[libvirt-users] VM's in a HA-configuration - synchronising vm config files

[Lentes, Bernd]

----- On Mar 2, 2016, at 3:15 PM, Dominique Ramaekers dominique.ramaekers at cometal.be wrote:

>>Van: libvirt-users-bounces at redhat.com [mailto:libvirt-users-bounces at redhat.com]
>>Namens Lentes, Bernd
>>Verzonden: woensdag 2 maart 2016 15:04
>>Aan: libvirt-ML
>>Onderwerp: [libvirt-users] VM's in a HA-configuration - synchronising vm config
>>files
>>
>>Hi,
>>
>>i'd like to establish a HA-Cluster with two nodes. My services will run inside
>>vm's, the vm's are stored on a FC SAN, so every host has access to the vm's.
>>But how can i keep the config files >(xml-files under /etc/libvirt/qemu)
>>synchronised ? Is there a possibility to store the config files somewhere else
>>? E.g. a partitition with ocfs2 on the SAN ?
>>If not, what would you do ? Otherweise i'm thinking of a cron-job who
>>synchronises the file each minute with rsync.
>>
>>
>>Bernd
>>
>>--
> 
> This looks simple enough...
> 
> On host 1, virsh dumpxml for every running vm to a shared location
> On host 2, virsh define for these vm's
> 
> Do the same the other way around...

Hi Dominique,

i don't see a way to write with dumpxml directly into a file.
Or do you mean by redirection ?


Bernd
 

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