Parallels vm.provider creating duplicate disks when using --device-add
lonedevel opened this issue · comments
I'm trying to create multi-node environment for distributed database testing. The database can run on multiple VMs and I'm trying to configure each with a separate separate disk and mount point for the database content.
In my Vagrantfile I'm only calling the provider.customize option once, yet I see 2 new SATA hdd definitions in each VM configuration that have the same size (128GB). I attached debug output log from the vagrant up command.
Here is the Vagrantfile:
Vagrant.configure("2") do |config|
config.vm.box = "bento/ubuntu-18.04"
config.vm.provider "parallels" do |prl|
prl.update_guest_tools = true
prl.memory = "8192"
prl.customize ["set", :id, "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
end
(1..3).each do |i|
node_num = i.to_s.rjust(2, '0')
node_name = "mynode-#{node_num}"
config.vm.define "#{node_name}" do |node|
node.vm.hostname = "#{node_name}"
node.vm.provider "parallels" do |prl|
prl.name = "#{node_name}"
end
node.vm.provision "shell", inline: <<-SHELL
apt-get update -y
SHELL
end
end
end
Here is the VM Configuration.
prlctl list --info mynode-01
INFO
ID: {5745b6ac-58f2-4a25-8b47-7ce9e06584d1}
Name: mynode-01
Description:
Type: VM
State: running
OS: ubuntu
Template: no
Uptime: 00:20:21 (since 2022-01-05 21:35:52)
Home path: /Volumes/Vela/Parallels/mynode-01.pvm/config.pvs
Home: /Volumes/Vela/Parallels/mynode-01.pvm/
GuestTools: state=installed version=17.1.1-51537
Mouse and Keyboard:
Smart mouse optimized for games: auto
Sticky mouse: off
Smooth scrolling: off
Keyboard optimization mode: auto
USB and Bluetooth:
Automatic sharing cameras: off
Automatic sharing bluetooth: off
Automatic sharing smart cards: off
Support USB 3.0: on
Startup and Shutdown:
Autostart: off
Autostart delay: 0
Autostop: suspend
Startup view: headless
On shutdown: close
On window close: keep-running
Pause idle: off
Undo disks: off
Optimization:
Faster virtual machine: on
Hypervisor type: apple
Adaptive hypervisor: off
Disabled Windows logo: on
Auto compress virtual disks: off
Nested virtualization: off
PMU virtualization: off
Longer battery life: on
Show battery status: on
Resource quota: unlimited
Travel mode:
Enter condition: never
Enter threshold: 30
Quit condition: never
Security:
Encrypted: no
TPM enabled: no
TPM type: off
Custom password protection: off
Configuration is locked: off
Protected: no
Archived: no
Smart Guard: (-)
Modality:
Opacity (percentage): 50
Stay on top: on
Show on all spaces : on
Capture mouse clicks: on
Fullscreen:
Use all displays: off
Activate spaces on click: on
Optimize for games: off
Gamma control: on
Scale view mode: auto
Coherence:
Show Windows systray in Mac menu: on
Auto-switch to full screen: on
Disable aero: off
Hide minimized windows: off
Time Synchronization: (+)
Smart mode: off
Interval (in seconds): 60
Timezone synchronization disabled: on
Expiration: (-)
Boot order: hdd0 cdrom0 net0 hdd1 hdd2
BIOS type: legacy
Allow select boot device: off
External boot device:
SMBIOS settings:
BIOS Version:
System serial number:
Board Manufacturer:
Hardware:
cpu cpus=2 auto=off VT-x accl=high mode=64 type=x86
memory size=8192Mb auto=off
video adapter-type=virtio size=64Mb 3d-acceleration=highest vertical-sync=on high-resolution=off high-resolution-in-guest=on native-scaling-in-guest=off automatic-video-memory=on
memory_quota auto=yes
hdd0 (+) sata:0 image='/Volumes/Vela/Parallels/mynode-01.pvm/harddisk1.hdd' type='expanded' 65536Mb online-compact=off
hdd1 (+) sata:2 image='/Volumes/Vela/Parallels/mynode-01.pvm/harddisk2.hdd' type='expanded' 131072Mb online-compact=off
hdd2 (+) sata:3 image='/Volumes/Vela/Parallels/mynode-01.pvm/harddisk3.hdd' type='expanded' 131072Mb online-compact=off
cdrom0 (+) sata:1 image='' state=disconnected
usb (+)
net0 (+) type=shared mac=001C42438844 card=virtio
sound0 (+) output='Default' mixer='Default'
Host Shared Folders: (-)
vagrant (+) path='/Users/rmichaud/Development/multinode' mode='rw'
Host defined sharing: Off
Shared Profile: (-)
Shared Applications: (+)
Host-to-guest apps sharing: off
Guest-to-host apps sharing: off
Show guest apps folder in Dock: off
Show guest notifications: on
Bounce dock icon when app flashes: on
SmartMount: (-)
Miscellaneous Sharing:
Shared clipboard: on
Shared cloud: off
Advanced:
VM hostname synchronization: off
Public SSH keys synchronization: off
Show developer tools: off
Swipe from edges: off
Share host location: on
Grepping the debug.log for the specific prlctl command yields:
grep "\"--device-add\", \"hdd\"" debug.log
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "8155c51a-b7ea-462a-9031-1c7918485e1e", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "815f609e-93f8-4bc3-b415-3e5b1a5c0bed", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "5745b6ac-58f2-4a25-8b47-7ce9e06584d1", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "8155c51a-b7ea-462a-9031-1c7918485e1e", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "815f609e-93f8-4bc3-b415-3e5b1a5c0bed", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
INFO subprocess: Starting process: ["/usr/local/bin/prlctl", "set", "5745b6ac-58f2-4a25-8b47-7ce9e06584d1", "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]
Hi @lonedevel ,
Sorry for a late reply. The disk is added twice because the VM is getting rebooted during the initial vagrant up run (due to prl.update_guest_tools = true ) and you have a configuration which makes prl.customize command to run on every boot:
prl.customize ["set", :id, "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]^ This is a default behavior. In your case you definitely need to run it only once, after the VM is created, so please add "post-import" to that line :
prl.customize "post-import" ["set", :id, "--device-add", "hdd", "--size", "128G"]See more details in docs: https://parallels.github.io/vagrant-parallels/docs/configuration.html
Thank you @legal90! Much appreciated!