Re: [Xen-users] creating and virtualizing images

["Todd Deshane" <deshantm@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jan 30, 2008 3:21 AM, davefury <david.corral@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hello, I'm thinking about virtualizing an existing Debian Etch which has been offering services for quite a long time, to a xen domu, so I place another pack of services on that physical machine. I guess it should be possible, but let me ask anyway. Would be possible to do an image of that old Debian Etch server, and use it as a domu easily? I'd like to do this so I don't have to install and setup again all the services on a new domu. Thanks in advance and sorry for newbie questions, I'm new in this world.

Physical to Virtual (P2V) conversion is in fact possible. There is automatic support in the XenServer product from Citrix. You can do it manually, and this is pretty straight forward, you just need to make the system or partition available as a domU and make the necessary modification in terms of /etc/fstab, kernel, modules, etc. So easily is a relative term, so if you have decent Linux skills and get the basic Xen concepts you should be able to do it.

There has been a reasonable amount of discussion of XenServer vs. open source Xen on this list over the last week or two.

 

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