Support IBM PowerVM compute driver on Openstack

Registered by Tiago Mello

Enable IBM PowerVM virtualization on Openstack which is going allow Logical Partition (LPAR) deployment and management. PowerVM is the virtualization solution for AIX, IBM i and Linux environments on IBM POWER technology.

For more information about PowerVM and features refer to:
http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/software/virtualization/features.html
http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/sg247940.html

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
Vish Ishaya
Priority:
Low
Drafter:
None
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
Tiago Mello
Definition:
Approved
Series goal:
Accepted for folsom
Implementation:
Implemented
Milestone target:
milestone icon 2012.2
Started by
Tiago Mello
Completed by
Thierry Carrez

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The feature is going to be implemented on a phased-approach.

Add powervm driver skeleton with spawn, destroy, get_info, list_instances, power_on and power_off methods implementation as well as unit tests for those. The driver will initially support IVM managed systems and file based deployment.

 * Addressed by: https://review.openstack.org/9666

Gerrit topic: https://review.openstack.org/#q,topic:bp/powervm-compute-driver,n,z

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