[ovirt-devel] Re: guest agent info about disks and filesystems

On Sun, Aug 5, 2018 at 4:52 PM, Yaniv Lavi <ylavi(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > YANIV LAVI > > SENIOR TECHNICAL PRODUCT MANAGER > > Red Hat Israel Ltd. <https://www.redhat.com/> > > 34 Jerusalem Road, Building A, 1st floor > > Ra'anana, Israel 4350109 > > ylavi(a)redhat.com T: +972-9-7692306/8272306 F: +972-9-7692223 IM: ylavi > <https://red.ht/sig> TRIED. TESTED. TRUSTED. <https://redhat.com/trusted> > @redhatnews <https://twitter.com/redhatnews> Red Hat <https://www.linkedin.com/company/red-hat> Red Hat <https://www.facebook.com/RedHatInc> > > > > On Fri, Aug 3, 2018 at 2:58 PM Michal Skrivanek < > michal.skrivanek(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > >> >> >> On 2 Aug 2018, at 18:46, Yaniv Kaul <ykaul(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: >> >> >> >> On Thu, Aug 2, 2018 at 6:39 PM, Scott Dickerson <sdickers(a)redhat.com&gt; >> wrote: >> >>> I have a pair of questions I could use some help with. >>> >>> 1. Does the oVirt guest agent collect filesystem level information? >>> I'm hoping something like what `df -h` would report. File systems, free vs >>> used space, etc. Bonus points if we can get that kind of info from linux >>> and windows agents. >>> >> >> It did in the past, I hope we've removed it! >> >> >> on the contrary, it’s being added to qemu-ga!:) >> >> >> >>> >>> 2. Assuming that info is available, where can I access it? I assume it >>> isn't surfaced via the REST api (yet), but it would be good to know where >>> it is available. >>> >> >> Somewhere in DWH. >> >> >> and hence the engine db too. That’s where it stops, I do not see anyone >> else reading it once we persist it >> > > DWH collects this from engine and stores it as a JSON. > It can be queried historically. > indeed, and no one else. And it seems to be intentional according to this comment: /** * Field for history db, not intended to be accessible to clients. */ public String getDisksUsage() { return disksUsage; } does anyone know why? Is there any reason not to expose it?

> > >> >> >> >>> >>> >>> Why? I'm updating VM Portal (web-ui), and it would be great to >>> chart/report guest derived data rather than infrastructure disk provisioned >>> vs allocated space. >>> >> >> In theory. In practice, it was never accurate (LVM layers, not to >> mention block, etc.) >> >> >> right, what we observe from storage is inaccurate. But we can report >> guest POV. After all that’s the most interesting thing to see for users >> that their / is getting full. Admins should observe real storage usage in >> webadmin. >> >> Y. >> >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> -- >>> Scott Dickerson >>> Senior Software Engineer >>> RHV-M Engineering - UX Team >>> Red Hat, Inc >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Devel mailing list -- devel(a)ovirt.org >>> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)ovirt.org >>> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >>> oVirt Code of Conduct: >>> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >>> List Archives: >>> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/devel@ovirt.org/message/ZF6QNDMV5VL... >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list -- devel(a)ovirt.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)ovirt.org >> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >> oVirt Code of Conduct: >> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >> List Archives: >> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/devel@ovirt.org/message/VOAHEVG5A2P... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Devel mailing list -- devel(a)ovirt.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)ovirt.org >> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >> oVirt Code of Conduct: >> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >> List Archives: >> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/devel@ovirt.org/message/KHOBC5NSXMG... >> > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list -- devel(a)ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave(a)ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/devel@ovirt.org/message/4OACOKCGM23... > >