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

To: s0nspark <s0nspark@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] migrate file-based vm to lvm?
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2009 08:52:04 +0700
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s0nspark wrote:
> Would it be "better" to migrate to separate lvm volumes for each partition?
> Are there advantages to that approach besides easier access from dom0?
>
>   

Easy fs resize : shutdown domU, grow LV, resize fs, startup domU

If you have multiple partitions on the same LV (without LVM on domU)
then resizing is somewhat a pain (you need gparted or something similar).

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Fajar

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