Hi Marcus, Would you please reply to the queries on resize volume. The doc freeze date is closer.
I have even shared the first draft of the documentation. Thanks -Radhika -----Original Message----- From: Marcus Sorensen [mailto:shadow...@gmail.com] Sent: Tuesday, February 19, 2013 2:52 AM To: Hari Kannan Cc: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org; Srikanteswararao Talluri; Jessica Tomechak Subject: RE: [DOC] Is the Working with Volumes section missing from docs on purpose? Sure. I'll get back with you. I believe all of these are in the functional spec, but I'll clarify. On Feb 18, 2013 1:50 PM, "Hari Kannan" <hari.kan...@citrix.com> wrote: > Hi Marcus, devs, > > Can you also please clarify the following: > > - what hypervisor platforms are supported with 4.1? > - does this require a reboot of the VM? > - Is this statement from the FS still accurate/implemented? "volume > resize will be allowed between disk offerings with the same storage > tag. for example, if an admin has defined a 5GB and a 10GB disk > offering, a user can upgrade from the 5GB to the 10GB. If the admin > has made a custom-sized disk offering available, then resize will work > simply by specifying a new, larger size. Additionally, a data volume > can be moved from a static disk offering to a custom disk offering with the > size specified" > - what platforms support downsizing the volume, if any? If downsized, > what happens to the data? > - It would also be nice to see a short example write up of what needs > to be done in the guest OS to make this work.. > > Thanks a lot! > > Hari Kannan > > -----Original Message----- > From: Radhika Puthiyetath [mailto:radhika.puthiyet...@citrix.com] > Sent: Monday, February 18, 2013 2:43 AM > To: shadow...@gmail.com; Srikanteswararao Talluri > Cc: Jessica Tomechak; cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: [DOC] Is the Working with Volumes section missing from > docs on purpose? > > Hi Marcus/Talluri > > I snatched this feature from Jessica :-) > > Could you please explain me the functionality of the Shrink OK button > on the Resize Volume popup ? > > Thanks > -Radhika > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marcus Sorensen [mailto:shadow...@gmail.com] > Sent: Saturday, February 16, 2013 5:46 AM > To: cloudstack-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [DOC] Is the Working with Volumes section missing from > docs on purpose? > > That is interesting. Has anyone written the resizing volumes section? > I saw a task for it but nobody assigned. > On Feb 15, 2013 5:12 PM, "Jessica Tomechak" > <jessica.tomec...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > This question on -users prompted me to look for our "Resizing Volumes" > > section. I discovered that it is missing, along with the entire > > "Working with Volumes" section. All the files are in the repo's docs > > directory already, so I think it's just an oversight. > > > > Before I file a bug and add this info back in, I wonder whether > > anyone remembers deciding on purpose to leave this info out? Or has > > someone perhaps rewritten this and put it in another part of the docs? > > > > The missing section covers: > > > > What is a volume > > Uploading an existing volume to a VM Attaching a volume to a VM > > Detaching a volume from one VM and attaching it to a different one > > Moving volumes from one storage pool to another Resizing volumes > > (using VHD) How deleting a volume affects snapshots (it doesn't) How > > to configure garbage collection of deleted volumes > > > > Jessica T. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Clayton Weise [mailto:cwe...@iswest.net] > > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 1:33 PM > > > To: cloudstack-us...@incubator.apache.org > > > Subject: RE: customising the ROOT disk > > > > > > Not that I'm recommending or endorsing this method but we have > > > done it in the past. Stop the instance, resize the root volume on > > > your hypervisor directly (this process varies based on the > > > hypervisor and storage method used), adjust the size to match in > > > the CloudStack database (specifically > > in > > > the volumes table), and start the instance. > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Mathias Mullins [mailto:mathias.mull...@citrix.com] > > > Sent: Friday, February 15, 2013 12:46 PM > > > To: cloudstack-us...@incubator.apache.org > > > Subject: Re: customising the ROOT disk > > > > > > true. you can do that if you have LVM or Volume manager in windows. > > > But you have to be careful. If that volume gets deleted out from > > > under the > > VM, > > > your VM is pretty much dead. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Matt > > > On Feb 15, 2013, at 3:38 PM, "Thomas Joseph" > > > <thomas.jo...@gmail.com <mailto:thomas.jo...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > From storage tab and create a data disk with the required size, > > > assign > > it > > > to the VM and then increase the root volume group. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > Thomas > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Nux! [mailto:n...@li.nux.ro] > > > Sent: 15 February 2013 07:49 PM > > > To: Cloudstack users > > > Subject: customising the ROOT disk > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > When I'm creating a new instance is there a way to specify the > > > size of > > the > > > ROOT disk? I see it uses the template's size (which in my case is > > > tiny) and I need to have it increased. > > > > > > Pointers? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > Lucian > > > > > > -- > > > Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! > > > > > > Nux! > > > www.nux.ro<http://www.nux.ro> > > > > > > > > >
