Hi I am wondering is there an easy way to configure domU (vm) quickly, atm we are using eg LV (Logical Volumes) to storge root, var and swap for VM and then using disk = [ ''phy:vg/myvmdisk1,sda1,w'', ... ,... ] to launch it. We takes the tar gunzip of file system of root, var of currently running vm and when need arrives we just have to created LVs and untar the achieves and launch the new vm with very little changes. Only one problem in this approach is that we get little outdated vm which need to update using ''yum''. So is there a way to start new vm fast and using currently updated running vm file system? Thanks. Askar.
Asrai, I build from my own mirror of fedora/rhel installation source using kickstart files... I can build a new domU in about 15 minutes with a tight package selection based on the server task. You could also look at http://xen-tools.org/index.html Rob Asrai khn wrote:> Hi I am wondering is there an easy way to configure domU (vm) quickly, > atm we are using eg LV (Logical Volumes) to storge root, var and swap > for VM and then using > > disk = [ ''phy:vg/myvmdisk1,sda1,w'', ... ,... ] to launch it. > > We takes the tar gunzip of file system of root, var of currently > running vm and when need arrives we just have to created LVs and > untar the achieves and launch the new vm with very little changes. > > Only one problem in this approach is that we get little outdated vm > which need to update using ''yum''. So is there a way to start new vm > fast and using currently updated running vm file system? > > Thanks. Askar. > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen >
On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 14:02 +0100, Rob Dyke wrote:> Asrai, > > I build from my own mirror of fedora/rhel installation source using > kickstart files... I can build a new domU in about 15 minutes with a > tight package selection based on the server task. > > You could also look at http://xen-tools.org/index.htmlHave you looking into Cobbler for remote provisioning? http://cobbler.et.redhat.com> > Rob > > Asrai khn wrote: > > Hi I am wondering is there an easy way to configure domU (vm) quickly, > > atm we are using eg LV (Logical Volumes) to storge root, var and swap > > for VM and then using > > > > disk = [ ''phy:vg/myvmdisk1,sda1,w'', ... ,... ] to launch it. > > > > We takes the tar gunzip of file system of root, var of currently > > running vm and when need arrives we just have to created LVs and > > untar the achieves and launch the new vm with very little changes. > > > > Only one problem in this approach is that we get little outdated vm > > which need to update using ''yum''. So is there a way to start new vm > > fast and using currently updated running vm file system? > > > > Thanks. Askar. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > Fedora-xen mailing list > > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen > > > > -- > Fedora-xen mailing list > Fedora-xen@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
I had previously... and now I look again (new shiny website) "Whether you run a large datacenter, a campus lab, or just have a handfull of machines on a home network, cobbler can help you perform installations and updates faster." I have 10 virtual machines over two physical machines.... no shared storage (yet), nothing clustered, all manually created and managed. I think that I can do everything I need to with virt-manager, kickstart... I''ve been reading around the website - cobbler and koan will clearly meet Asrai''s needs rob Andrew Cathrow wrote:> On Wed, 2007-07-18 at 14:02 +0100, Rob Dyke wrote: >> Asrai, >> >> I build from my own mirror of fedora/rhel installation source using >> kickstart files... I can build a new domU in about 15 minutes with a >> tight package selection based on the server task. >> >> You could also look at http://xen-tools.org/index.html >> > > Have you looking into Cobbler for remote provisioning? > > http://cobbler.et.redhat.com <http://cobbler.et.redhat.com/> > >> Rob >> >> Asrai khn wrote: >> > Hi I am wondering is there an easy way to configure domU (vm) quickly, >> > atm we are using eg LV (Logical Volumes) to storge root, var and swap >> > for VM and then using >> > >> > disk = [ ''phy:vg/myvmdisk1,sda1,w'', ... ,... ] to launch it. >> > >> > We takes the tar gunzip of file system of root, var of currently >> > running vm and when need arrives we just have to created LVs and >> > untar the achieves and launch the new vm with very little changes. >> > >> > Only one problem in this approach is that we get little outdated vm >> > which need to update using ''yum''. So is there a way to start new vm >> > fast and using currently updated running vm file system? >> > >> > Thanks. Askar. >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> > >> > -- >> > Fedora-xen mailing list >> > Fedora-xen@redhat.com <mailto:Fedora-xen@redhat.com> >> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen >> > >> >> -- >> Fedora-xen mailing list >> Fedora-xen@redhat.com <mailto:Fedora-xen@redhat.com> >> https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen >>