df, testing: Add notes on virt-df numbers (thanks Kashyap Chamarthy).

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Richard W.M. Jones
2011-11-22 13:18:32 +00:00
parent ce6c4eeabe
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@@ -188,6 +188,32 @@ Enable tracing of libguestfs API calls.
=back
=head1 STATVFS NUMBERS
C<virt-df> (and L<df(1)>) get information by issuing a L<statvfs(3)>
system call. You can get the same information directly, either from
the host (using libguestfs) or inside the guest:
=over 4
=item From the host
Run this command:
guestfish --ro -d GuestName -i statvfs /
(change C</> to see stats for other filesystems).
=item From inside the guest
Run this command:
python -c 'import os; s = os.statvfs ("/"); print s'
(change C</> to see stats for other filesystems).
=back
=head1 NOTE ABOUT CSV FORMAT
Comma-separated values (CSV) is a deceptive format. It I<seems> like

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@@ -102,7 +102,29 @@ L<virt-df(1)> lists disk space. Run:
virt-df
Do the results match what's reported inside the guests?
You can try comparing this to the results from L<df(1)> inside the
guest, but there are some provisos:
=over 4
=item *
The guest must be idle.
=item *
The guest disks must be synched using L<sync(1)>.
=item *
Any action such as booting the guest will write log files causing the
numbers to change.
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We don't guarantee that the numbers will be identical even under these
circumstances. They should be similar. It would indicate a bug if
you saw greatly differing numbers.
=head2 Try importing virt-df CSV output into a spreadsheet or database.