<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Hi,<br><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif">Please see comments below.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jun 22, 2017 at 7:15 PM, Paul <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:paul@kenla.nl" target="_blank">paul@kenla.nl</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="NL"><div class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Hi,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Shutting down VM’s in the portal with the red downfacing arrow takes quite some time (about 90 seconds). I read this is mainly due to a 60 second delay in the ovirt-guest-agent. I got used to right-click and use “power off” instead of “shutdown”, which is fine.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">My users make use of VM in a VM-pool. They get assigned a VM and after console disconnect the VM shuts down (default recommended behavior). My issue is that the users stays assigned to this VM for the full 90 seconds and cannot do “power off”. Suppose he disconnected by accident, he has to wait 90 seconds until he is assigned to the pool again until he can connect to another VM. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">My questions are:<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Is it possible to decrease the time delay of a VM shutdown? 90 seconds is quite a lot, 10 seconds should be enough</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default"></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">I<span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">s ovirt-guest-agent installed on all pool's VMs? Consider installing </span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">ovirt-guest-agent in all VMs in your Pool to decrease the time taken for the VM </span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">shutdown. <br></span></div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="NL"><div class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787WordSection1"><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Is it possible for normal users to use “power off”?</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;display:inline" class="gmail_default">There is no option in UserPortal to power-off a VM but you can <br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif;display:inline" class="gmail_default">try to click twice (sequential clicks) on the 'shutdown' button. Two sequential shutdown requests are handled in oVirt as "power off".<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="NL"><div class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787WordSection1"><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><span>-<span style="font:7pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span></span><u></u><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Is it possible to “unallocate” the user from a VM if it is powering down? So he can allocate another VM</span></p></div></div></blockquote><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">You can consider assigning two VMs per each user, if possible of-course (via WebAdmin->edit Pool -> and set "Maximum number of VMs per user" field to "2") so that way while one VM is still shutting down, the user can switch and connect to a second VM without waiting.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Another option is to create a pool with a different policy for console disconnecting so that the VM won't shutdown each time the user close the console (via WebAdmin->Pool->Console tab->"Console Disconnect Action"). Consider changing this field to "Lock screen" or "Logout user" instead of "shutdown virtual machine". <br>This policy will avoid accidentally console disconnection waiting each time...but on the other hand the VM state will remain as is since no shutdown occurs, so it really depends on your requirements.<br><br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Regards,<br></div><div style="font-family:comic sans ms,sans-serif" class="gmail_default">Sharon<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="NL"><div class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787WordSection1"><p class="gmail-m_-3539624712128639787MsoListParagraph"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><u></u><u></u></font></span></span></p><span class="gmail-HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)" lang="EN-US">Paul<u></u><u></u></span></p></font></span></div></div><br>______________________________<wbr>_________________<br>
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