6:48 a.m.
Hello,
1. Please add —description parameter to virsh list command. It should be similar to
—title.
It will be very helpful for administrators who like to leave the order and documentation
after their work.
2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
a) CPUs
b) MaxMem
c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with snapshot(s)
and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and memory
overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed. You will get
all important information in one place.
3. Please add —domtime parameter to virsh list command. It should show column with
domain’s system time similar to virsh domtime domname --pretty.
It will be very helpful for fast guest-agent checking for every domain.
4. Please add column Parent and Metadata to virsh snapshot-list.
—
Przemyslaw Sztoch
10:03 a.m.
On 05/03/2017 01:48 PM, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
Hello,
1. Please add —description parameter to virsh list command. It should be similar to
—title.
It will be very helpful for administrators who like to leave the order and documentation
after their work.
Yeah, this one makes sense.
2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
a) CPUs
b) MaxMem
c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with snapshot(s)
and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and memory
overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed. You will
get all important information in one place.
Frankly, this one looks at the edge of the scope of virsh list. I mean,
I view virsh as a simple CLI utility that you can build your own scripts
on the top of.
Also, you want 5 flags. Cool. But tomorrow somebody else wants another 5
(title, description, has given device, etc.). The possibilities are
endless. I suggest writing your own management application on the top of
libvirt.
3. Please add —domtime parameter to virsh list command. It should show column with
domain’s system time similar to virsh domtime domname --pretty.
It will be very helpful for fast guest-agent checking for every domain.
And this one is beyond the scope of the command. The aim of list command
is to list available domains, not fetch side note info on them.
4. Please add column Parent and Metadata to virsh snapshot-list.
I'm ambivalent on this one.
Michal
10:17 a.m.
On Thu, May 04, 2017 at 17:03:00 +0200, Michal Privoznik wrote:
On 05/03/2017 01:48 PM, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
> Hello,
>
> 1. Please add —description parameter to virsh list command. It should be similar to
—title.
> It will be very helpful for administrators who like to leave the order and
documentation after their work.
Yeah, this one makes sense.
No it does not. The description field is multi-line, whereas the title
is single line. Adding a multi-line field will not go well with the
table output.
>
> 2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
> a) CPUs
> b) MaxMem
> c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with
snapshot(s)
> and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
>
> In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and memory
overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
> Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed. You
will get all important information in one place.
Frankly, this one looks at the edge of the scope of virsh list. I mean,
I view virsh as a simple CLI utility that you can build your own scripts
on the top of.
Also, you want 5 flags. Cool. But tomorrow somebody else wants another 5
(title, description, has given device, etc.). The possibilities are
endless. I suggest writing your own management application on the top of
libvirt.
Also there's virt-top
6:17 p.m.
On 4 May 2017, at 17:03, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
> 2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
> a) CPUs
> b) MaxMem
> c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with snapshot(s)
> and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
>
> In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and memory
overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
> Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed. You
will get all important information in one place.
Frankly, this one looks at the edge of the scope of virsh list. I mean,
I view virsh as a simple CLI utility that you can build your own scripts
on the top of.
Also, you want 5 flags. Cool. But tomorrow somebody else wants another 5
(title, description, has given device, etc.). The possibilities are
endless. I suggest writing your own management application on the top of
libvirt.
In my opinion you are wrong. It is very natural place for more information about your
domains.
Of course, everybody can build his own scripts, but bash script will be too much slow and
too much complicated for typical tech stuff.
My patch is very simple:
virsh list —details
Please, audit attached diff, because I have not any skill about C:
index 0ca53e4..c98160d 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
@@ -1769,6 +1769,14 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_list[] = {
.type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
.help = N_("show domain title")
},
+ {.name = "description",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain description")
+ },
+ {.name = "details",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain details")
+ },
{.name = NULL}
};
@@ -1780,6 +1788,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
{
bool managed = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "managed-save");
bool optTitle = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "title");
+ bool optDescription = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "description");
+ bool optDetails = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "details");
bool optTable = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "table");
bool optUUID = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "uuid");
bool optName = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "name");
@@ -1822,6 +1832,7 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "name");
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "uuid");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("title", "description");
if (!optUUID && !optName)
optTable = true;
@@ -1836,6 +1847,18 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
_("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("Title"),
"-----------------------------------------"
"-----------------------------------------");
+ else if (optDescription)
+ vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n%s\n",
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("Description"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "-----------------------------------------");
+ else if (optDetails)
+ vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %5s %6s %9s %-5s
%-20s\n%s\n",
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("vCPU"),
+ _("Memory"), _("Snapshots"),
_("Flags"), _("Time"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "----------------------");
else
vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %s\n%s\n",
_("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
@@ -1862,8 +1885,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
virDomainHasManagedSaveImage(dom, 0) > 0)
state = -2;
- if (optTitle) {
- if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, true, 0)))
+ if (optTitle || optDescription) {
+ if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, optTitle, 0)))
goto cleanup;
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n", id_buf,
@@ -1873,6 +1896,62 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
title);
VIR_FREE(title);
+ } else if (optDetails) {
+ int vcpu = -1;
+ int memory = -1;
+ int persistent;
+ int autostart;
+ int nsnap;
+ int mansave;
+ long long seconds = 0;
+ unsigned int nseconds = 0;
+
+ virDomainInfo info;
+
+ if (virDomainGetInfo(dom, &info) == 0) {
+ vcpu = info.nrVirtCpu;
+ memory = info.memory / 1024;
+ }
+
+ persistent = virDomainIsPersistent(dom);
+ if (virDomainGetAutostart(dom, &autostart) < 0) {
+ autostart = -1;
+ }
+ nsnap = virDomainSnapshotNum(dom, 0);
+ mansave = virDomainHasManagedSaveImage(dom, 0);
+
+ char timestr[100];
+ if (state == VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
+ if (virDomainGetTime(dom, &seconds, &nseconds, false) < 0) {
+ strcpy(timestr, "??");
+ } else {
+ time_t cur_time = seconds;
+ struct tm time_info;
+
+ if (!gmtime_r(&cur_time, &time_info)) {
+ vshError(ctl, _("Unable to format time"));
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
&time_info);
+ }
+ } else {
+ strcpy(timestr, "");
+ }
+
+ vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %5d %6d %9d %s%s%s%s%s %s\n",
id_buf,
+ virDomainGetName(dom),
+ state == -2 ? _("saved")
+ : virshDomainStateToString(state),
+ vcpu, memory,
+ nsnap,
+ persistent == 1 ? "p" : persistent == 0 ?
"t" : "?",
+ autostart == 1 ? "a" : autostart == 0 ? " "
: "?",
+ mansave == 1 ? "m" : mansave == 0 ? " " :
"?",
+ nsnap > 0 ? "s" : nsnap == 0 ? " " :
"?",
+ " ",
+ timestr
+ );
+
} else {
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %s\n", id_buf,
virDomainGetName(dom),
>
> 3. Please add —domtime parameter to virsh list command. It should show column with
domain’s system time similar to virsh domtime domname --pretty.
> It will be very helpful for fast guest-agent checking for every domain.
And this one is beyond the scope of the command. The aim of list command
is to list available domains, not fetch side note info on them.
>
> 4. Please add column Parent and Metadata to virsh snapshot-list.
>
I'm ambivalent on this one.
Michal
2:38 a.m.
On 05/05/2017 01:17 AM, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
> On 4 May 2017, at 17:03, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> 2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
>> a) CPUs
>> b) MaxMem
>> c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with
snapshot(s)
>> and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
>>
>> In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and
memory overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
>> Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed. You
will get all important information in one place.
>
> Frankly, this one looks at the edge of the scope of virsh list. I mean,
> I view virsh as a simple CLI utility that you can build your own scripts
> on the top of.
> Also, you want 5 flags. Cool. But tomorrow somebody else wants another 5
> (title, description, has given device, etc.). The possibilities are
> endless. I suggest writing your own management application on the top of
> libvirt.
In my opinion you are wrong. It is very natural place for more information about your
domains.
Of course, everybody can build his own scripts, but bash script will be too much slow and
too much complicated for typical tech stuff.
Why they would be slow?
My patch is very simple:
virsh list —details
Please, audit attached diff, because I have not any skill about C:
index 0ca53e4..c98160d 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
@@ -1769,6 +1769,14 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_list[] = {
.type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
.help = N_("show domain title")
},
+ {.name = "description",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain description")
+ },
+ {.name = "details",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain details")
+ },
{.name = NULL}
};
@@ -1780,6 +1788,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
{
bool managed = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "managed-save");
bool optTitle = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "title");
+ bool optDescription = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "description");
+ bool optDetails = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "details");
bool optTable = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "table");
bool optUUID = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "uuid");
bool optName = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "name");
@@ -1822,6 +1832,7 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "name");
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "uuid");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("title", "description");
if (!optUUID && !optName)
optTable = true;
@@ -1836,6 +1847,18 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
_("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("Title"),
"-----------------------------------------"
"-----------------------------------------");
+ else if (optDescription)
+ vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n%s\n",
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("Description"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "-----------------------------------------");
+ else if (optDetails)
+ vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %5s %6s %9s %-5s
%-20s\n%s\n",
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("vCPU"),
+ _("Memory"), _("Snapshots"),
_("Flags"), _("Time"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "----------------------");
What if I'd run 'list --description --details'? Only description header
will be printed out.
else
vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %s\n%s\n",
_("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
@@ -1862,8 +1885,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
virDomainHasManagedSaveImage(dom, 0) > 0)
state = -2;
- if (optTitle) {
- if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, true, 0)))
+ if (optTitle || optDescription) {
+ if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, optTitle, 0)))
goto cleanup;
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n", id_buf,
@@ -1873,6 +1896,62 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
title);
VIR_FREE(title);
+ } else if (optDetails) {
+ int vcpu = -1;
+ int memory = -1;
+ int persistent;
+ int autostart;
+ int nsnap;
+ int mansave;
+ long long seconds = 0;
+ unsigned int nseconds = 0;
+
+ virDomainInfo info;
+
+ if (virDomainGetInfo(dom, &info) == 0) {
+ vcpu = info.nrVirtCpu;
+ memory = info.memory / 1024;
+ }
I think that instead of silently ignoring errors, we should report the
error message and fail. This applies here and in the rest of your patch.
+
+ persistent = virDomainIsPersistent(dom);
+ if (virDomainGetAutostart(dom, &autostart) < 0) {
+ autostart = -1;
+ }
+ nsnap = virDomainSnapshotNum(dom, 0);
+ mansave = virDomainHasManagedSaveImage(dom, 0);
+
+ char timestr[100];
+ if (state == VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
+ if (virDomainGetTime(dom, &seconds, &nseconds, false) < 0) {
false? The last argument is 'unsigned int flags'. s/false/0/
+ strcpy(timestr, "??");
+ } else {
+ time_t cur_time = seconds;
+ struct tm time_info;
+
+ if (!gmtime_r(&cur_time, &time_info)) {
+ vshError(ctl, _("Unable to format time"));
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S",
&time_info);
+ }
+ } else {
+ strcpy(timestr, "");
+ }
+
+ vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %5d %6d %9d %s%s%s%s%s %s\n",
id_buf,
+ virDomainGetName(dom),
+ state == -2 ? _("saved")
+ : virshDomainStateToString(state),
+ vcpu, memory,
+ nsnap,
+ persistent == 1 ? "p" : persistent == 0 ?
"t" : "?",
+ autostart == 1 ? "a" : autostart == 0 ? " "
: "?",
+ mansave == 1 ? "m" : mansave == 0 ? " " :
"?",
+ nsnap > 0 ? "s" : nsnap == 0 ? " " :
"?",
+ " ",
+ timestr
+ );
+
} else {
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %s\n", id_buf,
virDomainGetName(dom),
Michal
2:16 a.m.
Dear Michal and Pavel,
We cover about 100 clients who have their own and simple CentOS KVM
installations.
Their technical skills are far from writing python scripts. They expect
simple solutions.
Talking to our helpdesk, I found that 70% of libvirt and virtualization
problems are:
A) lack of autostart activation on critical guests; then occasional
failures and reboots affect lack of automatic startup of key services,
B) frequent overcommiting of allocated virtual processors and memory due
to the lack of basic planning and addition operations of local admin
stuff :-(,
C) misconfiguration of qemu-agent, which affects many problems with safe
restart, snapshot, backup, etc. (the "Time" column is a perfect
diagnostic here)
D) leaving unnecessary snapshots that lie unused after many months,
E) live migration attempts that fail to put domain in a transient mode
leave the guests disappearing in unexplained circumstances after kvm
host restart :-)
Virtually all the above problems of everyday life, our helpdesk is now
able to diagnose by command:
virsh list --details --managed-save
By the way, they can easily update the documentation with one compact list.
I do not understand your dislike for the proposed changes. All the
members of our team and teams of our partners have been very
enthusiastic about the new functionality.
You govern, so you have to decide. ;-)
Przemyslaw Sztoch
3:06 a.m.
On Mon, May 08, 2017 at 09:16:26AM +0200, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
Dear Michal and Pavel,
We cover about 100 clients who have their own and simple CentOS KVM
installations.
Their technical skills are far from writing python scripts. They expect
simple solutions.
Libvirt is an library that provides unified API to manage different
hypervisors. Virsh is a simple command line tool to manage one host,
it's not an advanced management application.
Talking to our helpdesk, I found that 70% of libvirt and
virtualization
problems are:
A) lack of autostart activation on critical guests; then occasional
failures and reboots affect lack of automatic startup of key services,
B) frequent overcommiting of allocated virtual processors and memory due
to the lack of basic planning and addition operations of local admin
stuff :-(,
C) misconfiguration of qemu-agent, which affects many problems with safe
restart, snapshot, backup, etc. (the "Time" column is a perfect
diagnostic here)
D) leaving unnecessary snapshots that lie unused after many months,
E) live migration attempts that fail to put domain in a transient mode
leave the guests disappearing in unexplained circumstances after kvm
host restart :-)
Virtually all the above problems of everyday life, our helpdesk is now
able to diagnose by command:
virsh list --details --managed-save
By the way, they can easily update the documentation with one compact list.
I do not understand your dislike for the proposed changes. All the
members of our team and teams of our partners have been very
enthusiastic about the new functionality.
You govern, so you have to decide. ;-)
My dislike is that virsh isn't a management application, it's more like
a shell for virtualization. All the listed problems are things, that
should be handled by management application build on top of libvirt.
This is a common misuse of libvirt.
For simple workstation usage there is virt-manager. For advanced
management tasks there are different type of applications, see
<http://libvirt.org/apps.html>;.
To address the patch itself, as it was already stated by Peter, instead
of adding --details there is command line tool "virt-top" and adding
--description isn't a good idea, because it will break the simple table
printed by "virsh list". Abusing "virsh list" to provide statistics
and
detailed information about domains isn't a way to go.
Pavel
Przemyslaw Sztoch
diff --git a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
index 0ca53e4..1c3ec37 100644
--- a/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
+++ b/tools/virsh-domain-monitor.c
@@ -1769,6 +1769,14 @@ static const vshCmdOptDef opts_list[] = {
.type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
.help = N_("show domain title")
},
+ {.name = "description",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain description")
+ },
+ {.name = "details",
+ .type = VSH_OT_BOOL,
+ .help = N_("show domain details")
+ },
{.name = NULL}
};
@@ -1780,6 +1788,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
{
bool managed = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "managed-save");
bool optTitle = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "title");
+ bool optDescription = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "description");
+ bool optDetails = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "details");
bool optTable = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "table");
bool optUUID = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "uuid");
bool optName = vshCommandOptBool(cmd, "name");
@@ -1822,6 +1832,9 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "name");
VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("table", "uuid");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("description", "title");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("details", "title");
+ VSH_EXCLUSIVE_OPTIONS("details", "description");
if (!optUUID && !optName)
optTable = true;
@@ -1831,9 +1844,19 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
/* print table header in legacy mode */
if (optTable) {
- if (optTitle)
+ if (optTitle || optDescription)
vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n%s\n",
- _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
_("Title"),
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
+ optTitle ? _("Title") : _("Description"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
+ "-----------------------------------------");
+ else if (optDetails)
+ vshPrintExtra(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-13s %-13s %5s %9s %9s
%s\n%s\n",
+ _("Id"), _("Name"), _("State"),
+ _("Autostart"), _("Persistent"),
+ _("vCPU"), _("Memory"),
_("Snapshots"),
+ _("Time"),
+ "-----------------------------------------"
"-----------------------------------------"
"-----------------------------------------");
else
@@ -1862,8 +1885,8 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
virDomainHasManagedSaveImage(dom, 0) > 0)
state = -2;
- if (optTitle) {
- if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, true, 0)))
+ if (optTitle || optDescription) {
+ if (!(title = virshGetDomainDescription(ctl, dom, optTitle, 0)))
goto cleanup;
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-20s\n", id_buf,
@@ -1873,6 +1896,60 @@ cmdList(vshControl *ctl, const vshCmd *cmd)
title);
VIR_FREE(title);
+ } else if (optDetails) {
+ int autostart;
+ int persistent;
+ int vcpu = -1;
+ int memory = -1;
+ int nsnap;
+ long long seconds = 0;
+ unsigned int nseconds = 0;
+
+ virDomainInfo info;
+
+ if (virDomainGetAutostart(dom, &autostart) < 0) {
+ autostart = -1;
+ }
+ persistent = virDomainIsPersistent(dom);
+
+ if (virDomainGetInfo(dom, &info) == 0) {
+ vcpu = info.nrVirtCpu;
+ memory = info.memory / 1024;
+ }
+
+ nsnap = virDomainSnapshotNum(dom, 0);
+
+ char timestr[100];
+ if (state == VIR_DOMAIN_RUNNING) {
+ if (virDomainGetTime(dom, &seconds, &nseconds, 0) <
0) {
+ strcpy(timestr, _("unknown"));
+ } else {
+ time_t cur_time = seconds;
+ struct tm time_info;
+
+ if (!gmtime_r(&cur_time, &time_info)) {
+ vshError(ctl, _("Unable to format time"));
+ goto cleanup;
+ }
+ strftime(timestr, sizeof(timestr), "%Y-%m-%d
%H:%M:%S", &time_info);
+ }
+ } else {
+ strcpy(timestr, "");
+ }
+
+ vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %-10s %-13s %-13s %5d %9d %9d
%s\n", id_buf,
+ virDomainGetName(dom),
+ state == -2 ? _("saved")
+ : virshDomainStateToString(state),
+ autostart == 1 ? _("yes") :
+ autostart == 0 ? _("no") : _("unknown"),
+ persistent == 1 ? _("yes") :
+ persistent == 0 ? _("no") : _("unknown"),
+ vcpu, memory,
+ nsnap,
+ timestr
+ );
+
} else {
vshPrint(ctl, " %-5s %-30s %s\n", id_buf,
virDomainGetName(dom),
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6:25 a.m.
On Mon, 2017-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
Dear Michal and Pavel,
We cover about 100 clients who have their own and simple CentOS KVM
installations.
Their technical skills are far from writing python scripts. They expect
simple solutions.
They don't necessarily have to write the Python script
themselves, though :)
Talking to our helpdesk, I found that 70% of libvirt and
virtualization
problems are:
A) lack of autostart activation on critical guests; then occasional
failures and reboots affect lack of automatic startup of key services,
B) frequent overcommiting of allocated virtual processors and memory due
to the lack of basic planning and addition operations of local admin
stuff :-(,
C) misconfiguration of qemu-agent, which affects many problems with safe
restart, snapshot, backup, etc. (the "Time" column is a perfect
diagnostic here)
D) leaving unnecessary snapshots that lie unused after many months,
E) live migration attempts that fail to put domain in a transient mode
leave the guests disappearing in unexplained circumstances after kvm
host restart :-)
Virtually all the above problems of everyday life, our helpdesk is now
able to diagnose by command:
virsh list --details --managed-save
By the way, they can easily update the documentation with one compact list.
I do not understand your dislike for the proposed changes. All the
members of our team and teams of our partners have been very
enthusiastic about the new functionality.
You govern, so you have to decide. ;-)
The problem with your proposal is that it doesn't fit
neatly in a generic tool like virsh.
My suggestion would be to implement the script yourself,
then ship it to your clients and instruct them to run
# virt-diagnostics.py
or whatever you end up calling it to obtain the
information you care about.
Doing so will allow you to have plenty of freedom when
it comes to tailoring the output for your specific needs
instead of having to keep the tool generic, which you
would have to do if you wanted it to be shipped with
libvirt, and it won't be any harder for your clients to
run it.
--
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
11:47 a.m.
As you wish. I have made python script for my customer:
https://github.com/psztoch/virt-report
Nevertheless, I think the second version of my patch for the virsh list
is simple and traightforward, and falls within the scope of a simple
low-level virsh tool. And of course should be merged into trunk.
On 09.05.2017 13:25, Andrea Bolognani wrote:
On Mon, 2017-05-08 at 09:16 +0200, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
> Dear Michal and Pavel,
>
> We cover about 100 clients who have their own and simple CentOS KVM
> installations.
> Their technical skills are far from writing python scripts. They expect
> simple solutions.
They don't necessarily have to write the Python script
themselves, though :)
> Talking to our helpdesk, I found that 70% of libvirt and virtualization
> problems are:
> A) lack of autostart activation on critical guests; then occasional
> failures and reboots affect lack of automatic startup of key services,
> B) frequent overcommiting of allocated virtual processors and memory due
> to the lack of basic planning and addition operations of local admin
> stuff :-(,
> C) misconfiguration of qemu-agent, which affects many problems with safe
> restart, snapshot, backup, etc. (the "Time" column is a perfect
> diagnostic here)
> D) leaving unnecessary snapshots that lie unused after many months,
> E) live migration attempts that fail to put domain in a transient mode
> leave the guests disappearing in unexplained circumstances after kvm
> host restart :-)
>
> Virtually all the above problems of everyday life, our helpdesk is now
> able to diagnose by command:
> virsh list --details --managed-save
> By the way, they can easily update the documentation with one compact list.
>
> I do not understand your dislike for the proposed changes. All the
> members of our team and teams of our partners have been very
> enthusiastic about the new functionality.
> You govern, so you have to decide. ;-)
The problem with your proposal is that it doesn't fit
neatly in a generic tool like virsh.
My suggestion would be to implement the script yourself,
then ship it to your clients and instruct them to run
# virt-diagnostics.py
or whatever you end up calling it to obtain the
information you care about.
Doing so will allow you to have plenty of freedom when
it comes to tailoring the output for your specific needs
instead of having to keep the tool generic, which you
would have to do if you wanted it to be shipped with
libvirt, and it won't be any harder for your clients to
run it.
--
Andrea Bolognani / Red Hat / Virtualization
3:09 a.m.
On Fri, May 05, 2017 at 01:17:15AM +0200, Przemysław Sztoch wrote:
> On 4 May 2017, at 17:03, Michal Privoznik <mprivozn(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> 2. Please add new columns to virsh list (for —details):
>> a) CPUs
>> b) MaxMem
>> c) Flags: p-persistent, t-transient, a-autostart, m-managed save, s-with
snapshot(s)
>> and total sum for column vCPUs and Mem.
>>
>> In my opinion it is very popular use case. It will help you control vCPU and
memory overcommiting in very simple and fast way.
>> Put flags on list will prevents many additional commands from being executed.
You will get all important information in one place.
>
> Frankly, this one looks at the edge of the scope of virsh list. I mean,
> I view virsh as a simple CLI utility that you can build your own scripts
> on the top of.
> Also, you want 5 flags. Cool. But tomorrow somebody else wants another 5
> (title, description, has given device, etc.). The possibilities are
> endless. I suggest writing your own management application on the top of
> libvirt.
In my opinion you are wrong. It is very natural place for more information about your
domains.
Of course, everybody can build his own scripts, but bash script will be too much slow and
too much complicated for typical tech stuff.
I agree with Michal, this is out of scope of "virsh list" command.
To get CPUs or MaxMem you can simply use "virsh domstats". Instead
of adding "Flags" you can limit the "virsh list" with parameters.
Virsh is a simple CLI utility, if you require more advanced
administration of your guests and host I would suggest to switch
from bash to python, we have a fully implemented python binding.
Pavel
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