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[Gary Kotton <1304593@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Public bug reported:

When an instance has 0 root disk size an extra image is created on the
datastore (uuid.0.vmdk that is identical to uuid.vmdk). This is only in
the case of a linked clone image and waists space on the datastore. The
original image that is cached can be used.

** Affects: nova
     Importance: High
     Assignee: Gary Kotton (garyk)
         Status: In Progress


** Tags: icehouse-backport-potential vmware

** Changed in: nova
     Assignee: (unassigned) => Gary Kotton (garyk)

** Changed in: nova
    Milestone: None => juno-1

** Changed in: nova
   Importance: Undecided => High

** Tags added: icehouse-backport-potential vmware

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Title:
  VMware: waiste of disk datastore when root disk size of instance is 0

Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova):
  In Progress

Bug description:
  When an instance has 0 root disk size an extra image is created on the
  datastore (uuid.0.vmdk that is identical to uuid.vmdk). This is only
  in the case of a linked clone image and waists space on the datastore.
  The original image that is cached can be used.

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