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Re: [Xen-users] Backup running Windows machines - redundancy

To: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <list@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Backup running Windows machines - redundancy
From: Mike Sun <msun@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 10:38:30 -0500
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Hi Fajar,

> domU will use zvol as a block device (instead of the usual LVM or
> partition).
> The zvol can be on the on the dom0 (if you're "brave" enough to use
> zfsonlinux) or iscsi-imported from the storage server (which can run any OS
> that officially support zfs).

I've worked with ZFS a bit, but I'm confused as to how you would use
it in this case.  How do you go from creating a ZFS volume to using it
as a raw block device?

Mike

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