The real size of an resized block device is not reflected to the guest OS until the guest is shutdown.
Issue
- A block device which is attached to a guest if resized, the new size is not seen by the guest OS.
- Guest OS can correctly see the new size of an attached device if the guest is shutdown and started again.
- Reboot of the guest does not show the new size.
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux(RHEL) 6.2
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