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

[Marc Patino Gómez <mpatino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I have no experience about converting Windows physical hosts to XEN 
hosts :( In my modest opinion, I think this is the way:
- Create a LVM on the xen server with the same or more space than the 
windows HD.
- Shutdown windows machine.
- Boot windows box with a GNU/Linux LiveCD
- Copy all the windows HD with dd:

dd if=/dev/hda | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/bin/dd of=/dev/vg00/vmwindows"

- Then pray :) and hope windows boot correctly, my knowledge about windows is 
poor :( .

Probably, in a few days I will try to do it. I try this steps with some old 
GNU/Linux boxes, with kernels 2.4 and it works correctly.

Regards,

Marc




Ian Tobin wrote:
> Hi,
>
> And what about converting Windows physical hosts to VMs :)
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marc Patino Gómez
> Sent: 23 August 2007 12:05
> To: Simon Gao
> Cc: xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [Xen-users] Convert physical server to VM
>
> Hi,
>
> rsync works great on production enviroments, I had paravirtualized some 
> servers with these method:
> rsync -ave ssh --exclude=/proc --exclude=/sys --exclude=/dev (if you are 
> using udev) root@runingserver:/  /mnt/newserverimage/
> after this:
>
> mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/proc
>
> mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/sys
>
> mkdir /mnt/newserverimages/dev
>
> review your fstab, and copy the kernel modules:
>
> cp -pr /lib/modules/2.6.16-xenU /mnt/newserverimages/lib/modules/
>
> more or less .... this is the way
>
> Also I have full virtualitzed some old GNU/Linux boxes with kernels 2.4, 
> I used GNU/Linux live CD on the old box and dd utility:
>
> dd if=/dev/hda | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/bin/dd 
> of=/dev/vg00/newvserver"
> I hope it will be helpfull
>
>
> Marc
>
> 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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