Re: [Xen-users] xen-on-xen

[Simon Hobson <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

James Harper wrote:

> I use a xen box to do test restores of customer backups to validate that
> the backed up data is actually enough to rebuild their servers from.
> This works really really well for restoring one or more physical
> machines and a workstation or two.
>
> We now have a few customers actually using xen on their own networks, so
> I am now faced with a new problem of how best to restore them...
>
> Being able to run Xen on top of Xen would solve that... is there a way?
No

> Or any other suggestions?
You'll need a dedicated box for recovery testing - recover their Xen 
Dom-0, then recover their DomU.
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