Great feedback - did not know cloud-init supported this.
On 8/3/17 3:17 AM, S. Brüseke - proIO GmbH wrote: > Hi Imran, > > you are talking about 3 different levels here to reach your goal of resizing > a volume. First level is the volume itself. This is what you can do within > CS. After that you need to extend the partition and then you need to expand > the filesystem. The last to levels you need to do within the os of the server. > > What we do is using cloud-init within our template to automate this. But our > templates do not use LVM. Our templates are checking at boot if the root > volume has been extended and expanding the partition and the filesystem. > > If you want to know more about it, I can give you more details. > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen / With kind regards, > > Swen Brüseke > > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Imran Ahmed [mailto:im...@eaxiom.net] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 3. August 2017 12:00 > An: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Betreff: Instance with a larger disk size then Template > > Hi All, > > I am creating an instance with a 300GB disk from a CentOS 7 template that has > 5GB disk (LVM Based). > The issue is that the root LVM partition inside the new VM instance still > shows 5GB . > > The device size (/dev/vda) however shows 300GB. The question is what is the > best strategy to resize the root LVM partition so that I could use all 300G. > > Kind regards, > > Imran > > > > - proIO GmbH - > Geschäftsführer: Swen Brüseke > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Frankfurt am Main > > USt-IdNr. DE 267 075 918 > Registergericht: Frankfurt am Main - HRB 86239 > > Diese E-Mail enthält vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschützte > Informationen. > Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail irrtümlich > erhalten haben, > informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und vernichten Sie diese Mail. > Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte Weitergabe dieser Mail sind nicht > gestattet. > > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. > If you are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) > please notify > the sender immediately and destroy this e-mail. > Any unauthorized copying, disclosure or distribution of the material in this > e-mail is strictly forbidden. > >
