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 <
[email protected]> 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 <
> [email protected]> 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 <[email protected]
>> > wrote:
>>
>>> In config file, conf/agent.cfg, use_gui = False
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Adriano Marques <[email protected]>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 <
>>>> [email protected]> 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
>>>>> <[email protected]>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 <
>>>>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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 <
>>>>>>>>> [email protected]> 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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