virsh qemu-monitor-command block_resize not working

Hi List, some version info: ]# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -version QEMU emulator version 4.2.0 (qemu-kvm-4.2.0-48.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e) Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers ]# virsh version Compiled against library: libvirt 6.0.0 Using library: libvirt 6.0.0 Using API: QEMU 6.0.0 Running hypervisor: QEMU 4.2.0 information about block devices for one specific guest: ]# virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp info block libvirt-2-format: /data/kvm/storage/diskimages01/uat-win201202_disk1_C.qcow2 (qcow2) Attached to: /machine/peripheral/virtio-disk0/virtio-backend Cache mode: writeback ide0-0-0: [not inserted] Attached to: ide0-0-0 Removable device: not locked, tray closed But then, when I want to resize the block device, I just cannot seem to find the correct device. I tried all of these: virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize libvirt-2-storage 48G Error: Cannot find device=libvirt-2-storage nor node_name= virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize drive-libvirt-2-storage 48G Error: Cannot find device=drive-libvirt-2-storage nor node_name= virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize virtio-disk0 48G Error: Cannot find device=virtio-disk0 nor node_name= virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize drive-virtio-disk0 48G Error: Cannot find device=drive-virtio-disk0 nor node_name= In a previous qemu version this worked (EL 7). Can someone help me out? Best regards, Arjen Van Drie, Antwerp

On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:10:35AM +0200, arjen-libvirt@gugu.be wrote:
Hi List,
some version info: ]# /usr/libexec/qemu-kvm -version QEMU emulator version 4.2.0 (qemu-kvm-4.2.0-48.module+el8.4.0+534+4680a14e) Copyright (c) 2003-2019 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
]# virsh version Compiled against library: libvirt 6.0.0 Using library: libvirt 6.0.0 Using API: QEMU 6.0.0 Running hypervisor: QEMU 4.2.0
information about block devices for one specific guest: ]# virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp info block libvirt-2-format: /data/kvm/storage/diskimages01/uat-win201202_disk1_C.qcow2 (qcow2) Attached to: /machine/peripheral/virtio-disk0/virtio-backend Cache mode: writeback
ide0-0-0: [not inserted] Attached to: ide0-0-0 Removable device: not locked, tray closed
But then, when I want to resize the block device, I just cannot seem to find the correct device. I tried all of these:
virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize libvirt-2-storage 48G Error: Cannot find device=libvirt-2-storage nor node_name=
virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize drive-libvirt-2-storage 48G Error: Cannot find device=drive-libvirt-2-storage nor node_name=
virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize virtio-disk0 48G Error: Cannot find device=virtio-disk0 nor node_name=
virsh qemu-monitor-command uat-win201202.uat.gugu.be --hmp block_resize drive-virtio-disk0 48G Error: Cannot find device=drive-virtio-disk0 nor node_name=
In a previous qemu version this worked (EL 7). Can someone help me out?
Libvirt has changed the way it configures disks with QEMU to use the modern -blockdev argument. I expect this impacts your usage, but I dont know what the correct naming should be. Ignoring that though, why are you even using qemu-monitor-command in the first place ? Libvirt directly supports live block resizing via the 'virsh blockresize' command Regards, Daniel -- |: https://berrange.com -o- https://www.flickr.com/photos/dberrange :| |: https://libvirt.org -o- https://fstop138.berrange.com :| |: https://entangle-photo.org -o- https://www.instagram.com/dberrange :|

On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:34:22 +0100 Daniel P. Berrangé <berrange@redhat.com> wrote:
On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 10:10:35AM +0200, arjen-libvirt@gugu.be wrote:
Hi List,
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In a previous qemu version this worked (EL 7). Can someone help me out?
Libvirt has changed the way it configures disks with QEMU to use the modern -blockdev argument. I expect this impacts your usage, but I dont know what the correct naming should be.
Ignoring that though, why are you even using qemu-monitor-command in the first place ? Libvirt directly supports live block resizing via the 'virsh blockresize' command
Hah, didn't know that live resizing was implemented in virsh. Great! Thanks, Arjen.
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