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Re: [Xen-users] Mounting domU filesystem on Dom0. (xm mount) 
| I have raised this thing many times in myriad different ways, and to me, 
Xen still seem to lack the ability to access the domUs in a proper 
manner so as to allow mass management of the domUs, and one of the 
important things here is backup. If you have to manage 1000 domUs across 
50-60 machines, then it would be essential to be able to take backup of 
the entire system.
 
Why not use LVM snapshots? I use snapshot feature to backup domU's from 
dom0 and I am very satisfied. 
 This actually can be achieved even on normal Xen system, by running an 
nfs daemon and exporting the '/' to the dom0, which can then be mounted 
and backedup, like any live system.
 
And why not use it?
You can also use shared filesystems like GFS or OCFS2.
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