Bug 840327

Summary:	[webadmin] Default disk format - 'Thin Provision' for NFS / 'Preallocated' for Block Devices
Product:	Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Manager	Reporter:	Daniel Erez <derez>
Component:	ovirt-engine-webadmin-portal	Assignee:	Daniel Erez <derez>
Status:	CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE	QA Contact:	Haim <hateya>
Severity:	unspecified	Docs Contact:
Priority:	unspecified
Version:	3.1.0	CC:	abaron, acathrow, amureini, dron, dyasny, ecohen, hateya, iheim, Rhev-m-bugs, sgordon, vvyazmin, yeylon, ykaul
Target Milestone:	---
Target Release:	3.1.0
Hardware:	Unspecified
OS:	Unspecified
Whiteboard:	storage
Fixed In Version:	SI13	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	Previously, by default, thin provisioned storage would be used for the first disk added to a desktop virtual machine. Pre-allocated storage was used, by default, for all subsequent disks and all disk attached to server virtual machines. The defaults have been changed. Thin provisioned disks are now the default on NFS storage, while pre-allocated disks are the default on block devices.	Story Points:	---
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Clones:	847113 (view as bug list)		Environment:
Last Closed:	2012-12-04 20:05:53 UTC	Type:	Bug
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oVirt Team:	Storage	RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
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Bug Blocks:	847113

Description Daniel Erez 2012-07-15 22:25:04 UTC

Description of problem:
When creating a new virtual disk, the default disk format should be:
'Thin Provision' for NFS and 'Preallocated' for Block Devices.

Steps to Reproduce:
Open 'Add Virtual Disk' dialog.
  
Actual results:
Desktop VM, Default format: 'Thin' on the first disk; otherwise, 'Preallocated'.
Server VM, Default format: 'Preallocated'.

Expected results:
Default format: 'Thin Provision' for NFS and 'Preallocated' for Block Devices.

Comment 1 Daniel Erez 2012-07-22 13:29:26 UTC

upstream commit a0e96a2065cc06583d1ddb20d05186c302599c6a

Comment 2 Stephen Gordon 2012-08-09 14:15:05 UTC

    Technical note added. If any revisions are required, please edit the "Technical Notes" field
    accordingly. All revisions will be proofread by the Engineering Content Services team.
    
    New Contents:
Previously, by default, thin provisioned storage would be used for the first disk added to a desktop virtual machine. Pre-allocated storage was used, by default, for all subsequent disks and all disk attached to server virtual machines. The defaults have been changed. Thin provisioned disks are now the default on NFS storage, while pre-allocated disks are the default on block devices.

Comment 3 vvyazmin@redhat.com 2012-08-09 15:26:54 UTC

Verified on RHEVM 3.1 - SI13.2

RHEVM: rhevm-3.1.0-11.el6ev.noarch
VDSM: vdsm-4.9.6-27.0.el6_3.x86_64
LIBVIRT: libvirt-0.9.10-21.el6.x86_64
QEMU & KVM: qemu-kvm-rhev-0.12.1.2-2.298.el6_3.x86_64
SANLOCK: sanlock-2.3-3.el6_3.x86_64

Comment 4 Stephen Gordon 2012-08-09 18:16:57 UTC

Removing the release note flag and cloning the bug to ensure we document it formally in the Admin Guide instead.