[sos-devel] Are the IBM KVM policies still relevant for sos?

[Jake Hunsaker]

On 4/7/21 1:31 AM, Vasant Hegde wrote:

> On 4/6/21 11:11 PM, Jake Hunsaker wrote:
>> There is currently a question in the GitHub repo [1][2] about if the 
>> IBM PowerKVM and ZKVM policies are still relevant/desired in sos. 
>> This comes from the fact that the policies have not been updated in 
>> some time, there are no plugins currently tagged with 
>> `PowerKVMPlugin` or `ZKVMPlugin`, and the support links included in 
>> the policies are both dead.
>>
>
> We created `ibmkvm` policy when we initially started supporting KVM on 
> Power (few year ago).
> Now that all support is integrated into distros, I think its safe to 
> remove.
>
Ack. So there is no need to print IBM (or Power) specific support links 
in the banner text then? Is there any standard location (FTP or HTTPS) 
for end users to upload sos archives to for IBM support? If no to both 
of those, then we'll remove them.


> I don't know the story behind zKVM and its status. I will check around.
>
> @Frank, Any objection to drop `ibmkvm` plugin from sosreport ?
>
>
>>
>> Are these policies still needed in sos? If so, what are the current 
>> support links so that the policies may be updated? Are there any 
>> plugins that need to be explicitly enabled for these policies (or new 
>> plugins created?). If they aren't, we will likely end up dropping 
>> them in the next release (4.2).
>>
>>
>> Alternatively, if there is an appropriate contact within IBM for sos 
>> questions like this, please let the maintainers know.
>
> I deal with sosreport support for Power. You can contact me for Power 
> Linux related questions.
> I'm not sure if we have someone dealing with sos on Z Linux. Let me 
> check around.
>
Great!


> -Vasant
>
>
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/sosreport/sos/issues/2470
>> [2] https://github.com/sosreport/sos/pull/2474
>>
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> - jake
>>
>
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Jake Hunsaker
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