Re: VCL-400 managing VMs on vmhosts

[Josh Thompson <jo...@ncsu.edu>]

Okay, I'll go with #3.  Thanks for the input.

Josh

On Fri September 30 2011 5:08:39 PM Creech, David wrote:
> I agree with Mike that option 3 sounds like the best solution.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> David Creech
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
> On Sep 30, 2011, at 3:25 PM, "Waldron, Michael H" <mw...@email.unc.edu> 
wrote:
> > I like option 3. If you can admin a vmhost you should be able to see what
> > VMs are assigned to it. Having the VMs that are assigned, but for which
> > you don't have admin access displayed in a separate area is a good idea.
> > If you need to remove it you should be able to coordinate with the
> > person that does have admin access.
> > 
> > Mike Waldron
> > Systems Specialist
> > ITS Research Computing
> > University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
> > CB #3420, ITS Manning, Rm 2509
> > 919-962-9778
> > ________________________________________
> > From: Josh Thompson [josh_thompson@ncsu.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2011 2:47 PM
> > To: vcl-dev@incubator.apache.org
> > Subject: VCL-400 managing VMs on vmhosts
> > 
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> > I'm working on JIRA issue VCL-400.  It is to change the list of
> > unassigned VMs for a vmhost to only display VMs that the user has
> > administer access to instead of all unassigned VMs.
> > 
> > The way the page currently works is that you can see any vmhosts you have
> > administer access to.  Then, you can see any VMs assigned to that host
> > and any VMs unassigned to that host, regardless of whether or not you
> > have administer access to those VMs (both assigned and unassigned). 
> > Unassigned VMs that you don't have access to should not show up in the
> > list - that's pretty clear and is what VCL-400 addresses.  However, the
> > question arises of whether or not VMs that you don't have access to
> > should show up in the assigned VMs list, meaning you have administer
> > access to the vmhost but not administer access to a VM assigned to it. 
> > So, I'm wondering what other people think:
> > 
> > (1)-Should you be able to remove a VM from a vmhost when you have
> > administer access to the host but not to the VM?
> > 
> > (2)-If so, once you remove it, it shouldn't later appear in the
> > unassigned list because you don't have access to it.  So, it's kind of
> > like it just disappears.  How should that be handled?  Maybe a warning
> > box that pops up saying you won't be able to reassign it if you remove
> > it?
> > 
> > (3)-Alternative - Assigned VMs you don't have access to are displayed
> > elsewhere on the page so you know they are on the host, but you aren't
> > given the option of removing them.
> > 
> > Keep in mind that you cannot immediately remove a VM that currently has a
> > reservation on it - you can only schedule it to be removed at the end of
> > the reservation.
> > 
> > At the moment, I'm okay with either (2) with the warning box or (3). 
> > What do others think?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Josh
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> > North Carolina State University
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