Lack of progress updates when migrating volumes
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Description
##### ISSUE TYPE
* Improvement Request
##### COMPONENT NAME
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Volume operations
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##### CLOUDSTACK VERSION
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4.19.1.1
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##### CONFIGURATION
##### OS / ENVIRONMENT
Ubuntu KVM
##### SUMMARY
When migrating volumes between storages the qemu-img command does not report any progress anywhere, when moving large volumes it's useful to know how it is going.
It would be beneficial to add "-p" "convert" switch to qemu-img to get a progress then send the stdout/stderr to the agent.log or syslog.
##### STEPS TO REPRODUCE
Migrate a large volume between different various storages.
Takes a long time with no way to check (unless you start inspecting target volumes that is).
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##### EXPECTED RESULTS
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Command returns some progress to the user/operator, either in UI , logs, both etc.
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##### ACTUAL RESULTS
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No progress reports of any sort.
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Contributor guide
Research direction
Start by locating the volume-migration path that invokes qemu-img for Ubuntu KVM, then trace where agent.log or syslog output is handled. The issue proposes qemu-img convert progress and expects it to be visible to operators in logs, the UI, or both; confirm the chosen output location during a large-volume migration.
Written by the indexing model from the issue text.
Assessment
- Tech stack
- ubuntu
- Domain
- cloud, infrastructure
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100