Thanks Luis. Apart from the size, the "System Image" tool of Windows itself
is meant for a different purpose. It just takes a backup of the disk drive,
and so its not bootable. But our end-users will need a bootable disk as an
ISO file.
So we need a tool like Remastersys in the Linux world, which is used for
making new distros. I couldn't find any such tool for Windows yet (maybe
due to its proprietary nature).
Thanks,
Narendran.
On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 7:53 PM, Luis A. Bastiao Silva <luis....@gmail.com>wrote:
> Well, when you create the disk, you can pre-allocate the space, or you can
> ajust it dynamically. For us, the second are the best option.
>
> Moreover, you also can compress the VM (vmx and vmdk).
>
>
> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Narendran Thangarajan <
> narendran.thangara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> There are a couple of problems with the vmdk image created
>>
>> 1. System image creation in Windows 7 doesn't take a bootable image
>> of the system. Just creates a replica of the C: drive in vhd format.
>> 2. Even if its made usable, Its huge in size - 49 GB
>>
>> Has anyone tried this before? Please suggest a tool for creating bootable
>> snapshots of Windows 7 VMs. The working instance is running on VMWare
>> player now.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Narendran.
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 6:23 PM, Narendran Thangarajan <
>> narendran.thangara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I have set that.
>>> Now I am trying to create a System image from the windows machine. I am
>>> using Windows 7's backup feature to create the image. It creates a system
>>> image in vhd format. I am now converting it into vmdk format to check if it
>>> can work with VMWare too. I am using WinImage for this.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Narendran.
>>>
>>>
>>> On Sat, Jun 8, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Luis A. Bastiao Silva <
>>> luis....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> In config file, conf/agent.cfg, use_gui = False
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Adriano Marques
>>>> <py.adri...@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> There is the option of running agent without using gtk. Make sure you
>>>>> build it so that it always use that option, and gtk won't be a problem.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Narendran Thangarajan <
>>>>> narendran.thangara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The gtk dependency is pulled in by
>>>>>> SoftwareUpdate.py<https://github.com/umitproject/openmonitor-desktop-agent/blob/master/umit/icm/agent/gui/SoftwareUpdate.py#L20>during
>>>>>> the the check version flow in
>>>>>> aggregator.py<https://github.com/umitproject/openmonitor-desktop-agent/blob/master/umit/icm/agent/rpc/aggregator.py#L505>.
>>>>>> Should we just conditionally drop the gtk dependency only on Windows, in
>>>>>> which case we need some code changes to be done wherever gtk is pulled
>>>>>> in..
>>>>>> Alternatively, we can ignore this error and go ahead with bundling
>>>>>> since it doesn't affect the functionality of the desktop agent. ie. the
>>>>>> reports are sent to aggregator and I can see the alert on east1.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>> Narendran.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:40 PM, Adriano Marques <py.adri...@gmail.com
>>>>>> > wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Try to drop the gtk dependency. Trying to get gtk on windows, and in
>>>>>>> a bundle is a huge PAIN.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Thu, Jun 6, 2013 at 6:21 AM, Narendran Thangarajan <
>>>>>>> narendran.thangara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Adriano and Luis,
>>>>>>>> Based on the stats from
>>>>>>>> wikipedia<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems>
>>>>>>>> and
>>>>>>>> w3schools <http://www.w3schools.com/browsers/browsers_os.asp>, I
>>>>>>>> feel Windows 7 will be the best choice as it is holds the largest usage
>>>>>>>> share. So I am starting with the Windows 7 VM. Currently I have setup a
>>>>>>>> Win7 VM in VMWare, installed the required dependencies and have the
>>>>>>>> desktop
>>>>>>>> agent working talking to the east1 instance. But I see a couple of
>>>>>>>> issues
>>>>>>>> while running the desktop agent :
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> * 1. Aggregator failure: [Failure instance: Traceback: <type
>>>>>>>> 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named gtk (Happens just once
>>>>>>>> during
>>>>>>>> the desktop agent startup)*
>>>>>>>> [ERROR] - 2013-06-06 16:33:04,125 - Aggregator failure: [Failure
>>>>>>>> instance: Traceback: <type 'exceptions.ImportError'>: No module named
>>>>>>>> gtk
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\tcp.py:299:connectionLost
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\web\client.py:206:connectionLost
>>>>>>>> C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\defer.py:380:callback
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\defer.py:488:_startRunCallbacks
>>>>>>>> --- <exception caught here> ---
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Python27\lib\site-packages\twisted\internet\defer.py:575:_runCallbacks
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Users\narendran\Downloads\openmonitor-desktop-agent\openmonitor-desktop-agent\umit\icm\agent\rpc\aggregator.py:505:_handle_check_version_response
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> C:\Users\narendran\Downloads\openmonitor-desktop-agent\openmonitor-desktop-agent\umit\icm\agent\gui\SoftwareUpdate.py:20:<module>
>>>>>>>> ]
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 2. *Malformed message received. Connection tear down. (Multiple
>>>>>>>> occurrences after the AuthenticatePeer phase)*
>>>>>>>> [WARNING] - 2013-06-06 16:33:05,608 - Malformed message received.
>>>>>>>> Connection tear down. IPv4Address(TCP, u'210.210.41.202', 80)
>>>>>>>> HTTP/1.1 400 Bad Request
>>>>>>>> Cache-Control: no-cache
>>>>>>>> Pragma: no-cache
>>>>>>>> Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
>>>>>>>> Connection: close
>>>>>>>> Content-Length: 713
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Once we solve these two issues, the Windows snapshot VM will be
>>>>>>>> usable.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>> Narendran.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 7:06 PM, Adriano Marques <
>>>>>>>> py.adri...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Great idea Narendran! What windows version are you going to use?
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Luis A. Bastiao Silva <
>>>>>>>>> luis....@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Hi Narendran,
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> Did you get any progress with it? Probably during the bundling
>>>>>>>>>> there are several issues that will raise. Please, keep us posted and
>>>>>>>>>> keep
>>>>>>>>>> the discussion in the loop.
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 8:19 PM, Narendran Thangarajan <
>>>>>>>>>> narendran.thangara...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>>>>>> I discussed with Luis regarding bundling of desktop agent so
>>>>>>>>>>> that its easier to use for our users. Following are the steps which
>>>>>>>>>>> I have
>>>>>>>>>>> identified as the top level activities involved in bundling.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> 1. Create a plain Windows VM.
>>>>>>>>>>> 2. Install the required dependencies for OpenMonitor desktop
>>>>>>>>>>> agent.
>>>>>>>>>>> 3. Get the desktop agent to run on the VM.
>>>>>>>>>>> 4. Prepare a vdx or vdmk file so that end-users can use it
>>>>>>>>>>> like a snapshot.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Let me know if you have suggestions around this.
>>>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks,
>>>>>>>>>>> Narendran Thangarajan.
>>>>>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
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>>>>>>> http://about.me/adrianommarques
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
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