[Openstack] Using nova-volumes openstack LVM group for other pourposes

Eric Windisch eric at cloudscaling.com
Wed Oct 24 19:13:34 UTC 2012



On Wednesday, October 24, 2012 at 14:56 PM, Daniel Vázquez wrote:

> Hi here!
>  
> Can we create and use news logical volumes for own/custom use(out of
> openstack) on nova-volumes openstack LVM group, and use it beside
> openstack operational?
> IMO it's LVM and no problem, but it has openstack collateral consequences?
>  
>  
>  

I generally advise not to do this due to potential security concerns.

In practice, your concerns will be with deleting manually created volumes and creating volumes that match the pattern set in the nova-volumes/cinder configuration.

Regards,
Eric Windisch

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