Hi Ram / Manan, Devdeep added you to a meeting to discuss Hyper-V development on Tuesday.
If you've not already received it, the agenda is outlined below. DL > -----Original Message----- > From: Donal Lafferty > Sent: 28 June 2013 10:17 AM > To: Devdeep Singh > Cc: Will Chan; Kevin Kluge > Subject: RE: Win7 License key? > > Hi Devdeep, > > Can we meet today? Will is out of the office, but Kevin should be around. > > During the meeting I would like to go over the following topics: > > First up is development strategy, namely division of labour. From your > Linkedin profile, it looks like you're strongest with Windows. However, > access to people familiar with CloudStack has been the blocker. For instance, > your answer below is from a question asked ten days ago :( If you work on > items that require collaboration from the India team, it will greatly speed > development. > > Second is a series of tactical concerns that I'd like some input on. > > 1. The Hyper-V API used by CloudStack and OpenStack has been removed as > of Hyper-V 2012 R2. If we update it, OpenStack might copy us. Should we > hold off on publishing any updates until the plugin is good to go? > Alternatively, should we contract the open stack developer to update our > API calls? > > 2. Hyper-V Server 2012 does not have an NFS client, which prevents it from > using the existing staging strategy. With other Hypervisors, images can be > downloaded from an object store to a NFS cache where they are > uncompressed and made ready for distribution to hypervisors. Hyper-V > needs either a CIFS-based cache system, or it should pull directly from the > object store. In the later case, you'd have to prevent users from creating > templates from compressed images. What strategy should we pursue? (this > needs deciding today) > > 3. The RDP console proxy code needs to be updated and deployed to a > system VM. A contractor has produced an RDP proxy, but it does not provide > the correct handshaking required to select the virtual frame buffer for a > Hyper-V VM. Also, the proxy has to be added to our system VM > infrastructure, which work that Rohit used to do. Do we have any expertise > with RDP?Also, who is the System VM guru these days? > > 4. Instructions for the Hyper-V agent have been developed by replaying > JSON encoded kernel commands. However, it has been extremely difficult > to get samples of the relevant commands. What is a good strategy for > obtaining them? The current one involves begging CloudStack developers to > provide debug logs, as testing don't appear to log the actual kernel > commands. > > 5. There's no DevCloud for Hyper-V. To work on the plugin, I have deployed > a full CloudStack with Hyper-V servers as the hosts. Is this something that > is > reasonable to duplicate India? > > 6. Integrating with the Apache CloudStack build faces an IP hurdle and a > testing hurdle. The IP issue concerns compiling the Hyper-V agent. I use > VS2012SP1, which is a problem with for ASF. Either we get the build working > with mono, or we distribute the agent ourselves in an MSI via codecomplex > or similar. What are people's feelings on this? The build only tests > correctly > when it is run on a Hyper-V server. As a result, unit tests are turned off by > default. Is this reasonable? > > I think that's enough for now :) > > DL > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Devdeep Singh > > Sent: 27 June 2013 10:24 PM > > To: Donal Lafferty > > Subject: RE: Win7 License key? > > > > Hi Donal, > > > > Sorry, I didn't get back to you earlier. I was attending the apache > > collaboration conference and I forgot to reply to your mail. Really > > sorry. Were you able to get the bvt logs for attach and detach > > volumes? I was pointed to the attached mail by a colleague. Using the > > instructions in the mail I was able to locate the logs and look at the > > json examples of commands. See if it helps you. > > > > I also wanted to sync up with you on Hyper-V. I have gone through the > > mail chains on Hyper-V in the last six months. Would it be possible to > > get on a call so that I can get some queries answered? If so, what > > time will be suitable for you? I am in Santa Clara (PST) right now. I > > am here till mid next week (3rd of June). Will a call early next week > > work for you? If we have a call, Kevin or Will may join it too. > > > > Regards, > > Devdeep > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Donal Lafferty > > > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 2:08 PM > > > To: Devdeep Singh > > > Subject: RE: Win7 License key? > > > > > > Okay, but the logs from the BVT are easier to get, no? > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > From: Devdeep Singh > > > > Sent: 20 June 2013 9:53 PM > > > > To: Donal Lafferty > > > > Subject: RE: Win7 License key? > > > > > > > > Hi Donal, > > > > > > > > I generally use firebug plugin in firefox to look at the command > > > > and json response of any command. You can try it and see if it > > > > helps. Do let me know if it answers your query or are you looking > > > > for something > > else? > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > Devdeep > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: Chiradeep Vittal > > > > > Sent: Thursday, June 20, 2013 9:40 AM > > > > > To: Donal Lafferty > > > > > Cc: Devdeep Singh > > > > > Subject: Re: Win7 License key? > > > > > > > > > > Hey Donal > > > > > Sorry about that. I am busy packing for my vacation (starting today). > > > > > I plan to try out the install on my vacation. > > > > > I have cc'ed Devdeep who is interested in getting up to speed on > > Hyper-V. > > > > > Perhaps he can help. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > Chiradeep > > > > > > > > > > On Jun 20, 2013, at 9:28, "Donal Lafferty" > > > > > <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > HI Chiradeep, > > > > > > > > > > > > Did the Win7 key & image help? Did you save a lot of time? > > > > > > > > > > > > Maybe you could do me a favour & have a look at the question > > > > > > about where > > > > > to get samples of the attach commands? > > > > > > > > > > > > Now normally I would not keep pestering, but general requests > > > > > > on IRC don't > > > > > work, the mailing list hasn't gotten back to me, and neither > > > > > have colleagues in Santa Clara. > > > > > > > > > > > > DL > > > > > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >> From: Donal Lafferty > > > > > >> Sent: 19 June 2013 11:36 PM > > > > > >> To: Chiradeep Vittal > > > > > >> Subject: RE: Win7 License key? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Could I ask for a JSON serialised AttachCommand and > > > > > >> DetachCommand in exchange? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> Or could you recommend someone in QA who'd have one? > > > > > >> > > > > > >> DL > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>> From: Chiradeep Vittal > > > > > >>> Sent: 19 June 2013 9:07 PM > > > > > >>> To: Donal Lafferty > > > > > >>> Subject: Re: Win7 License key? > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Yes, please and thank you! > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> On 6/19/13 1:03 PM, "Donal Lafferty" > > > > > >>> <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>>> You get a month's grace. > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> Alternatively, I've a spare key for Windows 7 ultimate that > > > > > >>>> I can send you. I get a few of them with my MSDN license. > > > > > >>>> Do you need a download link for Win7 Ultimate? > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> DL > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>> > > > > > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>>>> From: Chiradeep Vittal > > > > > >>>>> Sent: 19 June 2013 9:00 PM > > > > > >>>>> To: Donal Lafferty > > > > > >>>>> Subject: Re: Win7 License key? > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> What about off the intranet? > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> -- > > > > > >>>>> Chiradeep > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>> On Jun 19, 2013, at 12:51, "Donal Lafferty" > > > > > >>>>> <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> > > > > > >>>>> wrote: > > > > > >>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> On company intranet, or connecting to it? > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> Use the volume license Win7. It contacts the KMS server > > > > > >>>>>> on the > > > > > >>>>> intranet to > > > > > >>>>> get its license. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> See > > > > > >>>>>> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff793434.aspx > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> Ask IT services for the volume license image. > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > > > >>>>>>> From: Chiradeep Vittal > > > > > >>>>>>> Sent: 19 June 2013 8:48 PM > > > > > >>>>>>> To: #Cloud - Engineering > > > > > >>>>>>> Subject: Win7 License key? > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>>> Need to install Win7 VM (long term use). Is there a > > > > > >>>>>>> license > > > > > >>>>> available? > > > > > >>>>>>> > > > > > >>>>>>> -- > > > > > >>>>>>> Chiradeep > > > > > >
