[et-mgmt-tools] koan --virt: lvm support

[Johan Huysmans]

I noticed the koan parameter --virt-path and tried creating a vhost
with following command:
koan --server <some-ip> --virt --profile CentOS5-xen-i386 -P VolGroup00

The profile and kickstart files are generated by an import from the CentOs5 DVD.

This command creates 1 lv. The domU uses this as a disk (xvda) and
creates partitions on this.
It is working, but not really the thing i want.

I want that koan will create multiple lv's on the dom0. Each lv on
dom0 is a partition on domU. This means that the lv is directly
formatted in the dom0, and you can mount that logical volume like a
normal lv (it IS a normal volume) in the dom0.

Is this (allready) possible with koan (or virt-inst)?

Greetings,
Johan Huysmans


On 9/4/07, Michael DeHaan <mdehaan at redhat.com> wrote:
> Johan Huysmans wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > In March this year Fred posted a request on this mailinglist:
> > http://www.redhat.com/archives/et-mgmt-tools/2007-March/msg00119.html
> >
>
> Implemented.
>
> See the documentation for --virt-path in the koan manpage.
>
>
> > What is the status of this request, is it working in the latest version of koan?
> >
> > I noticed that it is now possible to use a logical volume as a disk,
> > but it is also possible to use logical volumes on dom0 as partitions
> > on domU?
> >
>
> There are three ways storage can be specified:
>
> -- basic disk images on the filesystem (default behavior)
> -- specifying a logical volume group that has free space in it, where
> then koan will carve a paritition out of it named after the virtual machine
> This allows for using a common LVM group for all your virtual machines,
> which is rather useful.
> -- specifying a specific partition for koan to use as storage.
>
> I hope that answers the question!
>
> Recently a few folks have been asking for ways to specify multiple
> "disks" for their configurations ... and that's something I am going to
> be looking at.
>
> > Thanks for the information,
> > Johan Huysmans
> >
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