redhat-list Digest, Vol 44, Issue 3

sudhanshu chopra chopra.sudhanshu at gmail.com
Thu Oct 4 06:24:10 UTC 2007


Hi Marshall,

I think u r looking for some migration tool P2V.
If you are using vmware ESX-server then you can go forward for
"Platespin".Link is  http://www.platespin.com/  .This tool is much better
than vmware-convert tool.

Regards
Sudhanshu Chopra

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>    4. "Permission denied" Problem (Ravi Shanmugam)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:23:13 -0500
> From: "McDougall, Marshall (FSH)" <Marshall.McDougall at gov.mb.ca>
> Subject: VMware server
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> This may be OT, but there is lots of knowledge here.
>
> I am looking for a P2V tool that I can use to scrape my RH Linux
> servers.  The vmware converter that vmware gives out is only useable on
> windows servers.  What are you folks using for this?  Thanks.
>
> Regards, Marshall
>
>
> ------------------------------
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> Message: 2
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 12:41:40 -0400
> From: "Gaddis, Jeremy L." <jeremy at linuxwiz.net>
> Subject: Re: VMware server
> To: "General Red Hat Linux discussion list" <redhat-list at redhat.com>
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> On 10/2/07, McDougall, Marshall (FSH) <Marshall.McDougall at gov.mb.ca>
> wrote:
> > This may be OT, but there is lots of knowledge here.
> >
> > I am looking for a P2V tool that I can use to scrape my RH Linux
> > servers.  The vmware converter that vmware gives out is only useable on
> > windows servers.  What are you folks using for this?  Thanks.
>
> I haven't tried it, but:
>
> "NOTE: Experimental support only is available for Linux-based physical
> to virtual machine conversions using the Vmware Converter BootCD (cold
> cloning) if the source physical machine has SCSI disks."
> --http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/faqs.html
>
> That requires VMware Converter Enterprise, BTW.
>
> Haven't yet been put in a situation where we've needed to migrate
> physical Linux machines to VMs.  Unless VMware Converter's support
> becomes something more than "experimental", I imagine we'd kickstart
> new VM and "migrate" that way.
>
> --
> Jeremy L. Gaddis
> http://www.jeremygaddis.com/
>
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2007 11:58:42 -0500
> From: "McDougall, Marshall (FSH)" <Marshall.McDougall at gov.mb.ca>
> Subject: RE: VMware server
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> >-----Original Message-----
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> >[mailto:redhat-list-bounces at redhat.com] On Behalf Of Gaddis, Jeremy L.
> >Sent: Tuesday, October 02, 2007 11:42 AM
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> >Subject: Re: VMware server
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> >On 10/2/07, McDougall, Marshall (FSH)
> ><Marshall.McDougall at gov.mb.ca> wrote:
> >> This may be OT, but there is lots of knowledge here.
> >>
> >> I am looking for a P2V tool that I can use to scrape my RH Linux
> >> servers.  The vmware converter that vmware gives out is only
> >useable on
> >> windows servers.  What are you folks using for this?  Thanks.
> >
> >I haven't tried it, but:
> >
> >"NOTE: Experimental support only is available for Linux-based physical
> >to virtual machine conversions using the Vmware Converter BootCD (cold
> >cloning) if the source physical machine has SCSI disks."
> >--http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/faqs.html
> >
> >That requires VMware Converter Enterprise, BTW.
> >
> >Haven't yet been put in a situation where we've needed to migrate
> >physical Linux machines to VMs.  Unless VMware Converter's support
> >becomes something more than "experimental", I imagine we'd kickstart
> >new VM and "migrate" that way.
> >
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> >Jeremy L. Gaddis
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> Thanks, Jeremy.  I saw that "Experimental support..." on the VMWare
> website and ruled it out.  That's what I meant by only useable on
> windows servers.  I've got a basket of other new and wonderful things
> that I am in the process of trying to make work.  I have "migrated" a
> couple of vm's by building a basic Linux guest and dumping a tape
> restore on top of it, but I am hoping for an on the fly method.
>
> Regards, Marshall
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 18:15:17 +0530
> From: "Ravi Shanmugam" <ravi.shanmugam at sasken.com>
> Subject: "Permission denied" Problem
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> Hi All,
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> I have a query on accessing a root file as a non-root user. The problem
> is described as follows.
>
> I wanted to execute the following command
>
> cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > /abiscard/local/root/.ssh/authorized_id
>
> as a non-root user i.e "backup" user. Is there any way I could do this.
> This is for my project requirement.
>
> Your reply will be well appriciated.
>
> Regds,
> Ravi R.S
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> Message: 5
> Date: Wed, 3 Oct 2007 08:58:02 -0700
> From: David Bear <David.Bear at asu.edu>
> Subject: Re: "Permission denied" Problem
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> On Wed, Oct 03, 2007 at 06:15:17PM +0530, Ravi Shanmugam wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have a query on accessing a root file as a non-root user. The problem
> > is described as follows.
> >
> > I wanted to execute the following command
> >
> > cat /root/.ssh/id_rsa.pub > /abiscard/local/root/.ssh/authorized_id
>
> think about what you are asking. If a non root user could grab roots
> public keys what would be the security risks? I'm not sure but since
> the pub keys live in the same directory as the private keys, they will
> share the same access protections from the containing directory, which
> should be ... rwx...... ie, only root (the owner can read the
> contents). You really don't want it any other way.
>
> since, what you really just want is the public key, you can become
> root, copy the public key someplace else, like maybe /var/spool/root
> ?? that say group wheel can read. Then, your backup user (which may be
> part of group wheel) could read the key and put it where it can use
> it.
>
> >
> > as a non-root user i.e "backup" user. Is there any way I could do this.
> > This is for my project requirement.
> >
> > Your reply will be well appriciated.
> >
> > Regds,
> > Ravi R.S
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