Comments for Michael Conigliaro http://conigliaro.org cat /dev/brain >> blog Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:28:08 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Mike http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-307 Mike Thu, 02 Jul 2009 19:28:08 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-307 XenAPI.py should be placed either in the same directory as xen-vm-autosnapshot.py, or in the python site-packages directory (usually /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages on linux or c:\Python25\Lib\site-packages on windows). See <a href="http://docs.python.org/using/cmdline.html#envvar-PYTHONPATH" rel="nofollow">PYTHONPATH</a>. XenAPI.py should be placed either in the same directory as xen-vm-autosnapshot.py, or in the python site-packages directory (usually /usr/lib/python2.5/site-packages on linux or c:\Python25\Lib\site-packages on windows). See PYTHONPATH.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Kit http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-306 Kit Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:53:09 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-306 how does one load the xenapi on a server so that this script can use it. I have py2.5 on this other machine but it's now throwing errors wanting xenapi... :\ how does one load the xenapi on a server so that this script can use it. I have py2.5 on this other machine but it’s now throwing errors wanting xenapi… :\

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Mike http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-303 Mike Mon, 29 Jun 2009 15:38:24 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-303 unfortunately, i dont think the xen api provides a way to see what operating system is running on a particular vm. at the moment, the only way to select vms is by name (using the --vms option), so if you know which machines are running windows, you could always use a regular expression like --vms="(vm1|vm2|vm3)". unfortunately, i dont think the xen api provides a way to see what operating system is running on a particular vm. at the moment, the only way to select vms is by name (using the –vms option), so if you know which machines are running windows, you could always use a regular expression like –vms=”(vm1|vm2|vm3)”.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Kit http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-302 Kit Mon, 29 Jun 2009 13:59:13 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-302 Is there a good way, Mike, that you know of to make this script work for only the windows based VMs? Is there a good way, Mike, that you know of to make this script work for only the windows based VMs?

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Mike http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Mike Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:55:35 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-299 thanks ross, i thought i did that, but i guess not! in the latest version, the website shows up when you use the --version option. thanks ross, i thought i did that, but i guess not! in the latest version, the website shows up when you use the –version option.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Ross http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Ross Thu, 25 Jun 2009 13:27:55 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-298 Quick suggestion: Add the URL to this page to the comments in that file. It's a small detail, but it means anybody who gets a copy of this script knows where to come for updates. Quick suggestion: Add the URL to this page to the comments in that file. It’s a small detail, but it means anybody who gets a copy of this script knows where to come for updates.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Kit http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Kit Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:24:35 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-297 any news on the post about volume snapshots not deleting? any news on the post about volume snapshots not deleting?

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Mike http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Mike Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:43:46 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-295 hey kit, the syntax error you're getting is because of <a href="http://docs.python.org/reference/compound_stmts.html#the-try-statement" rel="nofollow">a change that was made to the "try" statement in python 2.5</a>. you don't need to install the script on the xenserver itself though. if you're just testing, you can even run it from your desktop if you want. hey kit,

the syntax error you’re getting is because of a change that was made to the “try” statement in python 2.5.

you don’t need to install the script on the xenserver itself though. if you’re just testing, you can even run it from your desktop if you want.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Kit http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Kit Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:32:24 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-294 I'm getting... File "./xen-vm-autosnapshot.py", line 305 finally: ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax ...which apparently is a problem with pre py2.5 versions? I haven't been able to install the latest xenserver updates so I suspect python 2.5 is in one of those. I’m getting…

File “./xen-vm-autosnapshot.py”, line 305
finally:
^
SyntaxError: invalid syntax

…which apparently is a problem with pre py2.5 versions? I haven’t been able to install the latest xenserver updates so I suspect python 2.5 is in one of those.

]]> Comment on Automatic, Rotating VM Snapshots on Xen with xen-vm-autosnapshot.py by Mike http://conigliaro.org/2009/05/19/automatic-rotating-vm-snapshots-on-xen-with-xen-vm-autosnapshotpy/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Mike Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:25:12 +0000 http://conigliaro.org/?p=352#comment-293 hey nadav, i just found <a href="http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=242299" rel="nofollow">a thread about this on the xenserver forums</a>. so i guess the answer is that we need to wait for citrix to fix their api? hey nadav, i just found a thread about this on the xenserver forums. so i guess the answer is that we need to wait for citrix to fix their api?

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