Bug 1022891

Summary:	Anaconda should be able to re-use existing pools to use LVM Thin Provisioning
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Marian Csontos <mcsontos>
Component:	anaconda	Assignee:	Anaconda Maintenance Team <anaconda-maint-list>
Status:	CLOSED INSUFFICIENT_DATA	QA Contact:	Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Version:	20	CC:	anaconda-maint-list, g.kaviyarasu, jonathan, mcsontos, vanmeeuwen+fedora
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Description Marian Csontos 2013-10-24 08:58:53 UTC

Description of problem:
The pools are not configurable.
When there is an existing pool on the disk, anaconda should be able to use that to create thin-LVs.

Seems I can reuse already existing thin-LVs on that pool by reformatting them.

Otherwise there may not be enough space to complete installation though there is enough space in the pool.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
20.25.1-1

How reproducible:
100%

Steps to Reproduce:
1. try installing onto system with existing thin-pool over all disks which has enough free space to allocate root FS.

Actual results:
Not enough space to install system.

Expected results:
Anaconda should be able to reuse the pool, otherwise one would have to use separate pool for each installation which is completely missing the point of using thin-provisioning.

There is no workaround in UI (pools are not shrinkable) making pools unusable for "regular user" without knowledge of command line.

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Comment 1 David Lehman 2013-10-24 18:07:54 UTC

Logs, please.

Comment 2 Red Hat Bugzilla 2023-09-14 01:52:35 UTC

The needinfo request[s] on this closed bug have been removed as they have been unresolved for 1000 days