Virtualization Servers and Storage

VSS-CLI v2023.2.0 is available for download via https://pypi.org/project/vss-cli/ or GitLab (internal). Latest version includes the following improvements and bug fixes:

1 Improvements
2 Bug Fixes
- 2.1 compute vm mk from-file: additional_params incorrectly parsed name and file. (#595)
- 2.2 compute vm mk from-file: shell/ clib issue in template disks spec. (#598)
3 Upgrade

Improvements

`compute vm get/set vss-preference`: manage VSS preferences in virtual machine metadata (`#597`)

Commands:

compute vm get <id> vss-preference
compute vm set <id> vss-preference --action=add|del <preference>

Description

There are times we need to balance workload in our environment or perform preventive maintenance and these examples, require moving virtual machines from datastore cluster to another. Some workloads are more susceptible to IO than others and may be impacted when moved from SSD to HDD backed datastore clusters. On that note, we have come up with a method set “preferences” in the virtual machine metadata that will help us identifying certain requirements and most importantly, do our best to honour them.

For this first iteration, we are introducing the ssd preference, which specifies that a given VM preferred storage is ssd. To set this value, use the following command:

vss-cli compute vm set <id> vss-preference ssd --action add

Once set, you could verify with the following commands:

vss-cli compute vm get <id> vss-preference
preferences         : ssd

or

vss-cli --columns moref,folder.path,name,preferences,storage_type compute vm ls 
moref     folder.path                                   name                       preferences    storage_type
--------  --------------------------------------------  -------------------------  -------------  --------------
vm-18151  VSS > Sandbox > jm                            2208T-mystifying_meninsky  ssd            ssd
vm-20159  VSS > Sandbox > jm                            2209T-test-ubuntu-clone                   hdd

`core`: upgrade `minio` to `7.1.13`. (`#583)`

`core`: upgrade `pyvss` to `2023.2.0`. (`#584)`

Bug Fixes

`compute vm mk from-file`: `additional_params` incorrectly parsed name and file. (`#595`)

`compute vm mk from-file`: `shell`/ `clib` issue in template disks spec. (`#598`)

Upgrade

Remember, VSS-CLI documentation is now available in VSS-CLI and the full Change Log is available http://eis.utoronto.ca/~vss/vss-cli/changelog.html#v2023-2-0-2023-02-16 . Upgrade or install VSS-CLI as follows:

For more information, please refer to the official documentation https://eis.utoronto.ca/~vss/vss-cli/ .

Improvements

compute vm get/set vss-preference: manage VSS preferences in virtual machine metadata (#597)

core: upgrade minio to 7.1.13. (#583)

core: upgrade pyvss to 2023.2.0. (#584)