VMware: add support for provider network portgroup for OpenStack Compute (nova)

In the case of the VMware NSXv plugin a admin may create a provider network that is an existing port group. This port group will not have the name of the neutron network UUID as it was not created by neutron. But the name will be tne network label.

VM Ensembles for OpenStack Compute (nova)

This document introduces the concept of a VM ensemble or VM group into Nova. An ensemble will provide the tenant the ability to group together VMs that provide a certain service or part of the same application. More specifically it enables configuring scheduling policies per group. This will in turn allow for a more...