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[jira] [Commented] (CLOUDSTACK-6191) Volume provisioning type
option
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Wei Zhou commented on CLOUDSTACK-6191:
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Guys,
which version of QEMU do you use for testing?
we tested on QEMU 1.2.0 just now, it failed with the following error:
2014-07-01 07:49:16,715 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (agentRequest-Handler-2:null) Attempting to create storage pool b97fb62e-ece9-3cc9-aa40-c30b74072d9b (NetworkFilesystem) in libvirt
2014-07-01 07:49:16,790 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (agentRequest-Handler-2:null) Attempting to create storage pool ea41809e-5121-387c-94a7-ee1674e57b14 (NetworkFilesystem) in libvirt
2014-07-01 07:49:16,811 INFO [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (agentRequest-Handler-2:null) Attempting to create volume 49a46349-005f-11e4-9be4-005056ac252f (NetworkFilesystem) in pool ea41809e-5121-387c-94a7-ee1674e57b14 with size 2621440000
2014-07-01 07:49:16,849 ERROR [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (agentRequest-Handler-2:null) Failed to create /mnt/ea41809e-5121-387c-94a7-ee1674e57b14/49a46349-005f-11e4-9be4-005056ac252f due to a failed executing of qemu-img: info: invalid option -- '-'qemu-img version 1.2.0, Copyright (coffee) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellardusage: qemu-img command [command options]QEMU disk image utilityCommand syntax: check [-f fmt] [-r [leaks | all]] filename create [-f fmt] [-o options] filename [size] commit [-f fmt] [-t cache] filename convert [-c] [-p] [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-O output_fmt] [-o options] [-s snapshot_name] [-S sparse_size] filename [filename2 [...]] output_filename info [-f fmt] filename snapshot [-l | -a snapshot | -c snapshot | -d snapshot] filename rebase [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-p] [-u] -b backing_file [-F backing_fmt] filename resize filename [+ | -]sizeCommand parameters: 'filename' is a disk image filename 'fmt' is the disk image format. It is guessed automatically in most cases 'cache' is the cache mode used to write the output disk image, the valid options are: 'none', 'writeback' (default, except for convert), 'writethrough', 'directsync' and 'unsafe' (default for convert) 'size' is the disk image size in bytes. Optional suffixes 'k' or 'K' (kilobyte, 1024), 'M' (megabyte, 1024k), 'G' (gigabyte, 1024M) and T (terabyte, 1024G) are supported. 'b' is ignored. 'output_filename' is the destination disk image filename 'output_fmt' is the destination format 'options' is a comma separated list of format specific options in a name=value format. Use -o ? for an overview of the options supported by the used format '-c' indicates that target image must be compressed (qcow format only) '-u' enables unsafe rebasing. It is assumed that old and new backing file match exactly. The image doesn't need a working backing file before rebasing in this case (useful for renaming the backing file) '-h' with or without a command shows this help and lists the supported formats '-p' show progress of command (only certain commands) '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversionParameters to check subcommand: '-r' tries to repair any inconsistencies that are found during the check. '-r leaks' repairs only cluster leaks, whereas '-r all' fixes all kinds of errors, with a higher risk of choosing the wrong fix or hiding corruption that has already occured.Parameters to snapshot subcommand: 'snapshot' is the name of the snapshot to create, apply or delete '-a' applies a snapshot (revert disk to saved state) '-c' creates a snapshot '-d' deletes a snapshot '-l' lists all snapshots in the given imageSupported formats: vvfat vpc vmdk vdi sheepdog rbd raw host_cdrom host_floppy host_device file qed qcow2 qcow parallels nbd dmg tftp ftps ftp https http cow cloop bochs blkverify blkdebug
2014-07-01 07:49:16,855 ERROR [kvm.storage.LibvirtStorageAdaptor] (agentRequest-Handler-2:null) Failed to fetch the information of file /mnt/b97fb62e-ece9-3cc9-aa40-c30b74072d9b/dd3be21c-f780-4088-b991-03fcdc0d494d.qcow2 the error was: info: invalid option -- '-'qemu-img version 1.2.0, Copyright (coffee) 2004-2008 Fabrice Bellardusage: qemu-img command [command options]QEMU disk image utilityCommand syntax: check [-f fmt] [-r [leaks | all]] filename create [-f fmt] [-o options] filename [size] commit [-f fmt] [-t cache] filename convert [-c] [-p] [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-O output_fmt] [-o options] [-s snapshot_name] [-S sparse_size] filename [filename2 [...]] output_filename info [-f fmt] filename snapshot [-l | -a snapshot | -c snapshot | -d snapshot] filename rebase [-f fmt] [-t cache] [-p] [-u] -b backing_file [-F backing_fmt] filename resize filename [+ | -]sizeCommand parameters: 'filename' is a disk image filename 'fmt' is the disk image format. It is guessed automatically in most cases 'cache' is the cache mode used to write the output disk image, the valid options are: 'none', 'writeback' (default, except for convert), 'writethrough', 'directsync' and 'unsafe' (default for convert) 'size' is the disk image size in bytes. Optional suffixes 'k' or 'K' (kilobyte, 1024), 'M' (megabyte, 1024k), 'G' (gigabyte, 1024M) and T (terabyte, 1024G) are supported. 'b' is ignored. 'output_filename' is the destination disk image filename 'output_fmt' is the destination format 'options' is a comma separated list of format specific options in a name=value format. Use -o ? for an overview of the options supported by the used format '-c' indicates that target image must be compressed (qcow format only) '-u' enables unsafe rebasing. It is assumed that old and new backing file match exactly. The image doesn't need a working backing file before rebasing in this case (useful for renaming the backing file) '-h' with or without a command shows this help and lists the supported formats '-p' show progress of command (only certain commands) '-S' indicates the consecutive number of bytes that must contain only zeros for qemu-img to create a sparse image during conversionParameters to check subcommand: '-r' tries to repair any inconsistencies that are found during the check. '-r leaks' repairs only cluster leaks, whereas '-r all' fixes all kinds of errors, with a higher risk of choosing the wrong fix or hiding corruption that has already occured.Parameters to snapshot subcommand: 'snapshot' is the name of the snapshot to create, apply or delete '-a' applies a snapshot (revert disk to saved state) '-c' creates a snapshot '-d' deletes a snapshot '-l' lists all snapshots in the given imageSupported formats: vvfat vpc vmdk vdi sheepdog rbd raw host_cdrom host_floppy host_device file qed qcow2 qcow parallels nbd dmg tftp ftps ftp https http cow cloop bochs blkverify blkdebug
> Volume provisioning type option
> -------------------------------
>
> Key: CLOUDSTACK-6191
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-6191
> Project: CloudStack
> Issue Type: Improvement
> Security Level: Public(Anyone can view this level - this is the default.)
> Components: KVM, Management Server
> Reporter: Yoshikazu Nojima
> Assignee: Yoshikazu Nojima
> Priority: Minor
> Fix For: 4.5.0
>
>
> Thin provisioning of a volume saves consumption of a storage, and fat provisioning minimizes IOPS performance overhead.
> This feature implements a global setting to provide users an option to select how to provision volumes.
> Design doc:
> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Volume+provisioning+type+option
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