Changes:
To migrate systems using 'use.user.concentrated.pod.allocation' as true and 'vm.allocation.algorithm' as true, we need to
add following changes:
- There will be 5 values to 'vm.allocation.algorithm': 'random', 'firstfit', 'userdispersing', 'userconcentratedpod_random', 'userconcentratedpod_firstfit'
- 'userconcentratedpod_random' means we apply user concentration to pods and clusters. To hosts and pools we use random ordering.
- 'userconcentratedpod_firstfit' means we apply user concentration to pods and clusters. To hosts and pools we use firstfit ordering.
Changes:
- Added a two new deployment planners 'UserDispersingPlanner' and 'UserConcentratedPodPlanner' to the DeploymentPlanners
- Planner can be chosen by setting the global config variable 'vm.allocation.algorithm' to either of the following values:
('random', 'firstfit', 'userdispersing', 'userconcentratedpod')
- By default, the value is 'random'. When the value is 'random', FirstFitPlanner is invoked as before that shuffles the resource lists.
- Now Admin can choose whether the deployment heuristic should be applied starting at cluster or pod level. This can be done by using the
global config variable 'apply.allocation.algorithm.to.pods' which is false by default. Thus by default as earlier, planner starts at clusters directly.
'UserConcentratedPodPlanner' changes:
- Earlier to 3.0, FirstFitPlanner used to reorder the clusters in case this heuristic was chosen.
- Now this is done by a separate planner and is applied only when 'vm.allocation.algorithm' is set to this planner
- It reorders the capacity based clusters/pods such that those pods having more number of Running Vms for the given account are tried first.
- Note that this userconcentration is applied only to pods and clusters. Not to hosts or storagepools within a cluster.
'UserDispersingPlanner' changes:
- 'UserDispersingPlanner' reorders the capacity ordered pods and clusters based on number of 'Running' VMs for the given account in ascending order. Aim is to choose thodes pods/clusters first which have less number of Running VMs for the given account
- Admin can provide weights to capacity and user dispersion so that both parameters get considered in reordering the pods/clusters. This can be done by setting
the global config parameter 'vm.user.dispersion.weight'. Default value is 1. Thus if this planner is chosen, by default, ordering will be done only by number of Running Vms, unless the weight is changed.
- HostAlllocators and StoragePoolAllocators also reorder the hosts and pools by ascending order of number of Running VMS/ Ready Volumes respectively for the given account. Thus try to choose that host or pool within a cluster with less number of VMs for the account.
Bug 7723 - merge or re-write host tagging into master / 2.2
Bug 7627 - Need more logging for Allocators
Bug 8317 - Add better resource allocation failure messages
Changes for Deployment Planner to use host and storagePool allocators to find deployment destination.
Also has the changes for host tag feature.
Improved the logging for allocators.
Nitin Mehta
David Nalley
frank
prachi
Alena Prokharchyk
Frank
Alex Huang
edison