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[Balamurugan V G <balamuruganvg@xxxxxxxxx>]

I saw this diagram but it is not very clear if the nova.compute block is on
a separate physical server or can be  installed on a VM inside ESXi.

Regards,
Balu

On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 4:40 PM, Andrew Holway <a.holway@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andrew
> On Jan 3, 2013, at 11:38 AM, Balamurugan V G wrote:
>
> > I would like to deploy OpenStack with two compute nodes; one using
> KVM(which seems to be default) and one using VMware ESXi. I am clear on how
> to use KVM compute nodes but its not clear on how to deploy the compute for
> ESXi.
> >
> > Assumptions
> > I cant install compute software on the ESXi server directly since ESXi
> runs a proprietary baremetal OS.
> > I dont need any other proprietary software/license other than ESXi. That
> is I dont need vSphere or vCenter etc.
> >
> > These are some of the questions that I have:
> > Do I need another physical server to install compute which then points
> to the ESXi?
> > Or Do I need to create a Ubuntu(lets say) VM with in ESXi host and
> install compute inside this Ubuntu VM?
> >
> > Any help in clarifying these will be greatly appreciated. Also if there
> is a pointer to a deployment diagram for such a case, that will be great as
> well.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Balu
> >
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