[Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-14 Thread Steve Wray
Hi there, I'm a long time user of Xen virtualisation and have been evaluating OpenVZ as a replacement for certain applications. OpenVZ appears to be technically superior under certain conditions and I hope to iron out the issues that I have come across. The main issue confronting me at this

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-14 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
See vzctl set --name Steve Wray wrote: > Hi there, > I'm a long time user of Xen virtualisation and have been evaluating > OpenVZ as a replacement for certain applications. > > OpenVZ appears to be technically superior under certain conditions and > I hope to iron out the issues that I have come a

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Steve Wray
Kir Kolyshkin wrote: See vzctl set --name Well thats a nice start. Now, to follow on from that great progress, how do I get it so that the directory where the root filesystem lives corresponds to the name I set instead of the numeric VEID? Thanks! Steve Wray wrote: Hi there, I'm

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Steve Wray wrote: > Kir Kolyshkin wrote: >> See vzctl set --name >> > > Well thats a nice start. > > Now, to follow on from that great progress, how do I get it so that > the directory where the root filesystem lives corresponds to the name > I set instead of the numeric VEID? No standard way.

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Steve Wray
Kir Kolyshkin wrote: Steve Wray wrote: Kir Kolyshkin wrote: See vzctl set --name Well thats a nice start. Now, to follow on from that great progress, how do I get it so that the directory where the root filesystem lives corresponds to the name I set instead of the numeric VE

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Steve Wray wrote: > Kir Kolyshkin wrote: >> Steve Wray wrote: >> >>> Kir Kolyshkin wrote: >>> See vzctl set --name >>> Well thats a nice start. >>> >>> Now, to follow on from that great progress, how do I get it so that >>> the directory where the root filesystem lives corr

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Steve Wray
Steve Wray wrote: Kir Kolyshkin wrote: See vzctl set --name Well thats a nice start. Now, to follow on from that great progress, how do I get it so that the directory where the root filesystem lives corresponds to the name I set instead of the numeric VEID? Thanks! There seems to be

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Gregor Mosheh
Steve Wray wrote: Steve Wray wrote: There seems to be a slight inconsistency across the tool set here. vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear to and seems to require the numeric id. Quite true. Did you check the bugtracker for the project, or log that as a bug? I'

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Gregor Mosheh wrote: > Steve Wray wrote: >> Steve Wray wrote: >> There seems to be a slight inconsistency across the tool set here. >> vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear >> to and seems to require the numeric id. > > Quite true. Did you check the bugtracker for the

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-15 Thread Steve Hodges
On 16/08/2007 6:14 AM, Steve Wray wrote: vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear to and seems to require the numeric id. I have a similar issue with scripts that need to convert from the VEID or VE Name to either the VEID, the VE Name, or host name. I've wri

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-16 Thread Steve Wray
Kir Kolyshkin wrote: Gregor Mosheh wrote: Steve Wray wrote: Steve Wray wrote: There seems to be a slight inconsistency across the tool set here. vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear to and seems to require the numeric id. Quite true. Did you check

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-21 Thread Kir Kolyshkin
Steve Wray wrote: > Kir Kolyshkin wrote: >> Gregor Mosheh wrote: >> >>> Steve Wray wrote: >>> Steve Wray wrote: There seems to be a slight inconsistency across the tool set here. vzctl does respect the given 'name' however vzquota does not appear to and seems to require th

Re: [Users] openvz naming conventions; numeric vs symbolic

2007-08-21 Thread Gregor Mosheh
OK, I filed a bug for vzquota with minor severity, it will eventually be fixed: http://bugzilla.openvz.org/show_bug.cgi?id=668 Thanks again, Kir. OpenVZ is about the greatest thing we've ever found, and we're SO glad for it. -- Gregor Mosheh / Greg Allensworth System Administrator, HostGIS ca