Re: [Xen-users] Convert physical server to VM

[Joseph Smith <smithj@xxxxxxxxx>]

I would dd the server's hard drive to an image file. Its probably the most 
straightforward way.



dd if=/dev/sda of=server.img

use your servers hard drive device node in place of /dev/sda

then write up a domU config:

# general
name    = "newVM";
memory  = 1024;

# booting
kernel  = "/boot/vmlinuz-2.6.x-xenU";
ramdisk = "/boot/initrd-ifyouhaveone";
builder = "linux";

# virtual harddisk
disk = ['tap:aio:/xvmstore/images/vmThree.img,sda,w'];
root = "/dev/sda1 ro"; #or whatever your root partition is


-Joe

On Wednesday 22 August 2007 16:54:06 Simon Gao wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone has any suggestions on programs, utility or instructions on how
> to convert a physical server to domU VM?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Simon
>
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