[libvirt] [PATCH] manual: Add virsh manual about specified migration host

chen.fan.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com chen.fan.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com
Tue Jun 3 09:33:03 UTC 2014


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On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 14:54 +0800, Chen Fan wrote: 
> the 'migration_host' description maybe have a bit of difficulty to
> understand for user, so add this manual for them.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Chen Fan <chen.fan.fnst at cn.fujitsu.com>
> ---
>  tools/virsh.pod | 9 ++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
> index de9a4f7..8d77a2f 100644
> --- a/tools/virsh.pod
> +++ b/tools/virsh.pod
> @@ -1238,6 +1238,11 @@ seen from the source machine.
>  
>  When I<migrateuri> is not specified, libvirt will automatically determine the
>  hypervisor specific URI, by looking up the target host's configured hostname.
> +In particular, some hypervisors support having this migration hostname specified
> +separately by setting 'migration_host' in definition file, if 'migration_host'
> +is specified, the hostname or IP address will be used to as the default I<migrateuri>
> +while running migration from source host. if 'migration_host' is not specified,
> +the migration hostname is set to the host's configured hostname by default.
>  There are a few scenarios where specifying I<migrateuri> may help:
>  
>  =over 4
> @@ -1251,7 +1256,9 @@ explicitly specified, using an IP address, or a correct hostname.
>  interfaces, it might be desirable for the migration data stream to be sent over
>  a specific interface for either security or performance reasons.  In this case
>  I<migrateuri> should be explicitly specified, using an IP address associated
> -with the network to be used.
> +with the network to be used. In particular, Some hypervisors could be easy to
> +specify the default network interface by setting 'migration_host'. then the
> +I<migrateuri> can be omitted.
>  
>  =item * The firewall restricts what ports are available.  When libvirt generates
>  a migration URI, it will pick a port number using hypervisor specific rules.





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