Re: [Xen-users] Resize domU block device?

[Ralf Müller <ralf@xxxxxxxx>]

Am 23.11.2007 um 19:40 schrieb Andy Smith:

> On Mon, Nov 19, 2007 at 06:23:02PM +0100, Ralf Müller wrote:
> > The day before I tested to do "lvresize -L+20G" on a logical volume
> > given to a domU and do a "xfs_growfs" of this volume inside the domU
> > it belongs to. It didn't notice that until I rebooted the domU.
> > Thatswhy I asked here. Is this a new feature which is not in my  
> > Xen 3.1?
> Not that I am aware of.  It simply does not work, despite the many
> people who will claim it does without actually trying it.
Thanks for that answer. I felt e bit stupid as the one who isn't able
to this, under all the ones who told me it is no problem at all.

> If it is not the domU's root fs then you can unmount it in the domU,
> from dom0 detach the block device, then re-attach the block device
> again and the domU will see the new size.  Obviously not possible if
> this is the domU's root fs.
Uiii - hardcore solution. Near to no way to do this automatically. So
I will have to stick with the reboot solution for a while ...

Thanks a lot
Ralf
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