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Glossary |
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.. if you add new entries, keep the alphabetical sorting! |
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.. glossary:: |
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BE Parameter |
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BE stands for Backend. BE parameters are hypervisor-independent |
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instance parameters such as the amount of RAM/virtual CPUs it has |
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been allocated. |
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HVM |
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Hardware virtualization mode, where the virtual machine is |
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oblivious to the fact that's being virtualized and all the |
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hardware is emulated. |
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LogicalUnit |
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The code associated with an OpCode, e.g. the code that implements |
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the startup of an instance. |
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LUXI |
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Local UniX Interface. The IPC method over unix sockets used between |
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the cli tools and the master daemon. |
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OpCode |
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A data structure encapsulating a basic cluster operation; for |
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example, start instance, add instance, etc. |
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PVM |
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Para-virtualization mode, where the virtual machine knows it's being |
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virtualized and as such there is no need for hardware emulation. |
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watcher |
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``ganeti-watcher`` is a tool that should be run regularly from cron |
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and takes care of restarting failed instances, restarting secondary |
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DRBD devices, etc. For more details, see the man page |
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:manpage:`ganeti-watcher(8)`. |
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