Re: [Xen-users] Xen and GFS

[Nate Carlson <natecars@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 18 Apr 2006, Jim Klein wrote:
> Does anyone have any pointers with regard to using Xen and storing VBDs 
> on a GFS volume under dom0? This sounds like it should work well, 
> especially for migrating domains, but it looks as though GFS won't allow 
> a read-write mount of a loop device (file) so I end up with read only 
> VBDs on the SAN, which are obviously useless. Maybe my approach is 
> completely off, but it sounded pretty good up until I discovered the 
> lock problem. FYI, the gfs error when mounting is listed below.
It works fine for me.. on my SAN, I export the shared LUN to all the Xen 
nodes, and run CLVM on top of it. Then, I export the LV's to the Xen 
domU's as a virtual drive, and well, use 'em.
Why do you need loop devices and such?

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