4. Scaling VMs

Managing multiple instances of a virtual machine

Similar to regular pods, there are cases when we want to have multiple instances of the same VM running. In this section we will have a look at how OpenShift Virtualization supports this.

Goals

  • Know how to use virtual machine replicasets
  • Create and use a virtual machine replicaset
  • Know what to use for ephemeral VMs and VMs requiring persistent storage

4.1. Virtual machine replica sets

Using virtual machine replica sets