Libguestfs - Mar 2020 - [PATCH 0/1] Delay installation of QEMU-GA

This is a replacement for previously posted patch "Delay firstboot scripts
to
some later time":

https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2019-November/msg00134.html

Instead of delaying all the firstboot scripts we just delay the QEMU-GA
installation that we know is problematic. I will possibly send a similar patch
for RHEV-APT installation later.

Tom?? Golembiovsk? (1):
  windows: delay installation of qemu-ga MSI

 v2v/convert_windows.ml | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

-- 
2.25.0

Instead of running firstboot script during early boot schedule a task
delayed for 1-2 minute.

During the first boot, after virt-v2v conversion, Windows installs the
drivers injected by virit-v2v. When this installation is finished
Windows enforces some kind of internal reboot. This unfortunately
terminates any running firstboot scritps thus killing the installation
of qemu-ga MSI.

Signed-off-by: Tom?? Golembiovsk? <tgolembi at redhat.com>
---
 v2v/convert_windows.ml | 12 ++++--------
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/v2v/convert_windows.ml b/v2v/convert_windows.ml
index 0fda1d4e..0a146006 100644
--- a/v2v/convert_windows.ml
+++ b/v2v/convert_windows.ml
@@ -429,14 +429,10 @@ popd
    List.iter (
      fun msi_path ->
        let fb_script = "\
-echo Installing qemu-ga from " ^ msi_path ^ "
-\"\\" ^ msi_path ^ "\" /norestart /qn /l+*vx
\"%~dpn0.log\"
-set elvl=!errorlevel!
-echo Done installing qemu-ga error_level=!elvl!
-if !elvl! == 0 (
-  echo Restarting Windows...
-  shutdown /r /f /c \"rebooted by firstboot script\"
-)
+echo Removing any previously scheduled qemu-ga installation
+schtasks.exe /Delete /TN Firstboot-qemu-ga /F
+echo Scheduling delayed installation of qemu-ga from " ^ msi_path ^ "
+powershell.exe -command \"$d = (get-date).AddSeconds(119); schtasks.exe
/Create /SC ONCE /ST $d.ToString('HH:mm') /SD
$d.ToString('MM/dd/yyyy') /RU SYSTEM /TN Firstboot-qemu-ga /TR
\\\"C:\\" ^ msi_path ^ " /forcerestart /qn /l+*vx C:\\" ^
msi_path ^ ".log\\\"\"
 " in
       Firstboot.add_firstboot_script g inspect.i_root
         ("install " ^ msi_path) fb_script;
-- 
2.25.0

On Mon, Mar 02, 2020 at 12:26:00PM +0100, Tomáš Golembiovský
wrote:
> Instead of running firstboot script during early boot schedule a task
> delayed for 1-2 minute.
IIUC, you picked 119 seconds, so effectively 2 minutes. IOW, s/1-2/2/
> During the first boot, after virt-v2v conversion, Windows installs the
> drivers injected by virit-v2v. When this installation is finished
s/virit/virt/
> Windows enforces some kind of internal reboot. This unfortunately
> terminates any running firstboot scritps thus killing the installation
s/scritpts/scripts/
> of qemu-ga MSI.
IIUC, the expectation is that the Windows installation of the
drivers will be completed *before* this 2 minute delay occurs.
Windows will then reboot, and the delayed GA job will be run
after this reboot ?

The key question is how confident are we that the 2 minute
delay is sufficient ?  Is there chance of still hitting the
problem if doing v2v on slow (ie HDD, not SSD) storage
for example ?
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tomáš Golembiovský <tgolembi@redhat.com>
> ---
>  v2v/convert_windows.ml | 12 ++++--------
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/v2v/convert_windows.ml b/v2v/convert_windows.ml
> index 0fda1d4e..0a146006 100644
> --- a/v2v/convert_windows.ml
> +++ b/v2v/convert_windows.ml
> @@ -429,14 +429,10 @@ popd
>     List.iter (
>       fun msi_path ->
>         let fb_script = "\
> -echo Installing qemu-ga from " ^ msi_path ^ "
> -\"\\" ^ msi_path ^ "\" /norestart /qn /l+*vx
\"%~dpn0.log\"
> -set elvl=!errorlevel!
> -echo Done installing qemu-ga error_level=!elvl!
> -if !elvl! == 0 (
> -  echo Restarting Windows...
> -  shutdown /r /f /c \"rebooted by firstboot script\"
> -)
> +echo Removing any previously scheduled qemu-ga installation
> +schtasks.exe /Delete /TN Firstboot-qemu-ga /F
> +echo Scheduling delayed installation of qemu-ga from " ^ msi_path ^
"
> +powershell.exe -command \"$d = (get-date).AddSeconds(119);
schtasks.exe /Create /SC ONCE /ST $d.ToString('HH:mm') /SD
$d.ToString('MM/dd/yyyy') /RU SYSTEM /TN Firstboot-qemu-ga /TR
\\\"C:\\" ^ msi_path ^ " /forcerestart /qn /l+*vx C:\\" ^
msi_path ^ ".log\\\"\"
>  " in
>        Firstboot.add_firstboot_script g inspect.i_root
>          ("install " ^ msi_path) fb_script;
> -- 
> 2.25.0
> 
> 
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Regards,
Daniel
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