of Dynamic Scaling Enabled is set to true. +- While deploying a VM, User or Admin needs to mark 'Dynamic Scaling Enabled' to true. + By default this flag is set to true. If any of the above settings are false then VM cannot be configured as dynamically scalable. @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ How to Dynamically Scale CPU and RAM To modify the CPU and/or RAM capacity of a virtual machine, you need to change the compute offering of the VM to a new compute offering that has -the desired CPU and RAM values and Dynamic Scaling Enabled option set to true. +the desired CPU value and RAM value and 'Dynamic Scaling Enabled' flag as true. You can use the same steps described above in `“Changing the Service Offering for a VM” <#changing-the-service-offering-for-a-vm>`_, but skip the step where you stop the virtual machine. Of course, you might have to create a new From e9d3aacd75eb03e903d9a7b1235e0cf4651418b8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Harikrishna Patnala Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 16:26:36 +0530 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Grammar changes --- source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst index 67e921d9b9..79c13dac77 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/virtual_machines.rst @@ -433,8 +433,8 @@ variables: - scale.retry: How many times to attempt the scaling operation. Default = 2. -Along with these global configurations following are the options that needs -to be enabled to make a VM dynamically scalable +Along with these global configurations, the following options need to be enabled +to make a VM dynamically scalable - Template from which VM is created needs to have Xen tools (for XenServer hosts) or VMware Tools (for VMware hosts) and it should have 'Dynamically Scalable'