[Users] Related to extend disk size of existing virtual machine !

Michael Pasternak mpastern at redhat.com
Wed Nov 21 08:44:37 UTC 2012


Romil,

On 11/21/2012 09:17 AM, Romil Gupta wrote:
> I m using RHEM 3.0 as a GUI and ovirt-engine-sdk-3.1.0.3-1.el6.noarch.rpmfor writting python script !
> 
> I have one existing VM in RHEVM3.0 that I have created using Template( memory 2GB , virtual disk = 10 GB ) in RHEVM 3.0
> Now , I want to increase the virtual disk size upto 60 GB of VM .
> How I can do that ???

Not sure it's supported, Ayal?

> 
> 
> Regards,
> Romil 
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 12:02 PM, Oved Ourfalli <ovedo at redhat.com <mailto:ovedo at redhat.com>> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>     ----- Original Message -----
>     > From: "Romil Gupta" <romilgupta19 at gmail.com <mailto:romilgupta19 at gmail.com>>
>     > To: users at ovirt.org <mailto:users at ovirt.org>, "Michael Pasternak" <mpastern at redhat.com <mailto:mpastern at redhat.com>>, "Eli Mesika" <emesika at redhat.com
>     <mailto:emesika at redhat.com>>
>     > Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2012 8:19:25 AM
>     > Subject: [Users] Related to extend disk size of existing virtual machine !
>     >
>     >
>     > Hello,
>     >
>     >
>     > To add a disk to VM we use the following :
>     >
>     >
>     > api.vms.get(VM_NAME).disks.add(params.Disk(storage_domains=params.StorageDomains(storage_domain=[api.storagedomains.get(STORAGE_NAME)]),
>     >                                                    size=512*MB, #
>     >                                                    type_='system', -
>     >                                                    disk type is
>     >                                                    deprecated
>     >                                                    status=None,
>     >                                                    interface='virtio',
>     >                                                    format='cow',
>     >                                                    sparse=True,
>     >                                                    bootable=True))
>     >
>     > but the type_ attribute is deprecated , so I got the following
>     > exception :
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Failed to add disk
>     >
>     >
>     > status: 400
>     > reason: Bad Request
>     > detail: Cannot add Virtual Machine Disk. Disk 1 already marked as
>     > system
>     >
>     >
>     > Now , if I try giving disk_type='Data' on GUI of RHEVM then it will
>     > be added to VM.
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > I want to know from which ovirt-sdk version you have deprecated
>     > attribute disk_type ?
>     >
>     According to the changelog, it was done in 3.1.0.3-1.
> 
>     * Mon Jun 25 2012 Michael Pasternak <mpastern at redhat.com <mailto:mpastern at redhat.com>> - 3.1.0.3-1
>     ...
>     - to Disk type added provisioned_size property and removed /type/ (not supported in 3.1)
>     ...
> 
>     What's the ovirt engine version you're working with?
> 
> 
>     >
>     > I am currently using ovirt-engine-sdk-3.1.0.3-1.el6.noarch.rpm and I
>     > didn't find type_ attribute using this rpm !
>     >
>     >
>     > How I can extend the disk size of a existing VM in RHEVM ?
>     >
>     There is currently no way to extend an existing disk.
> 
>     >
>     > Help me !
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > Regards ,
>     > Romil Gupta
>     >
>     >
>     >
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> 
> 
> 
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Michael Pasternak
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