[Users] Resizing disks destroys contents

Joop jvdwege at xs4all.nl
Tue Oct 1 18:21:20 UTC 2013


Martijn Grendelman wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I just tried out another feature of oVirt and again, I am shocked by the
> results.
>
> I did the following:
> - create new VM based on an earlier created template, with 20 GB disk
> - Run the VM -> boots fine
> - Shut down the VM
> - Via Disks -> Edit -> Extend size by(GB) add 20 GB to the disk
> - Run the VM
>
> Result: no bootable device. Linux installation gone.
>
> Just to be sure, I booted the VM with a gparted live iso, and gparted
> reports the entire 40 GB as unallocated space.
>
> Where's my data? What's wrong with my oVirt installation? What am I
> doing wrong?
>
>   
Probably nothing wrong with your installation. Have a brand new 
3.3.0-4.el6 (Centos-6.4 minimal) installation of ovirt-engine and 4 
hosts and observed the same behaviour.
I think there is a bugzilla open about it, else I'll create one tomorrow.

Joop




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