RE: [Xen-users] Convert physical server to VM

["Ian Tobin" <itobin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

And what about converting Windows physical hosts to VMs :)



-----Original Message-----
From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
[mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Patino Gómez
Sent: 23 August 2007 12:05
To: Simon Gao
Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Convert physical server to VM

Hi,

rsync works great on production enviroments, I had paravirtualized some 
servers with these method:

rsync -ave ssh --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/dev (if you are 
using udev) root@runingserver:/  /mnt/newserverimage/

after this:

mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/proc

mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/sys

mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/dev

review your fstab, and copy the kernel modules:

cp -pr /lib/modules/2.6.16-xenU /mnt/newserverimages/lib/modules/

more or less .... this is the way

Also I have full virtualitzed some old GNU/Linux boxes with kernels 2.4, 
I used GNU/Linux live CD on the old box and dd utility:


dd if=/dev/hda | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/bin/dd 
of=/dev/vg00/newvserver"

I hope it will be helpfull


Marc

Simon Gao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone has any suggestions on programs, utility or instructions on how
> to convert a physical server to domU VM?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
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