On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 07:46:17PM +0200, Livnat Peer wrote:
On 17/01/12 16:08, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 08, 2012 at 03:08:13PM +0200, Dan Kenigsberg wrote:
>> Hi Lists,
>>
>> One cannot create a PV on a partitioned device, and therefor such
>> devices where not reported to Engine. This proved surprising to users
>> who woder where their LUN disappeared.
>>
>> Vdsm should report all devices, and ovirt-engine should mark partitioned
>> devices as unworthy of a PV. In the future, Vdsm may allow to forcefully
>> remove a partition table from a device, to make it usable as a PV.
>>
>> Douglas (CCed) would take resposibilty on the Vdsm side. Initial patch at
>>
http://gerrit.ovirt.org/944 sports a backword-compatible API. Who's taking
this
>> on Engine? This involves GUI, too, as partitioned devices should probably be
>> displayed greyed-out.
>
> Livnat, is there any taker for this on your side?
>
> Since the change is backward-compatible, I would push it if there are no
> objections.
>
> Dan.
Hi Danken,
How did you mark a partitioned device? (How will the engine will spot
these LUNs)
Each device has a field 'partitioned'. Currently, Engine ignores it (as it is
always False). With my little patch, devices with partitioned=True would be
reported, too.
Dan.