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

[Jordi Espasa Clofent <sistemes.llistes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> the problem is that you only copy the filesystem with tar command. You 
> must copy the FULL disc, to do this follow use dd, as I post before
> dd if=/dev/hda | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/bin/dd 
> of=/xen/images/myimage.img"
>
> so the process will be:
>
> 1- dd if=/dev/zero of=image.img bs=1M count=4096 (if you have a 4GB HD, 
> if your physical HD is 4GB)
>   remember, the image must be at least the same size than your original HD)
>
> 2- stop old box, and boot with a LiveCD
>
> 3- Copy the disc to your XEN server
>   dd if=/dev/hda | ssh root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "/bin/dd 
> of=/xen/images/myimage.img"
¿Anyone has some experience with this method into a production 
environment? I'm looking for a tool/method to do it.
--
Thanks,
Jordi Espasa Clofent

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