Shall I go ahead and open a jira item on this to add more details?
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 3:59 PM, Sonal Ojha <sonal.o...@sungard.com> wrote: > Hello Nitin, > > I agree with you, to start with we can replace the event descriptions to > include the resource UUIDs of the required parameters only. For example, > DetachIsoCmd needs only virtualMachineId as the required parameter. Hence, > the event description should include the resource UUID for the virtual > machine. Likewise the required parameters resource UUIDs would be included > in the event description. > > -Sonal > > > On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Nitin Mehta <nitin.me...@citrix.com>wrote: > >> Sonal - This is a great proposal. In addition, you should also include all >> the first class entities involved in the event. >> Say its a detach iso on a vm - then I should have uuids for both the iso >> and the vm. This would definitely help giving more information and in >> debugging. >> >> Thanks, >> -Nitin >> >> On 17/03/14 9:52 AM, "Alena Prokharchyk" <alena.prokharc...@citrix.com> >> wrote: >> >> >On #1 I would say “display UUID INSTEAD of the DB id in the events API”. >> >We should never expose the DB ids to the API caller, especially if the >> >caller is not an admin. I guess we just never revised the events after >> >UUIDs were introduced. >> > >> >On #4. We should distinguish between end user and an admin and determine >> >which errors are allowed to be shown to the end user. For example, he >> >shouldn’t see any errors related to physical resources allocation error >> as >> >he has no knowledge about hosts/storages/physical network topology. >> > >> > >> >-Alena. >> > >> > >> > >> >On 3/17/14, 9:40 AM, "John Kinsella" <j...@stratosec.co> wrote: >> > >> >>I didn’t see comments from others, but this sounds great to me. More >> info >> >>is always better IMHO. >> >> >> >>On Mar 11, 2014, at 2:31 AM, Sonal Ojha >> >><sonal.o...@sungard.com<mailto:sonal.o...@sungard.com>> wrote: >> >> >> >>Currently the event logged in CloudStack doesn't give detailed >> >>information >> >>about the event that has occurred. The information provided in each >> event >> >>shown on the cloudstack ui doesn't provide specifics, particularly in >> >>case >> >>of errors. For example, the message shown on the cloudstack ui is just >> >>"Error while starting Vm. Vm Id: <id>" in case of failure to start a vm >> , >> >>which doesnt help much. >> >> >> >>I would like to propose some changes to enhance the events to be more >> >>informative. Like: >> >> >> >>1) Instead of just showing resource database id in the event details it >> >>should also display resource UUID. Since all the cloudstack apis take >> >>input >> >>as resource uuid it would be helpful to see the same on the ui as well. >> >>Like in the quickview mode introduce another field as resource UUID >> which >> >>would specify the UUID for the resource on which the event occurred. >> >> >> >>2) Enhance the events and listEvents API to include the resource UUID so >> >>that it can be queried by the resource UUID as well. >> >> >> >>3) Currently, the event description messages are specified in the >> >>*Cmd.java >> >>file instead, all of them should be externalize to a resource file. This >> >>would be helpful even for internationalization. >> >> >> >>4) Provide more detailed messages in case of error events. Messages such >> >>as >> >>"Error while starting VM" are generic to take any action. >> >> >> >>These changes could be taken forward in phases, some suggestion like >> >> >> >>Phase I - >> >>include 2 and 3 point mentioned above >> >>Phase II - >> >>include 1 and 4 point mentioned above >> >> >> >>Thoughts / Suggestions ? >> >> >> >>-- >> >> >> >>Regards, >> >> >> >>___________________________________________________ >> >> >> >>*Sonal Ojha* ● Senior Engineer - Product Developement ● SunGard >> >>Availability Services, India ● Mobile: +91 9922412645● Email: >> >>sonal.o...@sungard.com<mailto:sonal.o...@sungard.com> ● Website: >> >>http://www.sungardas.in/ >> >> >> >>8 Times Winner – BC Service Provider of the Year – 2011, 2010, 2009, >> >>2006, >> >>2005, 2002, 2000, 1999; Finalist – 2008, 2007, 2004, 2001 ● Excellence >> in >> >>Infrastructure Management – 2010 ● Outstanding Excellence in Business >> >>Continuity – 2008 ● Business Continuity Provider of the Year (BCM >> >>Service) >> >>– 2013 BCI Global Awards ● Business Continuity Provider of the Year (BCM >> >>Product) – 2013 BCI India Awards >> >> >> >>Stratosec<http://stratosec.co/> - Compliance as a Service >> >>o: 415.315.9385 >> >>@johnlkinsella<http://twitter.com/johnlkinsella> >> >> >> > >> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > > ___________________________________________________ > > *Sonal Ojha* ● Senior Engineer - Product Developement ● SunGard > Availability Services, India ● Mobile: +91 9922412645● Email: > sonal.o...@sungard.com ● Website: http://www.sungardas.in/ > > 8 Times Winner – BC Service Provider of the Year – 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, > 2005, 2002, 2000, 1999; Finalist – 2008, 2007, 2004, 2001 ● Excellence in > Infrastructure Management – 2010 ● Outstanding Excellence in Business > Continuity – 2008 ● Business Continuity Provider of the Year (BCM > Service) – 2013 BCI Global Awards ● Business Continuity Provider of the > Year (BCM Product) – 2013 BCI India Awards > > *[image: AS_yt]* <http://www.youtube.com/user/SunGardAS>*[image: > AS_twitter]* <https://twitter.com/SunGardASIN>*[image: > AS_in]*<http://www.linkedin.com/company/sungardasin>*[image: > AS_gplus]* <https://plus.google.com/102459878242108588663/>*[image: > AS_fb]* <https://www.facebook.com/sungardas.in>*[image: > AS_ss]*<http://www.slideshare.net/SunGardASIN/documents> > -- Regards, ___________________________________________________ *Sonal Ojha* ● Senior Engineer - Product Developement ● SunGard Availability Services, India ● Mobile: +91 9922412645● Email: sonal.o...@sungard.com ● Website: http://www.sungardas.in/ 8 Times Winner – BC Service Provider of the Year – 2011, 2010, 2009, 2006, 2005, 2002, 2000, 1999; Finalist – 2008, 2007, 2004, 2001 ● Excellence in Infrastructure Management – 2010 ● Outstanding Excellence in Business Continuity – 2008 ● Business Continuity Provider of the Year (BCM Service) – 2013 BCI Global Awards ● Business Continuity Provider of the Year (BCM Product) – 2013 BCI India Awards *[image: AS_yt]* <http://www.youtube.com/user/SunGardAS>*[image: AS_twitter]* <https://twitter.com/SunGardASIN>*[image: AS_in]*<http://www.linkedin.com/company/sungardasin>*[image: AS_gplus]* <https://plus.google.com/102459878242108588663/>*[image: AS_fb]*<https://www.facebook.com/sungardas.in>*[image: AS_ss]* <http://www.slideshare.net/SunGardASIN/documents>
