Re: [libvirt-users] stream finish throws exception via python API
On 04/27/2016 04:26 AM, Daniel P. Berrange wrote:
On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 03:17:19PM -0400, Cole Robinson wrote:
> On 04/26/2016 02:56 PM, Nir Soffer wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 4:37 PM, Cole Robinson <crobinso(a)redhat.com>
wrote:
>>> On 04/26/2016 09:35 AM, Shahar Havivi wrote:
>>>> On 26.04.16 15:30, Shahar Havivi wrote:
>>>
>>> Libvirt doesn't invoke qemu-img check anywhere AFAIK, so if that's
the only
>>> way to get that info, then it isn't available
>>
>> We would like to report progress for downloads, so we need to know in advance
>> what is the size of the download.
>>
>> I guess we can use an estimate (e.g. capacity * 1.1), or maybe someone have
>> a better idea how to estimate the download size?
>>
>
> Hmm, I didn't realize <capacity> for a qcow2 volume isn't the full size
on
> disk, but instead the size of the virtual disk image. We should probably add
> an extra volume field to report the actual on disk size too. Please file a
> RHEL bug
<physical> is intended to give the actual size on disk.
Hmm I see we do track a src->physical value via virstoragefile but that isn't
reflected in the storage volume XML at all, there's no <physical> XML element.
Should be simple to add, but someone on ovirt side please file an RFE so it's
properly prioritized
Thanks,
Cole