Re: [Xen-users] Using lvm for domUs

[Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx>]

Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>   
> > Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
> >     
> > > You can always create LVs in dom0 and export them as sda1/2/3/... to
> > > domU. You have to reboot domU to resize anyway. That way you can then
> > > snapshot them in dom0, mount the snapshot and run your backup.
> > >
> > >       
> > I do that now, but I can't do a raw install that way using
> > virt-install or virt-manager, so doing that virst install is a pain in
> > the neck to get a working image. The jailtime.org images are good, but
> > not so useful for non-RPM based OS's.
> >     
> In debian there is xen-create-image that you can tell a lvm VG and it
> creates its own root and swap volumes there and installs debian. After
> that you just have to add additional volumes and move data as needed.
>
> Neat tool.
>   
That's precisely what virt-manager and virt-install do. This does not 
solve my difficulty of accessing the contents of the LVM partitions from 
Dom0 to do backkup.
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