Re: [Xen-users] Expanding a virtual block device

[Vivien Bernet-Rollande <vivien.bernet-rollande@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

in my case the domU resides in a lv at the dom0 too, i've used
> lvextend instead of  vdi-resize
>
>   Dom0#  lvextend -L +5G /dev/vg_r710/vol_xyz
>
> and followed the remaining steps from this link
>
> http://www.michelem.org/2009/01/16/how-to-resize-a-disk-partition-on-a-xen-guest-linux-host/
>
> at the end  used  resizefs
>
> DomU# resize2fs /dev/vg_vm/lv_root
The solution you are offering requires a reboot of the VM, which I'm 
trying to avoid. I know how to resize a LV and filesystem.
I want to resize my disk, and have Xen and the domU notice it, without 
having to reboot the domU.
Is this actually possible with Xen ?

--
Vivien Bernet-Rollande
Systems&  Networking Engineer
Alter Way Hosting


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