Re: [PATCH] manual: Add virsh manual about specified migration host

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> On Fri, 2014-06-06 at 15:57 +0900, Yasunori Goto wrote: 
> > Chen-san,
> > 
> > > ping...
> > 
> > I suppose it seems to be difficult for users to understand...
> > I think following order of description is desirable.
> > 
> >  - What is migrateuri?
> >  - What is benefit?
> >  - If it is ommited, what is happen?
> >       The case of "migration_host" is specified.
> >       The case of nothing specified
> > 
> > How is the following example? I hope it is good hint for you.
> > (I'm newbie of man page of virsh, and may be I misunderstand migrateuri/migration_host.
> >  So please check and correct it.)
> > 
> > ---
> > diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
> > index 02671b4..0ce0ca4 100644
> > --- a/tools/virsh.pod
> > +++ b/tools/virsh.pod
> > @@ -1236,9 +1236,8 @@ seen from the source machine.
> > 
> >  =back
> > 
> > -When I<migrateuri> is not specified, libvirt will automatically determine the
> > -hypervisor specific URI, by looking up the target host's configured hostname.
> > -There are a few scenarios where specifying I<migrateuri> may help:
> > +I<migrateuri> is specifed for which IP/URL is used for transfer migration data.
> > +Specifying I<migrateuri> may be helpful on some scenarios.
> > 
> >  =over 4
> > 
> > @@ -1262,6 +1261,15 @@ order to comply with local firewall policies.
> > 
> >  =back
> > 
> > +When I<migrateuri> is not specified, libvirt will ask destination side whether
> > +"migration_host" is specified or not in qemu.conf at first. If "migration_host"
> > +is specified in qemu.conf, libvirt will use its network for transfer migration data.
> > +("migration_host" is useful when hosts has multiple network interface.)
> I think directly pointing out the specific file 'qemu.conf' is not
> good idea. because virsh man page is for all hypervisors including Xen,
> LXC, etc.

Ah, yes. I forgot it. Sorry.

>  I think it should be said "For QEMU/KVM" to be better.

Ok.


Thanks,


> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Chen
> 
> > +
> > +If "migration_host" is not specified too, then libvirt will automatically
> > +determine the hypervisor specific URI, by looking up the target host's
> > +configured hostname.
> > +
> >  Optional I<graphicsuri> overrides connection parameters used for automatically
> >  reconnecting a graphical clients at the end of migration. If omitted, libvirt
> >  will compute the parameters based on target host IP address. In case the
> > --
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > > 
> > > On Fri, 2014-05-30 at 14:54 +0800, Chen Fan wrote: 
> > > > the 'migration_host' description maybe have a bit of difficulty to
> > > > understand for user, so add this manual for them.
> > > > 
> > > > Signed-off-by: Chen Fan <chen.fan.fnst@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >  tools/virsh.pod | 9 ++++++++-
> > > >  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > 
> > > > diff --git a/tools/virsh.pod b/tools/virsh.pod
> > > > index de9a4f7..8d77a2f 100644
> > > > --- a/tools/virsh.pod
> > > > +++ b/tools/virsh.pod
> > > > @@ -1238,6 +1238,11 @@ seen from the source machine.
> > > >  
> > > >  When I<migrateuri> is not specified, libvirt will automatically determine the
> > > >  hypervisor specific URI, by looking up the target host's configured hostname.
> > > > +In particular, some hypervisors support having this migration hostname specified
> > > > +separately by setting 'migration_host' in definition file, if 'migration_host'
> > > > +is specified, the hostname or IP address will be used to as the default I<migrateuri>
> > > > +while running migration from source host. if 'migration_host' is not specified,
> > > > +the migration hostname is set to the host's configured hostname by default.
> > > >  There are a few scenarios where specifying I<migrateuri> may help:
> > > >  
> > > >  =over 4
> > > > @@ -1251,7 +1256,9 @@ explicitly specified, using an IP address, or a correct hostname.
> > > >  interfaces, it might be desirable for the migration data stream to be sent over
> > > >  a specific interface for either security or performance reasons.  In this case
> > > >  I<migrateuri> should be explicitly specified, using an IP address associated
> > > > -with the network to be used.
> > > > +with the network to be used. In particular, Some hypervisors could be easy to
> > > > +specify the default network interface by setting 'migration_host'. then the
> > > > +I<migrateuri> can be omitted.
> > > >  
> > > >  =item * The firewall restricts what ports are available.  When libvirt generates
> > > >  a migration URI, it will pick a port number using hypervisor specific rules.
> > > 
> > 
> 

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