Bug 1328280 - [RFE] Support local partitions, rather than just local files
Summary: [RFE] Support local partitions, rather than just local files
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: ovirt-engine
Classification: oVirt
Component: BLL.Storage
Version: future
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
unspecified
low vote
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Assignee: Allon Mureinik
QA Contact: Raz Tamir
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2016-04-18 22:37 UTC by Matt Mossholder
Modified: 2017-03-20 13:28 UTC (History)
3 users (show)

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Doc Type: Enhancement
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Last Closed: 2016-12-06 13:25:51 UTC
oVirt Team: Storage
matt: needinfo-
ylavi: ovirt-future?
rule-engine: planning_ack?
rule-engine: devel_ack?
rule-engine: testing_ack?

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Description Matt Mossholder 2016-04-18 22:37:05 UTC 
Description of problem:
Not all oVirt installations are going to be installed on shared storage. It would be helpful if local partitions or LVM LV's could be assigned to VMs to help improve storage performance.

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


How reproducible:
Attempt to utilize local partitions or LVM VGs as a storage medium.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempt to allocate local partitions or LVs to VMs.
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Actual results:
Discover there is no facility to achieve your goal
Be sad.

Expected results:
Free space on drives or VGs are visible, and available for allocation.

Additional info:
Comment 1 Yaniv Lavi 2016-12-06 13:25:51 UTC 
This is possible from oVirt 4.0 by using host device pass-through (VFIO).
See:
https://www.ovirt.org/develop/release-management/features/engine/hostdev-passthrough/

You may need to blacklist the local lvs with (we plan to add this natively in 4.1.x):
https://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/66893/1/static/etc/lvm/lvmlocal.conf
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