Re: Linux

>
> 1) I think that reference is about OpenStack on Oracle Linux. Not a
> general "Can you live migrate using Oracle Linux KVM?" statement.

My bad Tim :p ! didn't double check the header on the article. What's clear is that there is more doc about OVM than Oracle linux KVM .

I can't tell for sur if it's technically feasible (or not) on Oracle linux KVM hosts , Noveljic

Koss

On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 10:15 AM Tim Hall <tim_at_oracle-base.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
> 1) I think that reference is about OpenStack on Oracle Linux. Not a
> general "Can you live migrate using Oracle Linux KVM?" statement.
>
> If the issue is, "can you hard partition to reduce licensing costs and
> live migrate?", the answer is no.
>
> https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/linux/ol-kvm-hard-partitioning.pdf
>
> It all comes down what CPUs are allowed to run oracle stuff.
>
> 2) Regarding the hard partitioning and KVM stuff generally, the response
> from the OL team is pretty much what I said earlier up the chain. If you
> want hard partitioning for the reduction of Oracle licensing costs, you've
> got to use the KVM shipped as part of Oracle Linux, configured as described
> in the notes linked from the policy. This is not a "Use any KVM and we are
> all good!". The host OS and KVM has to be Oracle Linux. That's how I read
> it in the policy document. That's how it is. :)
>
> Cheers
>
> Tim...
>
>
> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 3:26 PM k.hadd <kouss.hd_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> It is for KVM according to the bellow document . Also available in Red
>> Hat based KVM since RHEL5
>>
>> https://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Migration
>>
>> But not in Oracle linux :
>>
>> " Live Migration not Supported with Oracle Linux KVM Compute Nodes"
>> https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E73172_01/E73173/html/issue-22851698.html
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Oct 17, 2019 at 9:04 AM Noveljic Nenad <
>> nenad.noveljic_at_vontobel.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I also read that live migration of core pinned (hard partitioned ) vms
>>> wouldn't be permitted . I wish they could allow for trusted partitioning
>>> (one day) through KVM on OL .. That would be a deal maker for a lot of
>>> vmware clients.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Is live migration possible/supported with non-hard partitioned KVMs?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> BTW, Hyper-V can do live migration too.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Nenad
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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