RE: [Xen-users] migrate file-based vm to lvm?

["Nick Couchman" <Nick.Couchman@xxxxxxxxx>]

It should work - all you're doing is changing how the host presents the data to the domU, not how the domU O/S sees the data.  So, you're still going to be making the LVM volume xvda or hda in the guest, which means the guest is still going to see the partitions.  Accessing a partitioned LVM volume on dom0 may be a little tricky, but there shouldn't be any problems inside domUs.

-Nick


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From: s0nspark <s0nspark@xxxxxxxxx>
To: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [Xen-users] migrate file-based vm to lvm?
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:09:07 -0800 (PST)

hmm .. I thought of this but I'm not sure how it would work since each image
file contains 2 partitions, a root partition and a swap partition... I seem
to recall perhaps some mention of kpartx coming into play... but my memory
is foggy on the details...


If I am thinking correct here you could dd it to an lvm partition?

Can anyone confirm? I have yet to try this as I find it easier to manage
corporate vm structure using image files (better across the network).

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