[ovirt-users] Unable to delete VM disk

[cmc]

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On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 4:02 PM, Elad Ben Aharon <ebenahar at redhat.com> wrote:
> In general, in order to delete a disk while it is attached to a running VM,
> the disk has to be deactivated (hotunplugged) first so it won't be
> accessible for read and write from the VM.
> In the 'edit' VM prompt there is no option to deactivate the disk, it should
> be done from the disks subtab under the virtual machine.
>
> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 5:33 PM, cmc <iucounu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Actually, I just tried to create a new disk via the 'Edit' menu once
>> I'd deleted it from the 'Disks' tab, and it threw an exception.
>>
>> Attached is the console log.
>>
>> On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 3:24 PM, cmc <iucounu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Hi Elad,
>> >
>> > I was trying to delete the disk via the 'edit' menu, but noticed just
>> > now that there was a 'disks' tab when the machine was highlighted.
>> > This has a 'activate/deactivate' function, and once deactivated, was
>> > able to remove it without error.
>> >
>> > It does offer the option of deleting the disk when right clicking on
>> > the VM and choosing 'edit', however, there is no 'deactivate' option.
>> > Not sure if this is by design (so that users should look elsewhere). I
>> > can still try to run the delete from the 'Edit' page, and capture
>> > browser console output. Otherwise, apologies for troubling you with
>> > this.
>> >
>> > Kind regards,
>> >
>> > Cam
>> >
>> > On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 12:27 PM, Elad Ben Aharon <ebenahar at redhat.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >> There is no indication for image deletion in engine.log
>> >> The browser console log is located in your browser under
>> >> 'settings'->'developer'.
>> >> Please try to delete a disk as you tried before, get the console log
>> >> and
>> >> provide it.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 7:40 PM, cmc <iucounu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Hi Eled,
>> >>>
>> >>> I've attached the ui log and the engine log but I'm not sure what the
>> >>> browser console log is - there is a 'console.log' in
>> >>> /var/log/ovirt-engine,
>> >>> but it is zero size (do I have to turn up debugging perhaps?).
>> >>>
>> >>> Kind regards,
>> >>>
>> >>> Cam
>> >>>
>> >>> On Sun, Dec 11, 2016 at 2:26 PM, Elad Ben Aharon <ebenahar at redhat.com>
>> >>> wrote:
>> >>> > Hi,
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Please attach browser console log and engine.log
>> >>> >
>> >>> > Thanks
>> >>> >
>> >>> > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:04 PM, cmc <iucounu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> Just another note on this: I now get a UI exception every time I
>> >>> >> try
>> >>> >> to provision a disk, although it does succeed so. I'm guessing
>> >>> >> something else is going on, but there is no error in the engine
>> >>> >> log.
>> >>> >>
>> >>> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 2:54 PM, cmc <iucounu at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >>> >> > Hi,
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > I'm trying to delete a disk from a host I have shut down, as I
>> >>> >> > need
>> >>> >> > to
>> >>> >> > provision a larger one. When I try to delete it, it gives me an
>> >>> >> > exception on the UI. I've tried removing the bootable flag, and
>> >>> >> > creating another disk, but it still won't allow the deletion of
>> >>> >> > the
>> >>> >> > disk. I can't see a relevant error in the engine log, though
>> >>> >> > there
>> >>> >> > are
>> >>> >> > errors in the UI log, but I expect that is just as result of the
>> >>> >> > underlying issue with deleting the disk.
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Thanks,
>> >>> >> >
>> >>> >> > Cam
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