Re: [Wg-test-framework] Minutes: AllNet Sync Meeting Jan 28th [and 1 more messages]

["Paul L. George" <pgeorge@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> On Jan 28, 2015, at 11:44 AM, Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> Lars Kurth writes ("[Wg-test-framework] Minutes: AllNet Sync Meeting Jan 
> 28th"):
>> == BIOS ==
> ...
>> * Ian: doesn t think that the next version of Debian will help. Suspect that
>> there are Debian images that may help. If Paul can t find them, then
>> send Ian line
> 
> This was about the Dell machines which (we think) need the bnx2
> firmware, not about the AMD machine whose BIOS we are having
> difficulty getting serial access to.
> 

Yes the dell systems are the ones we wee talking about.


>> == Earthlink Contact Point ==
>> 
>> Should have a Xen Project email alias for communications
> 
> I have created the alias, but it will take up to I think maybe 12h for
> our outsourced spamfilter to permit this address.  I will test it
> tomorrow.
> 
>> == Don Koch had some questions ==
> ...
>> Ian: Should I create a DNS alias? Log & SSH alias
> 
> I have created
> 
> newcastle.test-lab      IN A    205.237.98.146
> gateshead.test-lab      IN A    205.237.98.147
> 
> (earlier) and
> 
> logs.test-lab   300     IN CNAME newcastle.test-lab
> ssh.test-lab    300     IN CNAME newcastle.test-lab
> 
> (today), in both xen.org and xenproject.org.
> 
>> Don: Wants to copy logical volumes takes foprever. QCow takes care
>> of the holes and takes faster. Images set up on LVM
> ...
>> Ian: I would normally use LVM snapshot, mount snapshot in Dom0 and use rsync
> ...
>> ACTION: Ian to send Don info with suggested approach
> 
> So, something like
> 
>  # assumes vm is running on newcastle and we are to overwrite gateshead
>  gateshead# mount /dev/vg1/www /mnt
> 
>  newcastle# lvcreate -n www-snap -s /dev/vg1/www
>  newcastle# mount -r /dev/vg1/www-snap /mnt
>  newcastle# rsync -aH --numeric-ids --delete /mnt/. root@gateshead:/mnt/.
> 
> Thanks,
> Ian.

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