How do I enable TRIM / Discard in a OpenStack KVM instance?

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Issue

  • How do I enable TRIM (Discard) in a OpenStack KVM instance?

  • Mounting a file system with the option discard and running fstrim / results the error: fstrim: /: FITRIM ioctl failed: Operation not supported.

Environment

Red Hat OpenStack Platform (OSP) 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16

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