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| author | Dayle Parker <dayleparker@redhat.com> | 2013-05-09 11:13:58 +1000 |
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| committer | Dayle Parker <dayleparker@redhat.com> | 2013-05-09 11:13:58 +1000 |
| commit | 23900bc4dce2ef83df047a529a2b728c3d527f13 (patch) | |
| tree | fcabc137b069b403a2b082cc66c9e22f5805fcf0 | |
| parent | 9cc8f15d82c055a3e8d7ed4339554d67060536be (diff) | |
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Revised live storage migration desrciption
| -rw-r--r-- | en-US/Revision_History.xml | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | en-US/What_Is_It.xml | 14 |
2 files changed, 21 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/en-US/Revision_History.xml b/en-US/Revision_History.xml index c506911..82d34f4 100644 --- a/en-US/Revision_History.xml +++ b/en-US/Revision_History.xml @@ -9,6 +9,20 @@ <revhistory> <!--EDIT MY REVNUMBER AND DESCRIPTION AT RELEASE TIME FOR MAJOR REVISION--> <revision> + <revnumber>1.0-08</revnumber> + <date>Thursday May 9, 2013</date> + <author> + <firstname>Dayle</firstname> + <surname>Parker</surname> + <email>dayleparker@redhat.com</email> + </author> + <revdescription> + <simplelist> + <member>Rearranged Migration section and included live storage migration feature description.</member> + </simplelist> + </revdescription> + </revision> + <revision> <revnumber>1.0-07</revnumber> <date>Monday May 6, 2013</date> <author> @@ -18,7 +32,6 @@ </author> <revdescription> <simplelist> - <member>Rearranged Migration section and included storage migration feature description.</member> <member>Added xHCI host controller to Emulated system components list.</member> </simplelist> </revdescription> diff --git a/en-US/What_Is_It.xml b/en-US/What_Is_It.xml index fc08e88..ea5e90b 100644 --- a/en-US/What_Is_It.xml +++ b/en-US/What_Is_It.xml @@ -62,7 +62,13 @@ </para> </listitem> </varlistentry> - </variablelist> + </variablelist> + <para> + It is important to understand that the migration process moves the virtual machine's memory, and the disk volume associated with the virtual machine is also migrated. This process is done using live block migration. + </para> + <para> + In Fedora 19, shared storage is not necessary for storing guest images to be migrated. With live storage migration, a running virtual machine can be migrated from one host to another with no downtime. This capability can be used to optimize performance of virtual machines. + </para> <section id="sec-benefits_of_migrating"> <title>Benefits of migrating virtual machines</title> <para>Migration is useful for:</para> @@ -97,12 +103,6 @@ </listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist> - <para> - It is important to understand that the migration process moves the virtual machine's memory, and the disk volume associated with the virtual machine is also migrated. This process is done using live block migration. - </para> - <para> - In Fedora 19, shared storage is not necessary for storing guest images to be migrated. With storage migration, a running virtual machine (as well as its in-use storage) can be migrated from one host to another with no downtime. This capability can be used to optimize performance of virtual machines. - </para> <!-- F18 WAS: <para> Shared, networked storage must be used for storing guest images to be migrated. Without shared storage, migration is not possible. It is recommended to use <application>libvirt</application>-managed storage pools for shared storage. </para>--> |