* Alon Bar-Lev <alo...@redhat.com> [2012-11-28 15:33]: > > Leaving only vdsm-devel. > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Ryan Harper" <ry...@us.ibm.com> > > To: "Alon Bar-Lev" <alo...@redhat.com> > > Cc: "Dan Kenigsberg" <dan...@redhat.com>, "engine-devel" > > <engine-de...@ovirt.org>, "VDSM Project Development" > > <vdsm-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org>, "users" <us...@ovirt.org> > > Sent: Wednesday, November 28, 2012 11:22:59 PM > > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] [vdsm] [ATTENTION] vdsm-bootstrap/host > > deployment (pre-3.2) > > <snip> > > > > > > > > > > > > > If sysadmin manually enables dumps, he may do this at a > > > > > location of > > > > > his own choice. > > > > > > > > Note that we've just swapped hats: you're arguing for letting a > > > > local > > > > admin log in and mess with system configuration, and I'm for > > > > keeping > > > > a > > > > centralized feature for storing and collecting core dumps. > > > > > > As problems like crashes are investigated per case and reproduction > > > scenario. > > > But again, I may be wrong and we should have VDSM API command to > > > start/stop storing dumps and manage this via its master... > > > > I very much like this idea. There was a thread a while back > > discussing[1] the this very idea; I was looking for a way to enable > > 'debugging' mode as well as a way to programatically collect > > debugging > > info (which could include host stats, guest stats, logs and any core > > files). > > > > Certainly in such a scenario, being able to enable/disable varous > > features of a debugging mode could include whether to enable core > > dumps > > as well as where to save them on the host. > > > > > > 1. > > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.ovirt.vdsm.devel/1387 > > Yes, I read this, however, I am unsure that debug and low level > collections should be implemented as in-band interface and not > side-band.
After many of years handling crappy bug reports that don't include the data needed for debugging, such as log files and other settings, and spending weeks going back and forth with the submitter on collecting what and where and how to collect it, I'm confident that having something that can programtically enable debugging on-demand and providing a way to collect the relative data (logs, cores, etc) would make a dramatic improvement when handing these support issues. I'm also a firm believer in lowering the barriers for consumption. IIUC, a side-band tool is going to require additional configuration/authenitication; and will ultimately need to access the API anyhow to determine various information about the specific VM. With that in mind, why wouldn't we want to look at a first-class debug API mode which can be used remotely and programatically? A better question is, what are the drawbacks to having it in-band? -- Ryan Harper Software Engineer; Linux Technology Center IBM Corp., Austin, Tx ry...@us.ibm.com _______________________________________________ vdsm-devel mailing list vdsm-devel@lists.fedorahosted.org https://lists.fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/vdsm-devel