[ovirt-devel] RHEVM 3.2 ReST API VM memory used statistic

[Vikas Kokare]

In order to apply the patch, is it client side or server side(engine)
changes or both?

-Vikas


On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 3:19 PM, Juan Hernandez <jhernand at redhat.com> wrote:

> On 04/30/2014 10:35 AM, Vikas Kokare wrote:
> > Juan,
> >         Is there a workaround this issue? For eg, the absolute value of
> > the statistic is correct, and hence the negative sign can be ignored. I
> > am asking this, because the upgrade to higher versions of RHEVM (server
> > and API) looks unlikely for us.
> >
> > -Vikas
> >
>
> No, there is no workaround, and the negative value isn't correct, you
> can't just ignore the sign. The only alternative is to apply the patch.
>
> If you are using oVirt then you can get the source, apply the patch, and
> rebuild. Then you can replace the specific class, not everything. I
> could assist you with that.
>
> But I guess that you are using RHEV-M, and thus you will have a support
> contract, if you modify the binaries you will end up with an unsupported
> configuration. I would recommend you to open a support case with Red
> Hat, so that they can try to give you a solution, maybe a hot fix, but I
> can't guarantee that this is possible.
>
> In the long term your best alternative is to upgrade.
>
> >
> > On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 1:32 PM, Juan Hernandez <jhernand at redhat.com
> > <mailto:jhernand at redhat.com>> wrote:
> >
> >     On 04/30/2014 05:28 AM, Vikas Kokare wrote:
> >     > The "memory.used" statistic on a virtual machine is returning a
> >     negative
> >     > value , ie.
> >     >
> >     > <statistic
> >     >
> >
> href="/api/vms/260f8508-2bea-4202-9b93-f8f0dcddc334/statistics/b7499508-c1c3-32f0-8174-c1783e57bb08"
> >     >
> >
> id="b7499508-c1c3-32f0-8174-c1783e57bb08"><name>memory.used</name><description>Memory
> >     > used (agent)</description><values
> >     >
> >
> type="INTEGER"><value><datum>*-2061584303*</datum></value></values><type>GAUGE</type><unit>BYTES</unit><vm
> >     > href="/api/vms/260f8508-2bea-4202-9b93-f8f0dcddc334"
> >     > id="260f8508-2bea-4202-9b93-f8f0dcddc334"/></statistic>
> >     >
> >     > by the RHEVM 3.2 ReST API.
> >     > while, in the Web Administration Console, memory consumption for
> the
> >     > same VM, shows a positive percentage value.
> >     >
> >     > Is this an issue with the ReST API?
> >     >
> >
> >     Yes it is a known issue, and was solved in 3.3.4 and 3.4.0:
> >
> >     https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1068884
> >
>
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