how many characters can be stored in the comments field? (255?)

On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Michael DeHaan <[email protected]> wrote:

> Christopher Johnston wrote:
> > Some _possible_ ones that come to mind, although this seems to be
> > something that would be stored in a CMDB (which sounds like cobbler
> > could potentially be used for that).  Console information is
> > important, but this may not be the right place to store it.
> >
> > system_region (US, EU, FE)
> > system_location (NY, LON, CHI)
> > system_datacenter (DC1, DC2)
>
> These three we don't have.     Though they could perhaps be stored in
> the comment field, that would not be highly structured though.
>
>
> > system_owner (chris)
>
> --owners means something to authz_ownership, but can otherwise be abused
> if one wants, even if not using that module.
>
> > system_description (HP DL360 G5)
> Every cobbler object has a --comment field that is free form right now,
> and would be good for this.
>
>
>
> > console_host (con01)
> > console_speed (115200)
> > console_port (ttyS0)
> >
>
> These seem to be kernel arguments for setting up consoles to me, and can
> be stored in --kopts
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 8:38 AM, Dave Hatton <[email protected]
> > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> >
> >
> >     > Yeah, I think so, not having the fields overwriteable also makes
> >     sense.
> >     >
> >     > Can folks come up with a common list of fields that would be
> >     useful for
> >     > this?
> >     >
> >     > It concerns me slightly that we are building sort of /another/
> >     inventory
> >     > system, though someone need not use it if they have another.
> >     Plus the
> >     > advantages (especially when we can do things like "cobbler find"
> >     to see
> >     > what's in what rack (cobbler find already exists as a command),
> >     would
> >     > definitely be worth it.
> >     >
> >     >
> >     I'll happily collate the responses and try to get an agreed list
> >
> >     Dave
> >
> >
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