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Re: [Xen-users] Handling virtual disks on Xen

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Handling virtual disks on Xen
From: Andy Burns <lists.xensource.com@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 07 Jul 2008 21:25:18 +0100
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On 07/07/2008 21:18, Augusto Alvarez wrote:

*Is there any way to increase/decrease a guest machine disk after the OS is installed? Can I have a dynamically expanding disk when I create a virtual machine?*

if you use LVM, you can create an LV for each "disk" you want a domU to have, you can then expand the LV and then expand the filesystem iside it (or reduce the filesystem, then reduce the LV)

Unfortunately the last time I checked xen doesn't report the changed LV size "live" to the domU, so you'll need a reboot of the domU.


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