[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2021-10-28 Thread Nir Soffer
On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 7:21 PM wrote: > > Hello, is there any progress in this problem? I have tried to reduce a > bloated volume by trigger the reduce command over rest api. I am using ovirt > 4.3.10, but i get no response, and the volume keeps bloated anyway. I'm > getting frustrated,

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2021-10-28 Thread christian . peater
Hello, is there any progress in this problem? I have tried to reduce a bloated volume by trigger the reduce command over rest api. I am using ovirt 4.3.10, but i get no response, and the volume keeps bloated anyway. I'm getting frustrated, because i am using a backupscript which creates a

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2020-08-04 Thread Nir Soffer
On Tue, Aug 4, 2020 at 4:50 PM wrote: > > Yes, I understand, but my question is whether I can reclaim the allocated > space after deleting the snapshot. Because oVirt is not returning space, it > is only increasing, even though you have not done anything in the snapshot. > That is, with each

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2020-08-04 Thread Strahil Nikolov via Users
oVirt should merge the disks and release any disks space used. The best way is to find the VM disks and then identify the disk chain (via qemu-img) and the find the size of the base disk + all the snapshots. Best Regards, Strahil Nikolov На 4 август 2020 г. 16:48:23 GMT+03:00,

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2020-08-04 Thread jorgevisentini
Yes, I understand, but my question is whether I can reclaim the allocated space after deleting the snapshot. Because oVirt is not returning space, it is only increasing, even though you have not done anything in the snapshot. That is, with each snapshot I create, it increases 1GB, and even

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2020-08-02 Thread Amit Bawer
You may also refer to https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.3/html/technical_reference/chap-virtual_machine_snapshots On Sun, Aug 2, 2020 at 10:35 AM Strahil Nikolov via Users wrote: > It's quite simple. > > For example , you got vm1 with 10GB OS disk that is

[ovirt-users] Re: Snapshot and disk size allocation

2020-08-02 Thread Strahil Nikolov via Users
It's quite simple. For example , you got vm1 with 10GB OS disk that is fully preallocated (actual size is really 10GB). Now imagine that you create a snapshot of this vm1 and you download 1GB file from another place. You will see 2 disk files on the storage domain: - The original one that was