[Engine-devel] Task Manager Design Review

[Itamar Heim]

On 01/02/2012 02:02 AM, Moti Asayag wrote:
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>> 5. requirements: what about internal tasks originated by the system (SPM
>> election, live migration due to load balancing, fencing taking place,
>> refresh of users from a directory, etc.)?
> It was discussed on the meeting held today. It was agreed to report for
> specific internal action such as VM migration, Host fencing,... but not
> for the event itself (in order to prevent from flooding the Tasks view
> from frequent events).

I think SPM election/status is an interesting enough task that if it 
happens it should be documented (as well as its process/results).

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>> 6. STEP table, start_time is "not null" - shouldn't it be nullable?
> No. The Step is created in adjust to the execution unit it describes. In
> order to prevent from additional update, it should be created with
> status Started and start time.

oh - I thought a job is pre-defined with its steps, then the backend 
runs them.
from your reply i understand the job/steps are just documentation of 
what already happened?