Hello, The directory /var/lib/xen/save has begun to store some files corresponding to our domains. It takes a big proportion of my partition and has already caused some problems. Is it safe to delete its content ? Thanks, -- Mikael Kermorgant _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Bjoern Metzdorf
2007-Jul-20 12:24 UTC
Re: [Xen-users] /var/lib/xen/save fills my partition
Mikael Kermorgant wrote: > Hello, > > The directory /var/lib/xen/save has begun to store some files > corresponding to our domains. > It takes a big proportion of my partition and has already caused some > problems. > > Is it safe to delete its content ? Should be, yes. Try this in /etc/default/xendomains (on Debian): ## Type: string ## Default: /var/lib/xen/save # # Directory to save running domains to when the system (dom0) is # shut down. Will also be used to restore domains from if # XENDOMAINS_RESTORE # is set (see below). Leave empty to disable domain saving on shutdown # (e.g. because you rather shut domains down). # If domain saving does succeed, SHUTDOWN will not be executed. # #XENDOMAINS_SAVE=/var/lib/xen/save XENDOMAINS_SAVE="" Regards _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 03:21:03PM +0300, Mikael Kermorgant wrote:> Hello, > > The directory /var/lib/xen/save has begun to store some files corresponding > to our domains.On Debian systems, domains are saved there on shutdown/reboot of dom0 and restored on boot. So if something''s there on a running system, it''s probably a domain which failed to save or restore properly for some reason. In that case you might want to try to investigate why it failed (look in the logs) or possibly restoring it first. But if you already have a fresher instance of the problematic domain running, then I guess it''s OK to delete the dump file. -- Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 "Every program in development at MIT expands until it can read mail." -- Unknown _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 01:26:23PM +0100, Marcin Owsiany wrote:> > The directory /var/lib/xen/save has begun to store some files corresponding > > to our domains. > > On Debian systems, domains are saved there on shutdown/reboot of dom0 > and restored on boot. So if something''s there on a running system, it''sOr perhaps you''re using xend''s autostop/start functionality, which *does* support saving the domain on shutdown but *not* restoring on restart (making it rather unsafe!) regards john _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Artur Linhart - Java Communication
2007-Jul-21 19:14 UTC
RE: [Xen-users] /var/lib/xen/save fills my partition
Hello, What do I have to do to save the domain before the shutdown and restore it after the start? By default, this is not the feature which is installed with xen... what have to do I to configure to archieve this goal? With best regards Artur -----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of Marcin Owsiany Sent: Friday, July 20, 2007 2:26 PM To: xen-users@lists.xensource.com Subject: Re: [Xen-users] /var/lib/xen/save fills my partition On Fri, Jul 20, 2007 at 03:21:03PM +0300, Mikael Kermorgant wrote:> Hello, > > The directory /var/lib/xen/save has begun to store some filescorresponding> to our domains.On Debian systems, domains are saved there on shutdown/reboot of dom0 and restored on boot. So if something''s there on a running system, it''s probably a domain which failed to save or restore properly for some reason. In that case you might want to try to investigate why it failed (look in the logs) or possibly restoring it first. But if you already have a fresher instance of the problematic domain running, then I guess it''s OK to delete the dump file. -- Marcin Owsiany <marcin@owsiany.pl> http://marcin.owsiany.pl/ GnuPG: 1024D/60F41216 FE67 DA2D 0ACA FC5E 3F75 D6F6 3A0D 8AA0 60F4 1216 "Every program in development at MIT expands until it can read mail." -- Unknown _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users __________ Informace od NOD32 2406 (20070719) __________ Tato zprava byla proverena antivirovym systemem NOD32. http://www.nod32.cz _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users