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This adds the hypervisor configuration documentation for using the PowerVM nova compute driver. Change-Id: Id96e8ac68d8d89d856f8defd2774aac3df2ccb34
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Hypervisors
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:maxdepth: 1
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hypervisor-basics.rst
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hypervisor-kvm.rst
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hypervisor-qemu.rst
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hypervisor-xen-api.rst
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hypervisor-xen-libvirt.rst
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hypervisor-lxc.rst
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hypervisor-vmware.rst
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hypervisor-hyper-v.rst
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hypervisor-virtuozzo.rst
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hypervisor-powervm.rst
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OpenStack Compute supports many hypervisors, which might make it difficult for
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you to choose one. Most installations use only one hypervisor. However, you
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can use :ref:`ComputeFilter` and :ref:`ImagePropertiesFilter` to schedule
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different hypervisors within the same installation. The following links help
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you choose a hypervisor. See :doc:`/user/support-matrix` for a detailed list
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of features and support across the hypervisors.
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The following hypervisors are supported:
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* `KVM`_ - Kernel-based Virtual Machine. The virtual disk formats that it
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supports is inherited from QEMU since it uses a modified QEMU program to
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launch the virtual machine. The supported formats include raw images, the
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qcow2, and VMware formats.
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* `LXC`_ - Linux Containers (through libvirt), used to run Linux-based virtual
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machines.
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* `QEMU`_ - Quick EMUlator, generally only used for development purposes.
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* `VMware vSphere`_ 5.1.0 and newer - Runs VMware-based Linux and Windows
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images through a connection with a vCenter server.
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* `Xen (using libvirt) <Xen>`_ - Xen Project Hypervisor using libvirt as
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management interface into ``nova-compute`` to run Linux, Windows, FreeBSD and
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NetBSD virtual machines.
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* `XenServer`_ - XenServer, Xen Cloud Platform (XCP) and other XAPI based Xen
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variants runs Linux or Windows virtual machines. You must install the
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``nova-compute`` service in a para-virtualized VM.
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* `Hyper-V`_ - Server virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V, use to run
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Windows, Linux, and FreeBSD virtual machines. Runs ``nova-compute`` natively
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on the Windows virtualization platform.
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* `Virtuozzo`_ 7.0.0 and newer - OS Containers and Kernel-based Virtual
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Machines supported via libvirt virt_type=parallels. The supported formats
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include ploop and qcow2 images.
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* `PowerVM`_ Server virtualization with IBM PowerVM for AIX, IBM i, and Linux
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workloads on the Power Systems platform.
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.. _KVM: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/Main_Page
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.. _LXC: https://linuxcontainers.org/
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.. _QEMU: http://wiki.qemu.org/Manual
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.. _VMware vSphere: https://www.vmware.com/support/vsphere-hypervisor
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.. _Xen: (using libvirt) <http://www.xenproject.org
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.. _XenServer: <http://xenserver.org
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.. _Hyper-V: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/solutions/virtualization.aspx
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.. _Virtuozzo: https://virtuozzo.com/products/#product-virtuozzo/
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.. _PowerVM: https://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/
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