diff --git a/source/adminguide/service_offerings.rst b/source/adminguide/service_offerings.rst index 93c84f5557..be8fde5566 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/service_offerings.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/service_offerings.rst @@ -135,6 +135,9 @@ offerings. The compute service offering specifies: - Guest Networking type (virtual or direct) +- Root Disk size (optional). If not defined by CloudStack administrator, + users can set a custom Root disk size. + - Tags on the root disk The disk offering specifies: diff --git a/source/adminguide/storage.rst b/source/adminguide/storage.rst index 9757d457a8..9993c29db5 100644 --- a/source/adminguide/storage.rst +++ b/source/adminguide/storage.rst @@ -617,6 +617,40 @@ To resize a volume: #. Click OK. +Root Volume size defined via Service Offering +~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ + +If a Service Offering is created with a root disk size, then resizing the Root volume is possible only by resizing the VMs service offering. + +Service offering Root resizing constrains: + +#. Users cannot deploy VMs with custom root disk size when using such offerings + +#. Users cannot resize the VM root disk size when using such offerings + +#. The Root Volume of such VMs can only be resized when changing to another Service Offering with a Root disk size equals or larger than the current one. + +#. Users can change the VM offering to a service offering with a Root size of 0GB (default) and then customize the volume size. + +The following table shows possible combinations of Service offering supported resizing based on the offering Root disk size: + ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| # | Service Offering Root size | new Service Offering Root | Does support offering resize? | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| 1 | 0GB (default) | Any | YES | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| 2 | 5GB | 5GB | YES | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| 3 | 5GB | 10GB | YES | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| 4 | 10GB | 5GB | NO | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ +| 5 | Any | 0GB | YES | ++---+----------------------------+---------------------------+-------------------------------+ + +.. note:: + Shrinking the Root disk is not supported via the service offering resizing workflow. All the combinations above assume a transition to Root disks with size equals or bigger than the original. + Service Offerings with Root size of 0GB do not change the disk size to Zero and indicates that the offering do not enforces a Root disk size. Reset VM to New Root Disk on Reboot ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~