Re: [Engine-devel] Watchdog support Feature

----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dave Allan" <dallan(a)redhat.com&gt; > To: "Itamar Heim" <iheim(a)redhat.com&gt; > Cc: "engine-devel" <engine-devel(a)ovirt.org&gt; > Sent: Monday, January 28, 2013 7:23:25 PM > Subject: Re: [Engine-devel] Watchdog support Feature > > On Fri, Jan 25, 2013 at 08:34:27AM -0800, Itamar Heim wrote: > > On 24/01/2013 06:19, Laszlo Hornyak wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >Watchdog support in engine will add watchdog to the ovirt UI and > > >REST API. Watchdog cards will be mainly used in HA vm's. > > > > > >http://www.ovirt.org/Features/Watchdog_engine_support > > > > > >Your feedback is welcome! > > > > > >Thank you, > > >Laszlo > > >_______________________________________________ > > >Engine-devel mailing list > > &gt;Engine-devel(a)ovirt.org > > >http://lists.ovirt.org/mailman/listinfo/engine-devel > > > > > > > looks like a nice, simple, addition. > > dave, anyone more intimate with the watchdog worth giving another > > look? > > I had a look at the ovirt feature page and asked some libvirt folks > as > well, and it all looks good to me except that the libvirt > documentation says that an event when watchdog fires will be added in > the future. That event has been added. The watchdog should work > pretty much identically to the physical world: configure the virtual > watchdog card in the guest hardware description and install the > watchdog daemon in the guest. > > Dave Thanks Dave. Do you happen do know why the shutdown action is not recommended?