Fwd: [Xen-users] existing linux install and xen

[Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro <thiagocmartinsc@xxxxxxxxx>]

forwarding to the list again!

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From: Thiago Camargo Martins Cordeiro <thiagocmartinsc@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: 2008/12/18
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] existing linux install and xen
To: Brian Krusic <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>


Hi!

 I use a Ubuntu Desktop LiveCD every time I need to do this task...

1) Boot the LiveCD on your server to convert it;
2) mount the root file system of your server on /mnt;
3) run "cat /mnt/etc/fstab" to see others partitions;
4) mount /usr, /var, /home, etc, of your server under /mnt;
5) Use nfs-kernel-server package to export ALL mounted filesystens to your Hypervisor;

6) On your Hypervisor, create your new virtual hard disc of your domU (I use LVM2);
7) mount your new empty partitions under, for example, new root on /target, /target/usr, /target/home (on dom0);
8) still on dom0, do "mkdir /source";
9) mount your exported dirs by the LiveCD under /source, /source/usr, /source/bleh...;
10) now, copy all files from /source to /target with: "cd /source; cp -a * /target".

 Before boot your new virtualized server, you must copy the kernel modules, do:

cp /lib/modules/`uname -r` /target/lib/modules

 Configure xen console...
 Configure your /etc/xen/domU.cfg, etc... and boot it!

I hope help!

Thiago

2008/12/18 Brian Krusic <brian@xxxxxxxxxx>

Hi all,

What's the best way to take an already running linux install and either paravirtualize or fully virtualize it?

I've got a linux box that has too many custom installs, etc... that would take forever to redo.

My goal would be to move it to the hypervisor machine thats running a few guests.

- Brian




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