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Re: [Xen-users] VMware guests to xen



Ah, something easy :). Thanks for the info, this is going to go in my notes as 
well.
Thanks everyone.

Mike


On Mon, 19 Jan 2009 09:30:50 +0700, Fajar A. Nugraha wrote:
> lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
>> I need to take notes from this thread and try a few of these things when
>> I get the chance. I'm hoping not to have to migrate things very often,
>> just build them and back them up.
>
>> On that note, is it fairly easy to move a machine back to a physical
>> server?
>
>
> Yes. The limiting factor (e.g. the one that takes most time) is usually
> the data copy process. If you predict that you frequently need to
> migrate Linux domU <-> physical machines, you could :
> - put them on external SAN/NAS, using disk/LVM-backed storage
> - use either UUID/LVM to reference filesystems (in fstab and in grub)
> 
> That way migration should only need initrd rebuild (when necessary) and
> a shutdown-startup.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Fajar



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