Re: [Xen-users] [XCP] XenMotion?

[Bart Coninckx <bart.coninckx@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Saturday 25 September 2010 13:18:36 Buckminster Katt wrote:
> Screwing around with 'xe vm-migrate', I'm slowly coming to the realization
>  that I need to backup a step or two.
> 
> It seems that VM-migrate needs a storage repository.  The only SR I seem to
>  have a chance at building is NFS... which seems to not be part of XCP...
>  So am I correct in thinking that the NFS MUST be on a separate machine to
>  use XenMotion?  Or is there a different SR I'm missing that will allow me
>  to run off of my XCP pool?
> 
> BK
> 
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> > xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [Xen-users] [XCP] XenMotion?
> > From: vburke@xxxxxxxx
> > Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2010 08:11:47 +0000
> > CC:
> >
> > xe vm-migrate
> >
> > Vern
> > Vern Burke, SwiftWater Telecom, http://www.swiftwatertel.com
> >
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You definitely need a separate machine for your storage if you need live 
migration. The only way I know of to circumvent this is using DRBD. On their 
site there is a nice howto for this.

B.


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