Lifecycle Management of VM
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02 Creation of VM
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Lifecycle Management of VM
• Virtual machine (VM) is a complete system, it has CPU, memory, network equipment,
storage device and BIOS, so the operating system and application program running in the
virtual machine has no difference from running on the physical server.
VM1 VM2
MyVM.xml
……
…… Virtual Resources Virtual Resources
<name>MyVM</name>
<uuid>b94d9d04-4f automem>db-4702-
90fc-2da07c656137</uuid>
Cloud Virtualization kernel(CVK)
<domain type='kvm'>
<title>Y2VudG9zLTY3</title>
<osha>0</osha>
Physical server
<timesync>0</timesync>
<automem>0</
……
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Lifecycle Management of VM
VM VM VM
DB web APP
DB
OS OS OS
OS
Hypervisor（VMM：Virtual Machine Monitor）
Physical Server Physical Server
Physical Server VM
• Hard to copy • Easy to move and copy
• Limited to a specific set of hardware components • Independent of physical hardware
• Low resource utilization • Easy to manage
• Need manual operation to upgrade the hardware • Isolated from other virtual machines
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Lifecycle Management of VM
Template Modificat
ion
Cloning Deletion Creation Start
H3C
Migration
CAS Pause
CVM
Snapshot Power Reboot
Sleep
off
Shut
Backup
down
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02 Creation of VM
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03 Lifecycle management of VM
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Creation of VM
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Console of VM
Released ports:
8081，5900+
Configure VNC proxy
Open the System > Parameters > System Parameters
console Configure VNC password
Console interface
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Setup of Operation System
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Basic Operation of VM
Power-off operations may cause
the virtual machine operating Running
memory
system and application data to be
lost, use carefully
start sleep
Start Shut Paused
down disk
Power
off Resume
Sleep
Start
The data in the
memory remains
in the memory
Power
Sleep
off
shutdown paused
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Deletion of VM
After the VM is moved to the recycle bin, it can
be manually restored during the preservation
period, and will be automatically deleted after
the preservation period
The image file (data storage file) of the VM can
be retained or deleted
When data is completely destroyed, zero write
operation will be performed on the data storage
file
H3C CAS CVK
Configur Configur Configur
ation File ation File ation File
Image Image Image
File File File
Recycle Bin
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Modification of VM
Modify the configuration in
the Modify VM dialog box,
including:
VM setting
Add and delete hardware
CPU, memory, disk,
network and other virtual
hardware modification,
boot device modification
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Modification of CPU/Memory
Addition vCPU online depends on
operating system type
vCPUs number is limited to
physical CPUs
Working mode includes
compatible mode, host matching
mode and straight-through mode
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Modification of Disk
Disk modification restrictions
No snapshot
Thin provision
No multi-level image files
Unable to reduce disk size
Only supports online
addition and online
expansion of Virtio disks
Type of provision includes
thin, eager zeroed, lazy
zeroed
Can be modified offline
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Modification of Network
Support to change vswitch,
network profile, virtual firewall,
IP address
Device Model:
Common NIC
High-Speed NIC
Intel e1000 NIC
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Add Hardware
Type of Hardware Adding Disk
Adding NIC
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Add Storage
Multiple bus type: IDE Hard Disk, USB Hard
Disk, High-Speed Hard Disk, IDE CD-ROM,
Floppy Disk, and High-Speed SCSI Hard Disk.
Storage type: file or block device
Following operations need to be done in the
operating system after adding a disk
View usage of disk
Partition the disk
Format disk pratition
Create disk partition directory mount point
Mount the formatted disk partition
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Add USB Hardware
Copy data inside the OS of VM
The dongle usually uses USB1.0
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VM Template
VM template is a copy of a VM, which is used to easily create and configure
multiple new VMs.
It is composed of two parts: VM operating system image file and
configuration file
VM Template
Image File
Configuration
File
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VM Template
Template
Convert to Disconnect the optical drive,
Template
Image File
delete the floppy drive, etc.
Configuration Install CAS Tools
File
Shutdown Configure remote
connection and IP address,
install application software,
Original VM
retained
etc. according to business
Clone as
Template needs
Template
Shutdown
Running Image File
Configuration
File
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Template of VM
Import Template
Modify CPU memory
storage information
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Clone VM
VM clone is an exact copy of the original VM, it’s another way to deploy VM
It has the same operating system, application system and data as the original virtual
machine
It will generate a new virtual network MAC and UUID
The cloned VM and the original VM have the same IP address, and need to pay attention
to the problem of IP address conflicts
The cloned VM can be in a running state or in a closed state
The original VM remains
running/shutdown Cloned VM
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Migration of VM
VM migration is to manually migrate the specified VM
to a different host and data storage
Offline migration and online migration
Online migration refers to the migration of VM in the
running state
Offline migration refers to the migration of VM in the
closed state
The migration includes changes to the host and storage
Changing the host refers to migrating the VM to
another host Local
H3C CAS CVK
Changing storage refers to migrating VM image files Storage
to other storage
Changing the host and storage refers to migrating
the VM to another host, and at the same time Shared
Storage
migrating the VM image file to other storage on the
host
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Migration of VM --Offline
VM #1 Changing Changing VM #1
host Storage
Shutdown Shutdown
Configuration File Configuration File
VM #1 VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2 H3C CAS CVK
Image File
VM #1
Image File
VM #1
Shared Storage Shared Storage
The image file must be
stored in shared storage
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Migration of VM --Online
VM #1 Changing host Changing VM #1
Storage
Running Running
Configuration File Configuration File
VM #1 VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2 H3C CAS CVK
Memory Data Image File
VM #1 VM #1
Image
File
VM #1
Shared Storage Shared Storage
The image file must be
stored in shared storage
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Online Migration
VM #1
Running
Configuration File
VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2
Memory Data
VM #1
Management Network
Business Network
Storage Network
Image File
VM #1
Shared Storage#1
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Online Migration
VM #1 VM #1
Running Paused
Configuration File
VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2
Memory Data
VM #1
Management Network
Business Network
Storage Network
Image File
VM #1
Shared #1
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Online Migration
VM #1
Running
Configuration File
VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2
Memory Data
VM #1
Management Network
Business Network
Storage Network
Image File
VM #1
Shared Storage#1
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Migration Host and Storage
VM #2 VM #1
Running Shutdown
Configuration File Configuration File
VM #2 VM #1
H3C CAS CVK#1 H3C CAS CVK#2
Memory data
VM #2
Image File Image File
VM #2 VM #1
Shared Storage#1 Shared Stortage#2
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Migration Parameter
Migration timeout period for online virtual machines need to be set. When the migration is not
completed within the migration timeout period, the system will suspend the original virtual
machine so that it can quickly complete the migration. After the migration is completed, the
virtual machine will be restored to the "running" state
When the VM migrates to the host online, you can check the compression button to compress
the memory data that needs to be transferred, reducing the total amount of data transfer
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Migration History
Migration history of VM
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Summary
Introduction to VM
Creation of VM
Lifecycle management of VM
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