Why disk's actual size is increasing after a live merge operation in RHV

Solution Verified - Updated -

Issue

  • The VM's disk actual size is increasing by 2 GB after a live merge operation.
  • After a backup operation by commvault, the VM disk's actual size got increased by 2 GB.
  • Block storage domain, FC/iSCSI.

Environment

  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.1.
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.2.
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.3.
  • Red Hat Virtualization 4.4.

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