Re: [Xen-users] Migrating VBDs

[Matt Ayres <matta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In-Tuition Xen wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently using Xen 3 with file-backed VBDs and have just setup a
> new Xen0 server.  What's the best way of copying the image files across
> to the new server (currently stored locally on the old Xen0)?  I want a
> copy because I'm duplicating the XenU's.  I've tried scp but the image
> files take up their full disk allocation rather than their actual usage
> (eg 5GB instead of the 1.1GB actually used).  Would rsync using rsyncd
> be better, or NFS?
You can use rsync with the -S or --sparse options to deal with sparse files.

Thank you,
Matt Ayres

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