Comment 3 for bug 1288254

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/113863
Committed: https://git.openstack.org/cgit/openstack/cinder/commit/?id=86591a24d48fe19be427b5a8981821fcdb85bb37
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 86591a24d48fe19be427b5a8981821fcdb85bb37
Author: Vipin Balachandran <email address hidden>
Date: Fri Aug 8 18:20:51 2014 +0530

    VMware: Implement retype for VMDK driver

    This patch adds support for retype operation in the VMDK driver.

    The VMDK driver uses the extra spec keys 'vmware:vmdk_type' and
    'vmware:storage_profile' to determine the disk provisioning type
    and storage policy of the backing VM. Currently it is not possible
    to change the disk provisioning type or storage policy after volume
    creation. With retype support, user can change the disk provisioning
    type and storage policy by changing the volume's type to another type
    with extra spec keys set to desired values.

    Closes-Bug: #1275682
    Partial-Bug: #1288254

    Change-Id: If4b868af7b91373b2b36fd5cd2f0dda12d604d99