[Doc] ceph-common package requirement on KVM hosts, to get the physical size of the snapshots for the volumes on ceph primary storage

sureshanaparti · sureshanaparti · commit a3412b8f5af4 · 2026-01-30T11:57:34.000+05:30
diff --git a/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst b/source/installguide/hypervisor/kvm.rst
@@ -1644,6 +1644,9 @@ In order to be able to perform Volume Snapshots on CentOS 6.x (greater than 6.4)
 replace your version of qemu-img with one which has been patched to include the '-s'
 switch.
 
+CloudStack uses rbd cmd to get the physical size of the snapshots for the volumes on ceph
+primary storage. This requires ceph-common package to be installed on the KVM hosts. If it
+is not installed, the allocated size is used for the physical size.
 
 Live Migration
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
