March 2014 - Users - oVirt List Archives

[Users] connecting to oVirt/RHEV VMs through proxy and the oVirt API
by i iordanov 31 Oct '14

31 Oct '14

Hello, My apologies for cross-posting, but this discussion concerns both mailing lists, I think. In Opaque, I recently started setting the proxy property of SpiceSession from a console file, as is done in remote-viewer, in order to support installations where the nodes are not "visible" from the point of view of the client. However, then I remembered that I have not seen the proxy property being available through the oVirt/RHEV API. I looked at the latest remote-viewer code, and I looked through the oVirt/RHEV API documentation, and indeed, I see no way to get proxy information other than through the console.vv file. If I am correct, then this means that both Opaque and remote-viewer cannot connect to VMs behind a proxy unless a console.vv file is used, which also means that since console.vv files are unobtainable through the User Portal on mobile devices, mobile devices effectively cannot at all connect to such VMs if the user is not an Administrator. Would it be possible to expose the proxy parameter through the API? I couldn't find a bug opened about this, but it doesn't mean it isn't there :). Thanks! iordan -- The conscious mind has only one thread of execution.

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[Users] oVirt Weekly Meeting Minutes -- 2013-10-30
by Mike Burns 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

Minutes: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2013/ovirt.2013-10-30-14.00.html Minutes (text): http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2013/ovirt.2013-10-30-14.00.txt Log: http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2013/ovirt.2013-10-30-14.00.log.html ============================ #ovirt: oVirt Weekly Meeting ============================ Meeting started by mburns at 14:00:43 UTC. The full logs are available at http://ovirt.org/meetings/ovirt/2013/ovirt.2013-10-30-14.00.log.html . Meeting summary --------------- * Agenda and roll call (mburns, 14:00:59) * 3.3 update releases (mburns, 14:01:06) * 3.4 planning (mburns, 14:01:11) * conferences and workshops (mburns, 14:01:19) * infra update (mburns, 14:01:23) * other topics (mburns, 14:01:28) * oVirt 3.3 updates (mburns, 14:07:09) * 3.3.1 beta was posted last week (mburns, 14:07:26) * all pending bugs have patches that are merged (mburns, 14:08:08) * new build coming today (mburns, 14:08:15) * ACTION: ybronhei to build vdsm with one additional fix (for selinux issues) (mburns, 14:09:41) * ACTION: fabiand_ to build new ovirt-node images once vdsm is ready (mburns, 14:09:46) * ACTION: sbonazzo to build new ovirt-engine (mburns, 14:10:00) * tentative plan is to have some testing this week, and release early next week (assuming no issues) (mburns, 14:10:31) * ACTION: mburns to send notice of new packages out once they're available (mburns, 14:12:08) * LINK: http://lists.ovirt.org/pipermail/users/2013-October/017263.html do you want me to do bug report for this? (samppah, 14:16:16) * ACTION: sahina to follow up on gluster domains using fuse instead of native gluster (mburns, 14:20:14) * ovirt 3.4 release (mburns, 14:28:35) * code freeze is at end of December (mburns, 14:28:49) * Release set for end of January (mburns, 14:28:56) * still need to do some work to get a list of features committed for this release (mburns, 14:29:35) * ACTION: sbonazzo to create 3.4 release management page (mburns, 14:31:27) * with links to itamar's feature planning doc (mburns, 14:31:49) * more details on exact dates, builds, beta, test days, etc to come in the next few weeks (mburns, 14:33:31) * Conferences and Workshops (mburns, 14:35:24) * big developer meetup last week during KVM Forum/LinuxCon EU (mburns, 14:35:41) * many talks, many sessions across all the conferences/workshops/meetings (mburns, 14:35:59) * itamar sent a writeup already detailing the event to the ovirt mailing lists (mburns, 14:36:53) * planning for future presentations and workshops is underway, but no details just yet (mburns, 14:37:34) * there will be a devroom at FOSDEM and it's open for CFP now (mburns, 14:38:18) * plan is to have at least a few oVirt related talks there (mburns, 14:38:42) * and hopefully a booth as well (mburns, 14:39:48) * Infra updates (mburns, 14:41:02) * no updates from infra team this week, please see their meeting minutes for updates (mburns, 14:44:22) * Other topics (mburns, 14:44:26) * LINK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Posting_style#Choosing_the_proper_posting_sty… (SvenKieske, 14:47:13) Meeting ended at 14:52:41 UTC. Action Items ------------ * ybronhei to build vdsm with one additional fix (for selinux issues) * fabiand_ to build new ovirt-node images once vdsm is ready * sbonazzo to build new ovirt-engine * mburns to send notice of new packages out once they're available * sahina to follow up on gluster domains using fuse instead of native gluster * sbonazzo to create 3.4 release management page Action Items, by person ----------------------- * fabiand_ * fabiand_ to build new ovirt-node images once vdsm is ready * mburns * mburns to send notice of new packages out once they're available * sahina * sahina to follow up on gluster domains using fuse instead of native gluster * sbonazzo * sbonazzo to build new ovirt-engine * sbonazzo to create 3.4 release management page * ybronhei * ybronhei to build vdsm with one additional fix (for selinux issues) * **UNASSIGNED** * (none) People Present (lines said) --------------------------- * mburns (79) * danken (23) * itamar (18) * sbonazzo (10) * samppah (6) * ovirtbot (6) * SvenKieske (5) * fabiand_ (4) * JosueDelgado (3) * backblue (3) * sahina (2) * YamakasY (1) * lvernia (1) * apuimedo (1) * ybronhei (1) Generated by `MeetBot`_ 0.1.4 .. _`MeetBot`: http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot

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[Users] How to See Ovirt Console From a Remote Windows Host
by Jon Forrest 13 Oct '14

13 Oct '14

I know that this is simple for some of you, but I also know from Googling around that lots of people have had trouble seeing their ovirt console from a remote Windows host. Below I describe what finally worked for me. I hope this helps somebody avoid wasting as much time as I did today. I'm a fairly experienced VMWare user who's learning ovirt. I just installed an all-in-one ovirt server and copied a CentOS 6.5 iso into it. I then tried to boot a new VM but soon learned that console access is different in ovirt than on VMWare. I then spent over an hour trying the various documented ways to view a remote console using Spice on my Windows 7 desktop. I even tried using a Linux VM to see if the Firefox plugin for Spice would work. Nothing. What finally worked was installing the virt-viewer Windows client (http://virt-manager.org/download/) Then, I opened the ovirt Administration Portal in Firefox running on my Windows 7 desktop. I created a new VM and configured it the way I wanted. Then, from the "Virtual Machines" tab, I started the new VM. Pretty soon the little console icon turned green so I clicked on it. I got the prompt from Firefox asking me what app I wanted to associate with the ".vv" URL that opened when I clicked on the console icon. I browsed around and selected \Program Files\VirtViewer\bin\remote-viewer.exe which is from the virt-viewer client package I installed above. I told Firefox to always use this app for this kind of file. This works great! I was able to boot the CentOS system and install it with no problems. Good luck! Jon Forrest

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[Users] Unable to delete a snapshot
by Nicolas Ecarnot 23 May '14

23 May '14

Hi, With our oVirt 3.3, I created a snapshot 3 weeks ago on a VM I've properly shutdown. It ran so far. Today, after having shut it down properly, I'm trying to delete the snapshot and I get an error : "Failed to delete snapshot 'blahblahbla' for VM 'myVM'." The disk is thin provisionned, accessed via virtIO, nothing special. The log below comes from the manager. I hope someone could help us because this server is quite serious. Thank you. 2014-01-06 10:10:58,826 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Lock Acquired to object EngineLock [exclu siveLocks= key: cb953dc1-c796-457a-99a1-0e54f1c0c338 value: VM , sharedLocks= ] 2014-01-06 10:10:58,837 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Running command: RemoveSnapshotCommand internal: false. Entities affected : ID: cb953dc1-c796-457a-99a1-0e54f1c0c338 Type: VM 2014-01-06 10:10:58,840 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Lock freed to object EngineLock [exclusiveLocks= key: cb953dc1-c796-457a-99a1-0e54f1c0c338 value: VM , sharedLocks= ] 2014-01-06 10:10:58,844 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotSingleDiskCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Running command: RemoveSnapshotSingleDiskCommand internal: true. Entities affected : ID: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 Type: Storage 2014-01-06 10:10:58,848 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.MergeSnapshotsVDSCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) START, MergeSnapshotsVDSCommand( storagePoolId = 5849b030-626e-47cb-ad90-3ce782d831b3, ignoreFailoverLimit = false, storageDomainId = 11a077c7-658b-49bb-8596-a785109c24c9, imageGroupId = 69220da6-eeed-4435-aad0-7aa33f3a0d21, imageId = 506085b6-40e0-4176-a4df-9102857f51f2, imageId2 = c50561d9-c3ba-4366-b2bc-49bbfaa4cd23, vmId = cb953dc1-c796-457a-99a1-0e54f1c0c338, postZero = false), log id: 22d6503b 2014-01-06 10:10:59,511 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.MergeSnapshotsVDSCommand] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) FINISH, MergeSnapshotsVDSCommand, log id: 22d6503b 2014-01-06 10:10:59,518 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) CommandAsyncTask::Adding CommandMultiAsyncTasks object for command b402868f-b7f9-4c0e-a6fd-bdc51ff49952 2014-01-06 10:10:59,519 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandMultiAsyncTasks] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) CommandMultiAsyncTasks::AttachTask: Attaching task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 to command b402868f-b7f9-4c0e-a6fd-bdc51ff49952. 2014-01-06 10:10:59,525 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AsyncTaskManager] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Adding task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 (Parent Command RemoveSnapshot, Parameters Type org.ovirt.engine.core.common.asynctasks.AsyncTaskParameters), polling hasn't started yet.. 2014-01-06 10:10:59,530 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) Correlation ID: 3b3e6fb1, Job ID: 53867ef7-d767-45d2-b446-e5d3f5584a19, Call Stack: null, Custom Event ID: -1, Message: Snapshot 'Maj 47 60 vers 5.2.3' deletion for VM 'uc-674' was initiated by necarnot. 2014-01-06 10:10:59,532 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SPMAsyncTask] (ajp--127.0.0.1-8702-8) BaseAsyncTask::StartPollingTask: Starting to poll task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103. 2014-01-06 10:11:01,811 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AsyncTaskManager] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) Polling and updating Async Tasks: 2 tasks, 1 tasks to poll now 2014-01-06 10:11:01,824 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDSCommand] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) Failed in HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDS method 2014-01-06 10:11:01,825 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDSCommand] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) Error code GeneralException and error message VDSGenericException: VDSErrorException: Failed to HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDS, error = '506085b6-40e0-4176-a4df-9102857f51f2' 2014-01-06 10:11:01,826 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SPMAsyncTask] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) SPMAsyncTask::PollTask: Polling task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 (Parent Command RemoveSnapshot, Parameters Type org.ovirt.engine.core.common.asynctasks.AsyncTaskParameters) returned status finished, result 'cleanSuccess'. 2014-01-06 10:11:01,829 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SPMAsyncTask] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) BaseAsyncTask::LogEndTaskFailure: Task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 (Parent Command RemoveSnapshot, Parameters Type org.ovirt.engine.core.common.asynctasks.AsyncTaskParameters) ended with failure:^M -- Result: cleanSuccess^M -- Message: VDSGenericException: VDSErrorException: Failed to HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDS, error = '506085b6-40e0-4176-a4df-9102857f51f2',^M -- Exception: VDSGenericException: VDSErrorException: Failed to HSMGetAllTasksStatusesVDS, error = '506085b6-40e0-4176-a4df-9102857f51f2' 2014-01-06 10:11:01,832 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) CommandAsyncTask::EndActionIfNecessary: All tasks of command b402868f-b7f9-4c0e-a6fd-bdc51ff49952 has ended -> executing EndAction 2014-01-06 10:11:01,833 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-20) CommandAsyncTask::EndAction: Ending action for 1 tasks (command ID: b402868f-b7f9-4c0e-a6fd-bdc51ff49952): calling EndAction . 2014-01-06 10:11:01,834 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) CommandAsyncTask::EndCommandAction [within thread] context: Attempting to EndAction RemoveSnapshot, executionIndex: 0 2014-01-06 10:11:01,839 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) [3b3e6fb1] Ending command with failure: org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotCommand 2014-01-06 10:11:01,844 ERROR [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotSingleDiskCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) [33fa2a5d] Ending command with failure: org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.RemoveSnapshotSingleDiskCommand 2014-01-06 10:11:01,848 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.dal.dbbroker.auditloghandling.AuditLogDirector] (pool-6-thread-27) Correlation ID: 3b3e6fb1, Job ID: 53867ef7-d767-45d2-b446-e5d3f5584a19, Call Stack: null, Custom Event ID: -1, Message: Failed to delete snapshot 'Maj 47 60 vers 5.2.3' for VM 'uc-674'. 2014-01-06 10:11:01,850 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) CommandAsyncTask::HandleEndActionResult [within thread]: EndAction for action type RemoveSnapshot completed, handling the result. 2014-01-06 10:11:01,851 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) CommandAsyncTask::HandleEndActionResult [within thread]: EndAction for action type RemoveSnapshot succeeded, clearing tasks. 2014-01-06 10:11:01,853 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SPMAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) SPMAsyncTask::ClearAsyncTask: Attempting to clear task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 2014-01-06 10:11:01,853 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) START, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand( storagePoolId = 5849b030-626e-47cb-ad90-3ce782d831b3, ignoreFailoverLimit = false, taskId = 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103), log id: 424e7cf 2014-01-06 10:11:01,873 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) START, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand(HostName = serv-vm-adm9, HostId = ba48edd4-c528-4832-bda4-4ab66245df24, taskId=6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103), log id: 12eec929 2014-01-06 10:11:01,884 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.vdsbroker.HSMClearTaskVDSCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) FINISH, HSMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 12eec929 2014-01-06 10:11:01,885 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.vdsbroker.irsbroker.SPMClearTaskVDSCommand] (pool-6-thread-27) FINISH, SPMClearTaskVDSCommand, log id: 424e7cf 2014-01-06 10:11:01,886 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.SPMAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) BaseAsyncTask::RemoveTaskFromDB: Removed task 6caec3bc-fc66-42be-a642-7733fc033103 from DataBase 2014-01-06 10:11:01,887 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.CommandAsyncTask] (pool-6-thread-27) CommandAsyncTask::HandleEndActionResult [within thread]: Removing CommandMultiAsyncTasks object for entity b402868f-b7f9-4c0e-a6fd-bdc51ff49952 2014-01-06 10:11:07,703 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AsyncTaskManager] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-9) Setting new tasks map. The map contains now 1 tasks 2014-01-06 10:12:07,703 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AsyncTaskManager] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-99) Setting new tasks map. The map contains now 0 tasks 2014-01-06 10:12:07,704 INFO [org.ovirt.engine.core.bll.AsyncTaskManager] (DefaultQuartzScheduler_Worker-99) Cleared all tasks of pool 5849b030-626e-47cb-ad90-3ce782d831b3. -- Nicolas Ecarnot -- Nicolas Ecarnot

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[Users] ovirt reports
by Alessandro Bianchi 20 May '14

20 May '14

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[Users] oVirt Node Bootloader issue
by Nauman Abbas 16 May '14

16 May '14

Hello there I'm facing this problem and this has happened to me multiple times on different machines. I have two hard drives in my system (lets say HDD A and HDD B). I boot the system from the oVirt node CD to install it. Now I want the bootloader and the node installation both to go on HDD B and not HDD A. When I get to the screen which asks me to select the hard-drive for bootloader I use the arrow keys to select HDD B and press Enter (have also tried pressing space or just use tab and continue while it's selected). Then I get to the screen asking where to install the node. I select HDD B and unselect HDD A. I keep the partitioning setup as default ( have also tried manual and kept 5GB unused on HDD A). When I get to install part. It installs the node fine on HDD B as expected but it always gets the boot-loader on HDD A. This issue has wasted many of my days on different machines and I can't seem to find a way around. Nauman Abbas Assistant System Administrator (LMS), Room No. A-207, SEECS, National University of Sciences & Technology, + 92 321 5359946

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[Users] Post-Install Engine VM Changes Feasible?
by Joshua Dotson 14 May '14

14 May '14

Hi, I'm in the process of installing 3.4 RC(2?) on Fedora 19. I'm using hosted engine, introspective GlusterFS+keepalived+NFS ala [1], across six nodes. I have a layered networking topology ((V)LANs for public, internal, storage, compute and ipmi). I am comfortable doing the bridging for each interface myself via /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-*. Here's my desired topology: http://www.asciiflow.com/#Draw6325992559863447154 Here's my keepalived setup: https://gist.github.com/josh-at-knoesis/98618a16418101225726 I'm writing a lot of documentation of the many steps I'm taking. I hope to eventually release a distributed introspective all-in-one (including distributed storage) guide. Looking at vm.conf.in, it looks like I'd by default end up with one interface on my engine, probably on my internal VLAN, as that's where I'd like the control traffic to flow. I definitely could do NAT, but I'd be most happy to see the engine have a presence on all of the LANs, if for no other reason than because I want to send backups directly over the storage VLAN. I'll cut to it: I believe I could successfully alter the vdsm template ( vm.conf.in) to give me the extra interfaces I require. It hit me, however, that I could just take the defaults for the initial install. Later, I think I'll be able to come back with virsh and make my changes to the gracefully disabled VM. Is this true? [1] http://www.andrewklau.com/ovirt-hosted-engine-with-3-4-0-nightly/ Thanks, Joshua

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[Users] Open source events in Austria
by René Koch 12 May '14

12 May '14

Hi, In the next 2 months 2 open source events will take place in Austria and oVirt will be present in form of workshops, presentations and stands. The first event is at the Grazer Linuxtage from April, 4th till April, 5th. These are the highlights from an oVirt perspective: - Workshop: Installation and first steps with oVirt - Talk: New features of oVirt (3.3/3.4) - Stand: oVirt project stand with live demo system For more information visit http://linuxtage.at/ (German website only) The second event is at the Linuxwochen Vienna from May 8th till May 10th. These are the highlights from an oVirt perspective: - Workshop: Installation and first steps with oVirt - Talk: New features of oVirt (3.3/3.4) - Stand: oVirt project stand with live demo system For more information visit http://linuxwochen.at/ (German website only) Last but not least I want to thank Brian Proffitt and Dave Neary for their help. -- Best Regards René Koch Senior Solution Architect ============================================ LIS-Linuxland GmbH Brünner Straße 163, A-1210 Vienna Phone: +43 1 236 91 60 Mobile: +43 660 / 512 21 31 E-Mail: rkoch(a)linuxland.at ============================================

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[Users] VM used FUSE mount point, are not used qemu-GlusterFS native integration
by Андрей Брагин 24 Apr '14

24 Apr '14

Hi, all I created DC, use GlusterFS as the domain type. And created Storage, with storage type "Data/GlusterFS" But VM used FUSE mount point, are not used qemu-glusterfs native integration When i looked at the running KVM processes, i saw -drive file=/rhev/data-center/mnt/ glusterSD/vdsm01.cn.local: local/35c541ad-bd48-4000-ad8f-8539629b7d75/images/9f3ecc5d-5d82-4e83-a89e-b298725e1d63/6a621ecc-715d-4a15-982c-05c618eefd36 But I expect to see -drive file=gluster+tcp:// Fodora 19 oVirt 3.3.4 libvirt 1.0.5 qemu-kvm 1.4.2

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[Users] Reimporting storage domains after reinstalling ovirt
by Boudewijn Ector 21 Apr '14

21 Apr '14

Hi Guys, Currently I've got a Centos machine running the latest ovirt-release. This machine is using a local raid set containing a directory with ovirt-based VMs from my previous install. The ovirt install is a completely fresh install, no storage/VMs have been created yet. What's the best way to reimport those? I might try to create a new storage domain and copy all old VMs into it (if that works anyway...) , or just reimport the old domain from the web-interface. Does either trick have any advantage, or is there a best practice I should adhere to? Cheers, Boudewijn

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