[Libguestfs] [PATCH] v2v: docs: VDSM location of virt-v2v log file.

Pino Toscano ptoscano at redhat.com
Fri Jul 7 12:34:47 UTC 2017


On Friday, 7 July 2017 14:00:22 CEST Richard W.M. Jones wrote:
> See this bug for background information:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350465
> ---
>  v2v/virt-v2v.pod | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> index e68d75cf8..93d1a9ecd 100644
> --- a/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> +++ b/v2v/virt-v2v.pod
> @@ -1909,18 +1909,33 @@ that guest through the RHV-M UI, you may encounter an import failure.
>  Diagnosing these failures is infuriatingly difficult as the UI
>  generally hides the true reason for the failure.
>  
> -There are two log files of interest.  The first is stored on the
> -RHV-M server itself, and is called
> -F</var/log/ovirt-engine/engine.log>
> -
> -The second file, which is the most useful, is found on the SPM host
> -(SPM stands for "Storage Pool Manager").  This is a RHV node that is
> -elected to do all metadata modifications in the data center, such as
> -image or snapshot creation.  You can find out which host is the
> -current SPM from the "Hosts" tab "Spm Status" column.  Once you have
> -located the SPM, log into it and grab the file
> -F</var/log/vdsm/vdsm.log> which will contain detailed error messages
> -from low-level commands.
> +There are three log files of interest:

Since the first is actually a directory with logs, what about something
like "there are different log files of interest"? (so there is no need
to change the number, in case more files/places are added later on)

> +
> +=over 4
> +
> +=item F</var/log/vdsm/import/>
> +
> +In oVirt E<ge> 4.1.0, vdsm preserves the virt-v2v log file for
> +30 days in this directory.

s/vdsm/VDSM/?

> +
> +This directory is found on the SPM host (SPM stands for "Storage Pool
> +Manager").  This is a RHV node that is elected to do all metadata
> +modifications in the data center, such as image or snapshot creation.
> +You can find out which host is the current SPM from the "Hosts" tab
> +"Spm Status" column.

Hmm, "in the "Host" tab, "Spm Status" column"?

LGTM otherwise.

Thanks,
-- 
Pino Toscano
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