I intend to use an external disk for some domUs to take the load of the main disk on this laptop. pv, vg and lv have been created. How does one tell xen to use the external disk? disk = ''[phy:/dev/name_of_external_vg/logical_vol,xvda,w] ? pvs && vgs && lvs PV VG Fmt Attr PSize PFree /dev/sda6 xen_images lvm2 a- 50.50G 10.50G /dev/sdb1 alpha lvm2 a- 111.79G 101.79G VG #PV #LV #SN Attr VSize VFree alpha 1 2 0 wz--n- 111.79G 101.79G xen_images 1 1 0 wz--n- 50.50G 10.50G LV VG Attr LSize Origin Snap% Move Log Copy% bx-trac alpha -wi-a- 5.00G bx70k-stable alpha -wi-a- 5.00G cx xen_images -wi-a- 40.00G Regards, John Maclean MSc (DIC) +44 7739 171 531 _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
-----Original Message----- From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John Maclean Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:41 PM To: xen-users Subject: [Xen-users] domU on an external disk I intend to use an external disk for some domUs to take the load of the main disk on this laptop. pv, vg and lv have been created. How does one tell xen to use the external disk? disk = ''[phy:/dev/name_of_external_vg/logical_vol,xvda,w] ? Hi, Two points. With external disks in the sense of nfs or iscsi, no problem, but when using usb, be shure that the device get the same device-name each time. Furthermore even when using usb2, the overal performance isn''t great. I would consider an etherdisk mounted with nfs... hw ______________________________________________________________________ Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico''s verbonden aan het elektronisch verzenden van berichten. This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the electronic transmission of messages. _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Jan 21, 2008 3:42 AM, <J.Witvliet@mindef.nl> wrote:> > > -----Original Message----- > From: xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com > [mailto:xen-users-bounces@lists.xensource.com] On Behalf Of John Maclean > Sent: Thursday, December 27, 2007 3:41 PM > To: xen-users > Subject: [Xen-users] domU on an external disk > > I intend to use an external disk for some domUs to take the load of the > main disk on this laptop. pv, vg and lv have been created. How does one > tell xen to use the external disk? > > disk = ''[phy:/dev/name_of_external_vg/logical_vol,xvda,w] ? > > Hi, > > Two points. > With external disks in the sense of nfs or iscsi, no problem, but when > using usb, be shure that the device get the same device-name each time.You can use the udev by-uuid entry for this. Look at: /dev/disk/by-uuid/* -Todd> > Furthermore even when using usb2, the overal performance isn''t great. I > would consider an etherdisk mounted with nfs...> hw > > ______________________________________________________________________ > Dit bericht kan informatie bevatten die niet voor u is bestemd. Indien u > niet de geadresseerde bent of dit bericht abusievelijk aan u is toegezonden, > wordt u verzocht dat aan de afzender te melden en het bericht te > verwijderen. De Staat aanvaardt geen aansprakelijkheid voor schade, van > welke aard ook, die verband houdt met risico''s verbonden aan het > elektronisch verzenden van berichten. > > This message may contain information that is not intended for you. If you > are not the addressee or if this message was sent to you by mistake, you are > requested to inform the sender and delete the message. The State accepts no > liability for damage of any kind resulting from the risks inherent in the > electronic transmission of messages. > > _______________________________________________ > Xen-users mailing list > Xen-users@lists.xensource.com > http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users