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xen-users
Re: [Xen-users] Expanding a virtual block device
On Mon, May 2, 2011 at 5:07 AM, Vivien Bernet-Rollande
<vivien.bernet-rollande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> in my case the domU resides in a lv at the dom0 too, i've used
>>
>> lvextend instead of vdi-resize
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>> Dom0# lvextend -L +5G /dev/vg_r710/vol_xyz
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>> and followed the remaining steps from this link
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>> http://www.michelem.org/2009/01/16/how-to-resize-a-disk-partition-on-a-xen-guest-linux-host/
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>> at the end used resizefs
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>> DomU# resize2fs /dev/vg_vm/lv_root
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> The solution you are offering requires a reboot of the VM, which I'm trying
> to avoid. I know how to resize a LV and filesystem.
> I want to resize my disk, and have Xen and the domU notice it, without
> having to reboot the domU.
>
> Is this actually possible with Xen ?
i have not tested it but this should work on DomU in the stage of
"reboot domU"
partprobe(8) part of gnuparted.
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/re-read-the-partition-table-without-rebooting-linux-system.html
>
> --
> Vivien Bernet-Rollande
> Systems& Networking Engineer
> Alter Way Hosting
>
>
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