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convert ahv disks from thin to thick


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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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
qamarabbas wrote:

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