apache / apache/cloudstack

Feature Idea: 'Host/Cluster Waiting For Maintenance' Mode

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Descrizione

##### ISSUE TYPE

* Improvement Request

##### COMPONENT NAME

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Host? Cluster? Im not sure
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##### CLOUDSTACK VERSION

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NA
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##### CONFIGURATION

##### OS / ENVIRONMENT

##### SUMMARY

### **Current Capability**
CloudStack currently offers a 'Maintenance' Mode, which facilitates the live migration of all VMs from a host and removes the host from the cluster for maintenance.

### **Proposed Feature: "Waiting for Maintenance" Mode**
The proposed "Waiting for Maintenance" Mode introduces a preparatory state that addresses scenarios where live migration is impractical or impossible. This feature would enable gradual decommissioning or maintenance while avoiding service disruption.

### **General Idea of How It Might Work:**

**1. **Operator Responsibilities:****
- Customer communication and notification will be managed entirely by the cloud company, outside of CloudStack. This is to inform customers that they are given a time window to voluntarily restart their VMs before the cut off date.

**2. CloudStack Responsibilities:**
- Block the creation of new VMs to the host/cluster marked as 'Waiting For Maintenance'
- Ensure restarted VMs are relocated to clusters with matching host tags.

_This is actually a similar process as how AWS Cloud does it: https://aws.amazon.com/maintenance-help/_

### **Use Cases**
**Scenario 1: Decommissioning an Old Compute Cluster**

Problem:
- Legacy clusters with outdated CPU architectures cannot perform live migration due to compatibility issues
(e.g., VM freezing during migration causing downtime).
- Existing VMs must restart to migrate to a new cluster with compatible architectures.
- The old cluster remains active, risking the placement of new VMs and hindering decommissioning.

**Scenario 2: Maintenance of GPU Clusters with GPU Passthrough**

Problem:
- GPU passthrough prevents live migration, unlike vGPU setups that allow seamless migration.
- Downtime-free maintenance is not feasible, requiring customer cooperation to restart affected VMs.

##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE

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NA
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##### EXPECTED RESULTS

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Refer to Above
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##### ACTUAL RESULTS

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Not able to facilitate smooth decomissioning of servers for compute where live migration is not possible.
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Direzione di ricerca

Iniziate leggendo il comportamento esistente di CloudStack per host e cluster in modalità di manutenzione, quindi analizzate come vengono gestite la creazione, il riavvio e la migrazione delle VM, nonché il posizionamento basato sui tag degli host. Definite lo stato visibile all’operatore e i suoi effetti sia per gli host sia per i cluster, incluso il modo in cui vengono posizionate le VM riavviate; il lavoro è completo quando le nuove VM evitano le risorse contrassegnate e le VM riavviate raggiungono cluster compatibili con i tag appropriati senza interrompere i workload esistenti.

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Valutazione

Stack tecnologico
java
Ambito
cloud, infrastructure
Tipo di issue
Funzionalità
Difficoltà
5/5
Tempo stimato
Più di una settimana
Stato di attività
Tranquilla
Chiarezza
Abbastanza chiara
Idoneità per principianti
35/100

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