[et-mgmt-tools] Virt-install to nfs disk

[Henk van Lingen]

On Mon, Nov 24, 2008 at 10:35:02AM -0500, Cole Robinson wrote:
  > > 
  > > Is it possible to install a hvm guest on a nfs exported partition
  > > with virt-install? And if so, what shoud be the commandline options?
  > > 
  > > root = "/dev/nfs"
  > > nfs_server = '*.*.*.*'  
  > > nfs_root   = '/vol/vhost_someguest_root'
  > > 
  > 
  > Unfortunately, no. These options aren't supported at the libvirt level
  > so virt-install doesn't know anything about them.

  Oke, so what would be the best way to install for example an ubuntu hvm
  guest with a nfs_root filesystem on a RHEL 5 Xen system?

  Most docs are about guest images on a local filesystem, but isn't it
  reasonable to put your guests disk on a SAN-system? And doesn't give
  NFS you additional integrity in cases of system (guest or dom0) crashes
  (compared to for example iSCSI) ?

  BTW: does anyone have pointers to docs about performance considerations
       about hvm (VTx) versus paravirtualisation guests?

  regards,

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