Bug 723948 - P2V debugging section
Summary: P2V debugging section
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Status: CLOSED NEXTRELEASE
Alias: None
Deadline: 2011-10-28
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
Classification: Red Hat
Component: doc-V2V_Guide
Version: 6.2
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
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Target Milestone: rc
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Assignee: Laura Bailey
QA Contact: ecs-bugs
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-07-21 15:51 UTC by Matthew Booth
Modified: 2015-09-28 02:23 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2011-10-31 01:08:37 UTC
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Description Matthew Booth 2011-07-21 15:51:11 UTC 
I think it's worth adding a section on debugging.

There are 3 interesting areas where engineering/support might want to get more information from a failing P2V client:

1. The image fails to boot

I don't have a good story for this. Do we have anything similar documented elsewhere?

2. The image fails to launch the P2V client

In this case, the image will present the option to Try Again/Debug/Power Off. Debug will drop them into a shell and point them at the xinit logs.

3. The P2V client crashes

In this case, the user will be presented with the same options to Try Again/Debug/Power Off, but in this case without dropping out of X. Debug will again drop them into a shell and point them at a log file containing the output of virt-p2v. The image will include ssh and scp to assist getting log files off the box.
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