[Fedora-xen] Block device sharing

Paul Wouters paul at xelerance.com
Fri Nov 17 16:19:07 UTC 2006


On Fri, 17 Nov 2006, Bertho Stultiens wrote:

> The problem, however, is that xen does not allow me to export
> blockdevices that are in use. I've tried to export the PV (/dev/sdX) and
> the LV (/dev/vgxen/lvhome), but both cases fail with an error (Device
> /dev/sdX is mounted in a guest domain, and so cannot be mounted now.)
> Any VM started after the first fails.
>
> Is there a way to force xen to export the same blockdevice (either the
> PV or preferably the LV)?

Isn't the typical setup to have GNDB as SAN and have that exported to the
xen's?

Paul




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