Re: [Engine-devel] getDeviceList should report partitioned devices, too

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. _______________________________________________ vdsm-devel mailing list vdsm-devel(a)lists.fedorahosted.org https://fedorahosted.org/mailman/listinfo/vdsm-devel