Re: Using VBox created VMDK

Joseph Mocker
2009-02-03T18:40:33Z

Thanks Mark, for verifying syntax. Seems like that was my problem.

Now onto attempting to import a zpool from the device. ZFS is not happy
about doing so, weird.

My real goal is to try to build a virtual machine with VirtualBox, and
deploy and start it as an xVM Domain. Should this be possible?

And then, really what I want to do is copy the vdi or vmdk image to an
iSCSI LUN. I''m guessing a simple dd would not work.

  --joe

Mark Johnson wrote:
>
>
> Joseph Mocker wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I can''t get this to work. I tried lots of permutations of
virsh
>> attach-disk and xm block-attach but neither resulted in attaching a
>> disk the domain that it would recognize. Format would always show,
>> something to the effect of
>>
>>    AVAILABLE DISK SELECTIONS:
>>       0. c3d3 <drive type unknown>
>>          /xpvd/xdf@3
>>       1. c3t0d0 <DEFAULT cyl 12531 alt 0 hd 255 sec 63>
>>          /xpvd/xdf@51712
>
> Is this a PV or HVM guest?
>
>
>
>> I as attempting to attach a sparse vdi image of Nevada 105 I just
>> installed through Virtual Box this morning. Dom0 is running 105 as
>> well. I tried
>>
>>    xm block-attach dse:odevtst-1 /export/home/mock/Nevada105.vdi 3 w
>
> This one is wrong. Should be
>    xm block-attach dse:odevtst-1
> tap:vdisk:/export/home/mock/Nevada105.vdi 3 w
>
>
>>    xm block-attach dse:odevtst-1 /export/home/mock/test-vdi 3 w
>
> See above.
>
>
>>    virsh attach-disk dse:odevtst-1 /export/home/mock/Nevada105.vdi
>> hdb --driver tap --subdriver vdisk
>>    virsh attach-disk dse:odevtst-1 /export/home/mock/test-vdi hdb
>> --driver tap --subdriver vdisk
>
>
> These should have worked..  Can you look at /var/log/xen/xpvd-* towards
> the end of the log and see if you see any "ERROR" message from
tap?
>
> also, do a "ps -ef | grep vdisk" to see if the tap application
> is running.
>
>
>
>
>> I even tried using vdiskadm create to create an image and then copy
>> my vdi over the existing vdi file.
>
> Don''t need to do this. What you did should work.. I have
> done it a bunch of times.
>
>
>
> MRJ
>
>
>
>
>> I did scp the image from another system, but the file size is the
>> same so I wouldn''t think that it would be a problem.
>>
>> Thoughts?
>>
>>  --joe
>>
>> Mark Johnson wrote:
>>> Arik Fishbein wrote:
>>>
>>>> I was wondering if it''s possible to create guest using
existing
>>>> VirtualBox created image. Which version of OpenSolaris supports
VDI
>>>> format?
>>>> Arik.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes.  vdi support was integrated in b101. See the
>>> following for more info..
>>>
>>>    http://opensolaris.org/jive/message.jspa?messageID=299626
>>>
>>> In b102, you can reference a vdi file directly..
>>> e.g..
>>>
>>>    xm block-attach snv105 tap:vdisk:/tank/guests/nevada/disk3.vdi 3
w
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> MRJ
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Mark Johnson wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Arik Fishbein wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi. I wonder whether it''s possible to use VMDK
file cloned from
>>>>>> VirtualBox''s VDI file as an image file.
>>>>>>
>>>>> Yes.. You can also just use the vdi file. What
>>>>> exactly are you trying to do and we can tell
>>>>> you the best way to do it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> MRJ
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Thanks, Arik.
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