2011/4/18 Cole Robinson <[email protected]>: > First, thanks a lot for the patch! I'm sure everyone will be glad to see > libguestfs integration in virt-manager. > >> [This patch is incomplete and just for discussion] >> >> Using libguestfs inspection[1], we can find out a lot about a virtual >> machine, such as what operating system is installed, the OS version, >> the OS distro, the hostname, the (real) disk usage, what apps are >> installed, and lots more. It would be nice if virt-manager could use >> this information: for example we could change the generic "computer" >> icon into a Windows or Fedora logo if Windows or Fedora was installed >> in the virtual machine. >> > > That icon bit was originally intended for the current design, but since we've > never really tracked OS info after install time, it never came about. > > Particularly for OS type/version tracking, I think we need a few things: > > - Everything standardize on some naming scheme, ideally libosinfo (though > nothing is using it yet :/ ). libosinfo could also distribute the OS icons > > - Libvirt domain XML schema is extended with a field to track the installed > OS. For most libvirt drivers this would just be metadata (vmware/esx the > exception). Even though the data might be out of date if the guest is > upgraded, I think it has become clear that there is a lot of value in tracking > this in XML. >
Dan already suggested something along this line a while ago, but I didn't implement it yet: https://www.redhat.com/archives/libvir-list/2011-January/msg00528.html Matthias _______________________________________________ virt-tools-list mailing list [email protected] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/virt-tools-list
