You could probably create a shell script that will check if the disk is
partitioned, and then partition and format if it is not. After that add the
script to your template and set it to run on boot. Does that seem like a
workable solution to others on the list?
Thanks, Dave
> From: da...@gnsa.us
> Date: Sun, 4 Aug 2013 15:35:45 -0400
> Subject: Re: DATA-DISK not mounted automatically?
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> CC: aemne...@gmail.com
>
> On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 2:49 AM, Indra Pramana <in...@sg.or.id> wrote:
> > Hi Ahmad,
> >
> > I am referring to newly created virtual machines. Not all end users know
> > how to use fdisk and modify fstab. Can I confirm that data-disk not
> > auto-mounted upon VM provisioning is the default behaviour of CloudStack?
> >
>
> That is expected behavior.
> The additional data-disk will not yet be partioned or formatted any
> more than you sliding a new SATA/SAS disk into a machine would be
> formatted or partioned.
>
> Partion and create a filesystem on the disk first and then use the
> native operating system tools to tell it to mount on boot if need be.
>
> --David
