Re: [Xen-users] How do I share a folder with xen guests on Linux?

[Tomasz Chmielewski <mangoo@xxxxxxxx>]

Nico Kadel-Garcia schrieb:
> Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> > Rudi Ahlers schrieb:
> > > Tomasz Chmielewski wrote:
> > > > Rudi Ahlers schrieb:
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > How do I share a folder, say /bkp with xen hosts? I'm using CentOS 
> > > > > 5.1 as host 
> > > > NFS?
> > > Sorry, I should have said, I'd like to the folder to be visible to 
> > > the guests, and not NFS / FTP, as it will interfere with the network 
> > > statistics on the NIC
> > I don't think there are any other options to share data between the 
> > host and guest other than using network.
> > Certainly, using a serial connection or VNC are not an option.
> >
> > Why not create a separate interface just for this kind of traffic?
> Yes, there is. Once you've booted the Xen domaiin, you can add hte block 
> device or ISO or other file system image to the list of block devices of 
> the guest domain with the "xm" command, and then log into the Xen guest 
> and mount it there. I recommend this only for read-only block devices, 
> to avoid becoming confused about what is writing to the partition and 
> how too manage it.
Yeah, but it's not really a "shared" device then.



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