[Libguestfs] [Qemu-devel] Why is virt-resize designed to involve two disks?

Eric Blake eblake at redhat.com
Tue Sep 23 17:01:20 UTC 2014


On 09/23/2014 04:15 AM, 吴志勇 wrote:
> HI,

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> As you've known, vhd-util and qemu-img both provide the capacity for
resizing the original disk, but why is virt-resize designed to involve
two disks, not only original disk? Is there any concern? Is it possible
that only one original disk is involved in virt-resize?

virt-resize is part of libguestfs, and as such is not maintained on this
list.  You'll get better answers about why virt-resize does not support
in-place resizing by asking on that list.  But the answer probably
involves the fact that virt-resize is doing MUCH more than resizing the
block device - it is also copying entire filesystems from the old
location to the new resized location for optimal initial placement.

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Eric Blake   eblake redhat com    +1-919-301-3266
Libvirt virtualization library http://libvirt.org

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