Introduce --hotplug-if-possible option

[ganeti-local] / man / gnt-instance.rst

diff --git a/man/gnt-instance.rst b/man/gnt-instance.rst
index c854e35..4f296dc 100644 (file)
--- a/man/gnt-instance.rst
+++ b/man/gnt-instance.rst
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ MODIFY
 | [\--submit]
 | [\--ignore-ipolicy]
 | [\--hotplug]
+| [\--hotplug-if-possible]
 | {*instance*}
 
 Modifies the memory size, number of vcpus, ip address, MAC address
@@ -1189,6 +1190,11 @@ effect without the need of actual reboot. Please note that this feature
 is currently supported only for KVM hypervisor and for versions greater
 than 1.0.
 
+If ``--hotplug-if-possible`` is given then ganeti won't abort in case
+hotplug is not supported. It will continue execution and modification
+will take place after reboot. This covers use cases where instances are
+not running or hypervisor is not KVM.
+
 See **ganeti**\(7) for a description of ``--submit`` and other common
 options.