From: Andrea RIGHI [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sun 14/08/2005 09:10
To: Bernard Li
Cc: sisuite-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: virtual console
Hi Bernard,
As we planned in a previous mail I\'ve
implemented the \"virtual console\" feature inside the si_monitortk interface of
the last trunk. I\'ve included in CC also the sisuite devel list, so also other
developers can send their feedback if they want.
Now by double-clicking a
client entry in the nodes table a new window is opened and inside it are
reported all the messages sent by the \'logmsg\' function.
This doesn\'t
replace syslog, it is a simple non-interactive console, so it doesn\'t keep
track of all the messages sent before you opened the console, and it doesn\'t
depend from the syslog too. So you can use the virtual consoles also if you do
not configure the network logging to a log server. I think this feature should
be very useful to have a central instrument that can be used to know in
real-time and in a simple way what _all_ clients are doing during the
installations.
I\'ve performed some little tests with a low number of
clients (1-3) and it seems to work correcly, even if it slows down a bit the
installation, because all logmsg messages are sent via netcat. Anyway the speed
of the image synchronization (via rsync or flamethrower) is the same, so I think
this feature doesn\'t not increase the weight of the installations, becuase the
bottleneck rests the copy of the image.
Well, every feedback is welcome,
but (as I\'ve already said to Bernard and Brian) I will be in vacation until
saturday 20 August, so maybe I can\'t be able to read emails in these next
days...
Best regards,
-Andrea
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