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[Xen-users] Re: Live migration not permanent?

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Subject: [Xen-users] Re: Live migration not permanent?
From: Aleksandar Ivanisevic <aleksandar@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 May 2008 11:06:59 +0200
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John Haxby <john.haxby@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Rudi Ahlers wrote:
>> So, how does one move a domU from one physical server to another
>> physical server if there's no shared storage in between?
>>
>
> Shut down or save the domU; copy the config and vbd files to the other
> server; start or restore the domU.
>
> Takes a while if the disks are large :-(

I'm under the impression that one has also to copy over corresponding
files from /var/lib/xen/boot_kernel* and boot_ramdisk*, otherwise domU
won't reboot on the new dom0, but I still have to test this more
systematically.

-- 
To sto si frustriran, zavidan tko zna na cemu i sto ne vidis dalje od
svoje guzice je tuzno. Da onda barem imas toliko samokontrole da
sutis umjesto da pravis budalu od sebe... izgleda da si prestar da se
promjenis na bolje. - Davor Pasaric, hr.comp.mac


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