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

[Dan Kenigsberg]

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.