Re: [Xen-users] Making system templates

["Olivier B." <xen.list@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

about LVM : one the big advantages of LVM is the resize... "lvresize" on 
Dom0, then (for ext3/ext4) resize2fs in DomU.
Olivier

Jeff Williams a écrit :
> Hi,
>
> I am wanting to set up a bunch of system templates for my Xen servers, 
> to save me from running some standard package installs and 
> configuration. I can see 4 alternatives, but all seem to have issues 
> and I'm wondering what works in practice:
> 1) LVM snapshot
>
> Problem with this is that I don't see any way to change the disk size 
> of the new disk ever. Fast though.
> 2) New device and block level copy (dd)
>
> Seems to work fine, but the disk needs to be repartitioned and 
> filesystem resized for bigger disks on the new guest. Takes a while.
> 3) New device and file level copy (cpio)
>
> Can completely change the partition scheme and filesystem. Complex to 
> do from dom0. Slow.
> 4) virt-clone?
>
> I couldn't get this to work at all. Either the domU was running and I 
> got "ERROR    Domain status must be SHUTOFF" or the domU was shutdown 
> and I got "ERROR    Domain test is not found".
> Regards,
> Jeff
>
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