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Re: [Xen-users] Cloning domUs



Stephen Shaw wrote:
Nico Kadel-Garcia <nkadel@xxxxxxxxx> 08/06/07 1:41 PM >>>
Geoff Kirk wrote:
shacky wrote:
What storage method are you using for the domU?
I'm using LVM for most domUs...


Using LVM i create a new volume mount the domU i want to copy and the new volume, format the new volume and cp -dpR the files over, then edit the network/hostname config. Don't forget swap space too.

It maybe you can just snapshot the domU and edit the network but i don't know if thats wise.

Geoff.
I use 'rsync -avH' instead of 'cp -a', since it handles being re-run better and handles exclusions better, too.

rsync is great.  Are you creating sparse files?  If so, can rsync handle that

I've used cp --sparse=always when I copy domUs

And don't forget the --numeric-ids on rsync.



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