RE: [Xen-users] Installing a VM on a NFS

["Jeroen Torrekens" <jeroen.torrekens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ivan Gonzalez
Sent: maandag 18 februari 2008 16:43
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Xen-users] Installing a VM on a NFS

Hello everyone.

I'm new on xen and i wanted to install a vm on a NFS

but i don't have any idea of how to do that, could

anyone tell me about a how to or something to help me

here.

I was trying to do it via virt-install:

[root@localhost ~]# virt-install

What is the name of your virtual machine? prueba01

 How much RAM should be allocated (in megabytes)? 512

 What would you like to use as the disk (path)?

10.9.33.210:/VMS

 How large would you like the disk (10.9.33.210:/VMS)

to be (in gigabytes)? 5

 Would you like to enable graphics support? (yes or

no) yes

 What is the install location?

/root/build/c5-custom.iso

 

Starting install...

Creating storage file...  100%

|=========================| 5.0 GB    00:00    

Traceback (most recent call last):

  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 633, in ?

    main()

  File "/usr/sbin/virt-install", line 578, in main

    dom = guest.start_install(conscb,progresscb)

  File

"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",

line 649, in start_install

    return self._do_install(consolecb, meter)

  File

"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",

line 662, in _do_install

    self._create_devices(meter)

  File

"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",

line 557, in _create_devices

    disk.setup(progresscb)

  File

"/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/virtinst/Guest.py",

line 104, in setup

    fd = os.open(self.path, os.O_WRONLY | os.O_CREAT)

OSError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory:

'/root/10.9.33.210:/VMS'

my fstab looks like this:

LABEL=/                 /                       ext3 

 defaults        1 1

tmpfs                   /dev/shm                tmpfs

 defaults        0 0

devpts                  /dev/pts                devpts

 gid=5,mode=620  0 0

sysfs                   /sys                    sysfs

 defaults        0 0

proc                    /proc                   proc 

 defaults        0 0

LABEL=SWAP-sda2         swap                    swap 

 defaults        0 0

#/dev/sda3              /Virtual                ext3 

 defaults        1 2

10.9.33.210:/VMS        /mnt/maquinasvirtuales  nfs  

 defaults        0 0

I appreciate your help.

Thanks

Ivan.

Hi there,

You should point the install path to /mnt/maquinasvirtuales instead of 10.9.33.210:/VMS

Cheers,

Jeroen

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