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convert ahv disks from thin to thick

  • January 8, 2024
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a-a-ron
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I’m wanting (for testing backups) to convert a disk on a VG from thin provisioned to thick. I’m not sure how to do this with ncli/acli, API or UI. Is this going to require qemu image commands? 

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JeroenTielen
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qamarabbas
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  • January 9, 2024

For AHV disk will be thin only. for ESXi you can chose thick or thin 


a-a-ron
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  • January 9, 2024

For AHV disk will be thin only. for ESXi you can chose thick or thin 

This was my assumption as well...However, why does API respond with the following:

 

            {
                "disk_address" : 
                {
                    "device_bus" : "scsi",
                    "device_index" : 1,
                    "disk_label" : "scsi.1",
                    "ndfs_filepath" : "/storagecontainer/.acropolis/vmdisk/7c22b170-1400-4dc6-8434-79b40884089e",
                    "vmdisk_uuid" : "7c22b170-1400-4dc6-8434-79b40884089e"
                },
                "flash_mode_enabled" : false,
                "is_cdrom" : false,
                "is_empty" : false,
                "is_scsi_passthrough" : true,
                "is_thin_provisioned" : false,
                "shared" : false,
                "size" : 6442450944000,
                "storage_container_uuid" : "f396603a-ce0f-4d33-9a6b-4fe2695f698c"
            }

 

I am trying to reproduce the above output but alas, mine consistently shows ‘true’ for is_thin_provisioned. 


Moustafa Hindawi
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Nutanix AHV uses thin only, ESXi uses thin and thick