Re: [Xen-users] create a guest with tar

To:	"Steve Kemp" <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject:	Re: [Xen-users] create a guest with tar
From:	"Matt Richardson" <shortpath@xxxxxxxxx>
Date:	Thu, 21 Dec 2006 10:32:13 -0800
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On 12/21/06, Steve Kemp <steve@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Thu, Dec 21, 2006 at 10:15:57AM -0800, Matt Richardson wrote:

> Is it possible to tar an existing installation running on it's own box
> so that I can create a DomU from the tarball?

  Mostly yes.

> I see that one of the
> options in xen-tools is to create from a tarball, but I'm having
> difficulty finding out what options should be used, directories to be
> excluded (/dev, /proc, /sys, any others?), and other gotchas.

  Take any working Xen guest (domU) and tar it exluding only /proc,
 /sys, and /dev.  The latter directory is created when you install
 from the tarball - the former two are transient.)

Steve
--


You guys are fast.

OK, I'm thinking about tarring up my apache server (which is running
on it's own box) and then using that as the tarball to install a guest
domain from.  That'll save some time and tedious transfers.

--
Matt

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