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Re: [Xen-users] LVM backed domu with lvm inside

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Subject: Re: [Xen-users] LVM backed domu with lvm inside
From: "Fajar A. Nugraha" <fajar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 09:07:38 +0700
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Wayne Mallett wrote:
At the time I thought it sounded like a good idea, but I've long since reverted to a saner approach for my custom built XEN environment.

I think the RedHat distributed XEN works along a similar path to what you are trying to achieve.
Yes, RH's Xen installs LVM on domU by default when using virt-manager. The problem with this approach is when domU's storage is also located on dom0's LV. This makes it very difficult (if not impossible) to mount domU's storage on dom0 (for example, when troubleshooting is needed).

In my setup I ended up creating domUs manually (using a template .tar.gz), mapping an LV on dom0 to (h/s/xv)da1 for root and (h/s/xv)da2 for swap on domU. It's easier to manage this way.

Regards,

Fajar


Regards,

Wayne

On 16/01/2008, at 11:17 AM, jonr@xxxxxxxxxx wrote:

Hello,

I have a xen box that has a lvm for each of the domU's. I would like to be able to create a vg inside of my domu and put the individual filesystems of the domU on the lv's inside the vg on the domU.



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