Hi George and Dave, Im not sure how but I do have all the parameters in VMs other-config
[root@s3 ~]# xe vm-param-get param-name=other-config uuid=1b5d4d31-e8ff-0e1a-bfff-ad2d8a118490 auto_poweron: true; vgpu_pci: ; import_task: OpaqueRef:3c6d447f-66d9-64d2-915f-41e6d177090b; mac_seed: 66442023-d353-6051-c701-47b93aeca922; last_shutdown_time: 20120406T12:57:50Z; last_shutdown_action: Destroy; last_shutdown_initiator: internal; last_shutdown_reason: halted; linux_template: true; rhel5: true; [root@s3 ~]# cat /etc/xensource-inventory BUILD_NUMBER='61549c' DOM0_MEM='752' MANAGEMENT_INTERFACE='xenbr0' INSTALLATION_UUID='5a17feac-b1bb-4e3d-ad26-374edb6414a0' COMPANY_NAME_SHORT='xen.org' PLATFORM_NAME='XCP' PLATFORM_VERSION='1.6.8' KERNEL_VERSION='2.6.32.43-0.4.1.xs1.6.08.734.170748xen' BRAND_CONSOLE='a console' COMPANY_NAME='xen.org' XEN_VERSION='4.1.3' PRIMARY_DISK='/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001' CONTROL_DOMAIN_UUID='9280c554-38f7-48e8-867b-9c183b2e8b59' MANAGEMENT_ADDRESS_TYPE='IPv4' BACKUP_PARTITION='/dev/disk/by-id/scsi-SATA_QEMU_HARDDISK_QM00001-part2' INSTALLATION_DATE='2012-11-10 06:30:22.102128' There is an ambiguity in last_shutdown_time but I think it is there because I imported it from XCP1.1. ( Notice the host installation data vs vm shutdown date ) Is it the case that *new* created VMs on XCP1.6 do not have "other-config" or did I miss anything ? We also use these fields and they are important for us hence if you confirm that they are removed in XCP1.6 then I would request to bring them back. Regards, Rushikesh On Thu, Jan 3, 2013 at 9:19 PM, George Shuklin <george.shuk...@gmail.com>wrote: > Yes, if possible. Those fields was very useful. > > Some use cases: > > 1) They can be used to detect crashed VM's. If SR is going offline and VM > mount options says errors=panic, VM is crashing. Those fields allows very > easy to search for crashed VM and restart them after SR is repaired. > 2) Status 'crashed' allows to answer customers about reason why their VM > was rebooted. > 3) If 'last_shutdown_reason=**rebooted' and VM is not started, that is > sign of problems (bad boot kernel, grub options or something else). > 4) last_shutdown_time allows native and very intuitive sorting key for > halted VM's (if vm was halted recently, it can be on top, and vm with > shutdown date two years ago naturally can be at the list bottom). > 5) When some complicated works with infrastructure are planned, > last_shutdown_time allows to predict if VM will be started soon or not (if > it was halted recently, it can be started at any time, if vm was halted two > weeks ago, there is very little chance it will started in near 1-2-3 hrs.) > > > We displays them to client in management interface > > 03.01.2013 19:30, Dave Scott пишет: > > Hi George, >> >> They weren't deliberately removed -- they were missed when we split >> xenopsd from xapi. I think they could probably be put back again. Perhaps >> we should make them first-class fields rather than other-config keys, to >> make sure they don't go missing again? >> >> Out of curiousity, what kind of thing did you use that information for? >> >> Thanks, >> Dave >> >> -----Original Message----- >>> From: xen-api-boun...@lists.xen.org [mailto:xen-api- >>> boun...@lists.xen.org] On Behalf Of George Shuklin >>> Sent: 03 January 2013 3:07 PM >>> To: xen-api@lists.xen.org >>> Subject: [Xen-API] XCP 1.6: last_shutdown time/shutdown reason/initiator >>> >>> Good day. >>> >>> Found (suddenly) that XCP 1.6 did not provides mertrics about shutdown >>> time, reason and initiator. Those was extremely useful metrics and it's >>> really sad to see lack of them in new version. >>> >>> In XCP 1.1 they was placed in other-config: >>> last_shutdown_time: 20130102T15:56:58Z; last_shutdown_action: Restart; >>> last_shutdown_initiator: external; last_shutdown_reason: rebooted; >>> >>> In XCP 1.6 nothing like this is in other-config. >>> >>> Is those fields disappear completely or I just miss them? >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> ______________________________**_________________ >>> Xen-api mailing list >>> Xen-api@lists.xen.org >>> http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/xen-api<http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-api> >>> >> > > ______________________________**_________________ > Xen-api mailing list > Xen-api@lists.xen.org > http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/**mailman/listinfo/xen-api<http://lists.xen.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/xen-api> >
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