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Status Future consideration
Workspace PowerVC
Created by Guest
Created on Dec 20, 2023

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Specify the boot device order for the operating system volumes when deploying a VM with a mirrored image using PowerVC.

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Specify the boot device order for the operating system volumes when deploying a VM with a mirrored image using PowerVC.

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Some customers may require the specific storage pool to be set as hdisk0.

However, when deploying a mirrored OS image from a different storage pool, PowerVC can not control the boot device order, resulting in  hdisk0 being defined as the unwanted storage pool.

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The boot_index, such as /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/nova/compute/api.py and /usr/lib/python3.9/site-packages/openstackclient/compute/v2/server.py, in the PowerVC code appears to be controlled.
However, the current version may allow a boot index of either 0 or -1.


I wonder if it can be controlled and the 'boot_index = 0' refers to the first boot device (hdisk0) and 'boot_index = 1' refers to the second boot device (hdisk1).

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Apr 24, 2024

    Thank you for your consideration. We look forward to seeing this implemented in a future release.

  • Guest
    Reply
    |     Apr 24, 2024
    Thank you for the suggestion, we will explore this for a future release.

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