Cannot upload root disc - convert datadisk to root disk

[AlexanderKgr]

ISSUE TYPE

• Bug Report

COMPONENT NAME

Uploading volume cannot be chosen as root disk. It is uploaded as datadisk and after that it is not possible to convert it to root disc

CLOUDSTACK VERSION

4.19.1.1

CONFIGURATION

Ubuntu 22.04 server edition

OS / ENVIRONMENT

Cloudstack 4.19.1.1 installed on ubuntu 22.04 server edition with xcp-ng as hypervisor

SUMMARY

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

Uploading volume cannot be chosen as root disk. It is uploaded as datadisk and after that it is not possible to convert it to root disc

EXPECTED RESULTS

There could be an  option to select type of disc and it could have been uploaded as a root disc type

ACTUAL RESULTS

There is no option to select the type of the disc. Disc is uploaded as datadisk type and it is not possible to attach it to a vm.

[rajujith]

@AlexanderKgr You can upload this file as a template? When you deploy an instance from template it gets copied to the desired ROOT volume.

[AlexanderKgr]

@AlexanderKgr You can upload this file as a template? When you deploy an instance from template it gets copied to the desired ROOT volume.

i don't want to create new instance. i just want to replace the volume. In previous versions of cloudstack it was possible.

[weizhouapache]

@AlexanderKgr
to be frank, I do not think it was possible to upload a volume as root disk, because the Uploaded volume is stored on secondary storage, it is not attached to any vm.

you can try

• attach the new volume to the vm as datadisk
• if the vm is not running, start the vm and then stop it. The Uploaded volume will be copied from secondary storage to same storage pool as the root volume.
• detach the new volume
• detach the ROOT volume of the vm you want to replace
• attach the new volume to the vm as ROOT disk (deviceId=0)