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vagrant.cap.configure_disks.recovery_from_resize

Error message

vagrant.cap.configure_disks.recovery_from_resize

What it means

Error "vagrant.cap.configure_disks.recovery_from_resize" thrown in hashicorp/vagrant.

Source

Thrown at plugins/providers/virtualbox/cap/configure_disks.rb:375

              machine.provider.driver.remove_disk(controller.name, defined_disk[:port], defined_disk[:device])
              # Create a backup of the original disk if something goes wrong
              LOGGER.warn("Making a backup of the original disk at #{defined_disk[:location]}")
              FileUtils.mv(defined_disk[:location], backup_disk_location)

              # we have to close here, otherwise we can't re-clone after
              # resizing the vdi disk
              machine.provider.driver.close_medium(defined_disk[:uuid])

              # clone back to original vmdk format and attach resized disk
              vmdk_disk_file = machine.provider.driver.vdi_to_vmdk(vdi_disk_file)
              machine.provider.driver.attach_disk(controller.name,
                                                  defined_disk[:port],
                                                  defined_disk[:device],
                                                  "hdd",
                                                  vmdk_disk_file)
            rescue ScriptError, SignalException, StandardError
              LOGGER.warn("Vagrant encountered an error while trying to resize a disk. Vagrant will now attempt to reattach and preserve the original disk...")
              machine.ui.error(I18n.t("vagrant.cap.configure_disks.recovery_from_resize",
                                      location: original_disk[:location],
                                      name: machine.name))
              recover_from_resize(machine, defined_disk, backup_disk_location, original_disk, vdi_disk_file, controller)
              raise
            ensure
              # Remove backup disk file if all goes well
              FileUtils.remove(backup_disk_location, force: true)
            end

            # Remove cloned resized volume format
            machine.provider.driver.close_medium(vdi_disk_file)

            # Get new updated disk UUID for vagrant disk_meta file
            storage_controllers = machine.provider.driver.read_storage_controllers
            updated_controller = storage_controllers.get_controller(controller.name)
            new_disk_info = updated_controller.attachments.detect { |h| h[:location] == defined_disk[:location] }

            defined_disk = new_disk_info

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When it happens

Trigger: Thrown at plugins/providers/virtualbox/cap/configure_disks.rb:375 when the library encounters an invalid state.

Common situations: See trigger scenarios.

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