[Xen-users] Re: creating a xen failover with lookback images

[Heiko <rupertt@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 10:49 AM, Heiko <rupertt@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hello,
> i want to setup a VM which has another VM as failover.
> We use images where we store the VM in.
> Most people use drbd and heartbeat for this, is this the best solution
> fors this?
>
> When I use XEN images, how do I have to define the image in drbd?
>
>  on ares.bluethings.net {
>    device     /dev/drbd0;
>    disk       /dev/sda5;
>    address    172.16.6.2:7788;
>    flexible-meta-disk  internal;
>  }
>
Am I right that the guy in this
http://marksitblog.blogspot.com/2007/07/mysql-5-high-availability-with-drbd-8.html
guide is using drbd inside the VM to mirror the /dev/sda1 inside the VM?

thx

> The VM images dont exist yet, so I can do a fresh start and pick the
> best method for setting this up.
>
> Please share your guides on this.
>
> thx
>
> .r
>

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