| AsyncTaskPollingRate |
Async Task Polling Rate (in seconds) |
Integer |
How often (in seconds) Engine should query the status of an async task currently running |
| AsyncTaskZombieTaskLifeInMinutes |
Zombie tasks life-time (in minutes) |
Integer |
How long should a task be allowed to run before assuming it has become a zombie and should be killed. The value affects large storage manipulations especially. When using slow storage and large virtual images, or when a task is known to take longer than 3000 minutes (50 hours), the value should be increased |
| AuditLogAgingThreashold |
Audit Log Aging Threshold (in days) |
Integer |
How long should an audit log be kept before being rotated |
| AuditLogCleanupTime |
Time to check for Audit Log cleanup |
Time |
At what time should the Audit Log be checked for Aging and cleaned up. |
| AuthenticationMethod |
Authentication Method to be used by Engine |
String |
The API to be used for querying users. Currently LDAP is the only supported value. |
| BlockMigrationOnSwapUsagePercentage |
Host swap percentage threshold (for scheduling) |
Integer |
The maximum percentage of swap on the host that a VM run or migration is allowed on this host. If The host is swapping beyond this percentage a VM will not migrate over and will not be started. |
| CABaseDirectory |
CA Base Directory |
String |
Where the Certificate Authority is located on the Engine host |
| CertificateFileName |
Certificate File Name |
String |
Points to the certificate file used by Engine for SSL/TLS communication with VDSM |
| CertificateFingerPrint |
Certificate Finger Print |
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Automatically populated with Certificate Finger Print |
| CertificatePassword |
Certificate Password |
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Automatically populated with Certificate Password |
| CpuOverCommitDurationMinutes |
The duration in minutes of CPU consumption to activate selection algorithm |
String |
When the cluster policy is set to Even Distribution, wait for this amount of minutes after detecting CPU overcommit, before triggering VM migrations to rebalance the host load. Тhis configuration value applies only for the default, in case user did not specify it during the cluster setup. NOTE: The current description specifies Even Distribution, this value is needed also for Power Saving |
| DefaultWorkgroup |
Default Workgroup |
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| DisableFenceAtStartupInSec |
Disable Fence Operations At Engine Startup In Seconds |
Integer |
Allow this long after Engine start for hosts to become detected, before assuming the hosts are non-responsive and starting to fence hosts. Should be increased when Engine is on a machine that has slow network startup. |
| EnableSpiceRootCertificateValidation |
Enable Spice Root Certification Validation |
String |
If ’true’, the subject of the certificate of the Host on which the VM is running and the Engine setup CA certificate are sent to SPICE client when attempting to connect to the VM with SPICE, as an extra security mechanism |
| EnableUSBAsDefault |
Enable USB devices attachment to the VM by default |
String |
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| EnableVdsLoadBalancing |
Enables Host Load Balancing system |
String |
This config value allows the user to turn on/off (true/false accordingly) the VM load balancing according to the policy the user configured for the cluster. |
| FreeSpaceCriticalLowInGB |
Limit of percent free disk-space below which it is considered low |
Integer |
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| HighUtilizationForEvenlyDistribute |
High Utilization Limit For Evenly Distribute selection algorithm |
Integer |
Max. number of VMs per host in the Evenly Distribute algorithm |
| HighUtilizationForPowerSave |
High Utilization Limit For Power Save selection algorithm |
Integer |
A default for newly created clusters, in use with PowerSave load balancing algorithm, marks the higher limit of host utilization for populating hosts. |
| LocalAdminPassword |
Local Administrator Password |
Password |
The password for admin@internal default user |
| LogPhysicalMemoryThresholdInMB |
Threshold for logging low host memory in MB |
Integer |
How many MBs of RAM should be left before a host is considered low on memory. If host’s RAM is lower than this setting, it will be logged to the audit log, no action is taken. |
| LogXmlRpcData |
Log XML-RPC Data |
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Unused. Since the move to JBoss the way to handle it is via log4j.xml settings. |
| LowUtilizationForEvenlyDistribute |
Low Utilization Limit For Evenly Distribute selection algorithm |
Integer |
Min. number of VMs per host in the Evenly Distribute algorithm |
| LowUtilizationForPowerSave |
Low Utilization Limit For Power Save selection algorithm |
Integer |
A default for newly created clusters, in use with PowerSave load balancing algorithm, marks the lower limit of host utilization for populating hosts. |
| MacPoolRanges |
MAC Addresses Pool Ranges |
String |
The MAC address pool range to be automatically assigned to VMs |
| MaxBlockDiskSize |
Max size of newly created disk (in GB) |
Integer |
The maximum size (in GB) for a new virtual disk image assigned to VMs |
| MaxMacsCountInPool |
Maximum MAC Addresses count in Pool |
Integer |
How many MAC addresses are allowed at most in this mac-pool. |
| MaxNumberOfHostsInStoragePool |
Max number of hosts in Storage Pool |
Integer |
Limits the maximum amount of hosts assigned to the clusters of a single Data Center. Can be increased after testing with more hosts if required. |
| MaxNumOfCpuPerSocket |
Max Number of CPU per socket |
Integer |
Maximum number of virtual CPU cores that can be assigned to a single virtual CPU socket. |
| MaxNumOfVmCpus |
Total Numbers of Virtual Machine CPUs |
Integer |
Maximum total amount of CPU cores assigned to a VM (determined by Number of Cores multiplied by Number of Sockets) |
| MaxNumOfVmSockets |
Max Number of Socket per Virtual Machine |
Integer |
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| MaxRerunVmOnVdsCount |
Max Virtual Machine Rerun Attempts on a Host |
Integer |
Maximum number of times a VM is attempted to be started on a host, before an error - “unable to start VM”, is reported |
| MaxStorageVdsDelayCheckSec |
Max delay for check of domain in seconds |
Integer |
Maximum amount of seconds to wait for Storage Domain status to be returned, before reporting an error. |
| MaxStorageVdsTimeoutCheckSec |
Max timeout for last check of domain in seconds |
Integer |
When monitoring storage, VDSMD on the hosts reports a “lastCheck” value for each domain. This setting is used to decide whether the last check happened too long ago and domain is considered in error. |
| MaxVdsMemOverCommit |
Max Host Memory Over-Commit (%) for Virtual Desktops load |
Integer |
When using Virtual Desktop loads, by how many percent should Engine allow memory overcommit to occur. |
| MaxVdsMemOverCommitForServers |
Max Host Memory Over-Commit (%) for Virtual Servers load |
Integer |
When using Virtual Server loads, by how many percent should Engine allow memory overcommit to occur |
| MaxVdsNameLength |
Max VDS name length |
Integer |
Maximum name length for a Hypervisor host |
| MaxVmNameLengthNonWindows |
Max VM name length for non-Windows OS |
Integer |
Maximum name length for a non-Windows VM |
| MaxVmNameLengthWindows |
Max VM name length in Windows |
Integer |
Maximum name length for Windows VMs (limitation imposed by Windows hostnames) |
| MaxVmsInPool |
Max VMs In Pool |
Integer |
Maximum number of VMs in a single Data Center. |
| NumberOfFailedRunsOnVds |
Number of Failed Runs on Host |
Integer |
Number of attempts to run VMs on Host before setting its status to Error |
| NumberOfVmsForTopSizeVms |
Number of VMs with highest disk size to display |
Integer |
How many VMs to display in the Storage Domain, Virtual Machine sub-tab. Will display this amount of VMs, sorted by the most storage spaced used per VM. |
| NumberVmRefreshesBeforeSave |
Number of Virtual Machine Data Refreshes Before Saving to Database |
Integer |
The number of Host monitor iterations between refreshing VMs from VDSM (determines if VMs should be refreshed once upon each iteration) |
| oVirtISOsRepositoryPath |
The Engine installation files path |
String |
The location of hosts ISO images, that are used for upgrading hosts |
| ProductKey2003 |
Product Key (for Windows 2003) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKey2003x64 |
Product Key (for Windows 2003 x64) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKey2008 |
Product Key (for Windows 2008) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKey2008R2 |
Product Key (for Windows 2008 R2) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKey2008x64 |
Product Key (for Windows 2008 x64) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKey |
Product Key for Windows XP |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKeyWindows7 |
Product Key (for Windows 7) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductKeyWindows764 |
Product Key (for Windows 7 x64) |
String |
Windows Serial key to be used with sysprepped VMs created from a Template |
| ProductRPMVersion |
Engine RPM Version |
String |
The RPM version of the currently used engine package |
| RDPLoginWithFQN |
RDP Login |
String |
Connect to RDP console with Fully Qualified User-Name (user@domain) |
| SANWipeAfterDelete |
Initializing disk image is more secure but it is time consuming and I/O intensive (depends on the size of the image) |
String |
Represents the default value (checked/unchecked) of the “wipe after delete” check-box in the “New Virtual Disk” dialog in case the newly-created Disk belongs to a SAN (FC/iSCSI) Data-Center (i.e. about to be created on a SAN storage domain). |
| SearchResultsLimit |
Max Quantity of Search Results |
Integer |
The number of results to return for search queries if no specific figure given by UI / REST. |
| ServerRebootTimeout |
Host Reboot Timeout (in seconds) |
Integer |
Wait this amount of seconds when a host is rebooted or fenced, before determining that the host is Non-Responsive. May be increased for hosts that take longer to boot. |
| SpiceReleaseCursorKeys |
Spice Release Cursor |
String |
Keyboard keys combination that causes the mouse cursor to be released from its grab on SPICE. |
| SpiceSecureChannels |
SPICE Secure Channels |
String |
Which SPICE channels should be secured with SSL. Valid values are one or more of: smain,sinputs,scursor,splayback,srecord,sdisplay |
| SpiceToggleFullScreenKeys |
Spice Toggle Full Screen Keys |
String |
Keyboard keys combination that toggles the full-screen state of SPICE client window |
| SpiceUsbAutoShare |
Enable USB devices sharing by default in SPICE |
String |
Represents the default value (checked/unchecked) of the “Enable USB Auto-Share” check-box in the (SPICE) Console Options dialog in the user portal. |
| SpmCommandFailOverRetries |
Number of retries to failover the Storage Pool Manager on failed commands |
Integer |
Number of SPM selection failover retries. In case an SPM command fails, backend performs a failover - selects a new SPM and re-runs the command. |
| SPMFailOverAttempts |
Number of attempts to connect to the Storage Pool Manager before Failover |
Integer |
When monitoring a Storage Pool, if the current SPM fails, failover does not happen immediately (see description of SpmCommandFailOverRetries), instead this setting defines the amount of retries before deciding that the current SPM is down and a failover is required. |
| SpmVCpuConsumption |
The CPU consumption of SPM embodied as number of VCPUs on the Host |
Integer |
When a host is SPM it is considered to be using this amount of extra virtual CPUs, to make up for the overhead SPM operations generate |
| SSHInactivityTimoutSeconds |
SSH Inactivity Timeout (in seconds) |
Integer |
The maximum amount of time backend allows for an SSH session to remote hosts. After this timeout the session will be killed. |
| SSLEnabled |
SSL Enabled |
String |
Whether or not the SPICE Secure Channels should be SSL encrypted. |
| StorageDomainFalureTimeoutInMinutes |
Storage Domain failure timeout |
Integer |
Defines the amount of time taken before deciding domain is problematic, starting at the first failure reported by VDSM (in minutes) |
| StoragePoolRefreshTimeInSeconds |
Storage Pool Manager Polling Rate (in seconds) |
Integer |
Storage Pool monitoring frequency. |
| SysPrep2K3Path |
Path to a Windows 2003 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrep2K8Path |
Path to a Windows 2008 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrep2K8R2Path |
Path to a Windows 2008 R2 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrep2K8x64Path |
Path to a Windows 2008 x64 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrepWindows7Path |
Path to a Windows 7 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrepWindows7x64Path |
Path to a Windows 7 x64 machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| SysPrepXPPath |
Path to a Windows XP machine Sys-Prep file |
String |
Path to the OS specific sysprep file template |
| TimeoutToResetVdsInSeconds |
Communication timeout in seconds before trying to reset |
Integer |
How long should a host be Non-Responsive, before a fence command is issued. Used in conjunction with VDSAttemptsToResetCount |
| TimeToReduceFailedRunOnVdsInMinutes |
Time to Reduce Failed Run on Host (in minutes) |
Integer |
The amount of time that the host will be in Error status after failing to run VMs. |
| UserDefinedVMProperties |
User defined VM properties |
String |
Mostly used with VDSM hooks |
| UserRefreshRate |
Refresh Rate of Users Data from Active Directory (in seconds) |
Integer |
How often should the Directory Server be polled for user account updates |
| UtilizationThresholdInPercent |
The Utilization Threshold (in percent) |
Integer |
In load balancing, this is a default value, used to calculate the max CPU limit to determine if host is over utilized or not. This is the percent of the value that the user set in |
| ValidNumOfMonitors |
Valid Numbers of Monitors |
Integer |
What number of monitors are available for SPICE-enabled VMs |
| VdcBootStrapUrl |
Host Installation Bootstrap Script URL |
String |
The URL for the location of the host installation bootstrap scripts, used for adding Hypervisor hosts. |
| VdcVersion |
Engine version |
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| VDSAttemptsToResetCount |
Number of attempts to communicate with Host before trying to reset |
Integer |
How many times to retry communications with a host, before a fence command is issued. Used in conjunction with TimeoutToResetVdsInSeconds |
| VdsLoadBalancingeIntervalInMinutes |
Host Load Balancing Interval (in minutes) |
Integer |
The interval between running the VMs load balancer in minutes (Also defines the first invocation of the Load Balancer) |
| VdsRecoveryTimeoutInMintues |
Host Timeout when Recovering (in minutes) |
Integer |
When VDSM fails/restarts, it sometimes can be in recovering mode (VDSM reports “initializing” or “recovering from crash”) This is the timeout for this state, and after this timeout the host will move to non-operational. |
| VdsRefreshRate |
Time interval in seconds to poll a Host status |
Integer |
How often Hypervisor hosts status is checked |
| vdsTimeout |
Host Control Communication Timeout (in seconds) |
Integer |
Timeout for a VDSM call - the time Engine will wait for sync call to VDSM. |
| VirtualMachineDomainName |
Virtual Machine Domain Name (Deprecated) |
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| VmGracefulShutdownMessage |
Message displayed in Virtual Machine when Virtual Machine is being shutdown from Engine |
String |
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| VMMinMemorySizeInMB |
Minimal memory size of virtual machine in MB |
Integer |
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| VncKeyboardLayout |
Keyboard Layout configuration for VNC |
String |
ar, da, de-ch, en-us, et, fo, fr-be, fr-ch, hu, it, lt, mk, nl, no, pt, ru, sv, tr, de, en-gb, es, fi, fr, fr-ca, hr, is, ja, lv, nl-be, pl, pt-br, sl, th |
| WaitForVdsInitInSec |
Wait to a Host to complete init in SPM selection |
Integer |
This is a timeout for initializing host as in VdsRecoveryTimeoutInMintues, but this timeout is shorter, and it is used during the SPM selection algorithm, in case selected host is initialized we wait for it to recover. |
| FenceQuietTimeBetweenOperationsInSec |
Quiet time between Power Management operations in seconds |
Integer |
The minimal time in seconds between two Power Management operations activated manually by a user. |
| MaxAuditLogMessageLength |
Maximum length of an Audit Log message |
Integer |
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| SysPrepDefaultUser |
Default SysPrep user name |
String |
This user is used if the domain for sysprep is unknown, or no domain specified. |
| SysPrepDefaultPassword |
Default SysPrep user password |
Password |
This password is used if the domain for sysprep is unknown, or no domain specified. |
| UserSessionTimeOutInterval |
Session timeout interval in minutes |
Integer |
User session timeout. Global for all types of access - User portal/Admin portal/Webadmin/API. |
| AdminPassword user password |
Admin user password |
Password |
Password of admin user (will be used if no directory service is used for authentication)(WARNING since oVirt 3.6 please use this) |
