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

[Marc Patino Gómez <mpatino@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

Chiu, PCM (Peter) wrote:
> Hi, there,
>
> I am watching this thread with interest.
>
> Marc, can you repeat the actual steps you do to set up Linux guest VMs,
> especially the ones using 2.4 kernels.
>
> I have tried similar steps you mentioned, apart from the cp -pr /lib/modules
> into the guest OS disk, but when I start up the guest VM, it complains
>   
If you are going to "full virtualitzed" a linux box you don't need to 
copy the kernel's modules, you will use the unmodified old OS kernel 
ones, and the old kernel (of course).
> "boot loader didn't return any data!"
>   
Have you copy the full HD? or only the partition?
> It looks like something is missing to turn the root copied file system to be 
> bootable
> as a guest VM.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
>   
Good luck Peter,

Marc
> -----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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