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

[Dan Kenigsberg]

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.