Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server

From: Joep Gommers <joep.gommers_at_gmail.com>
Date: Wed 25 Jan 2006 - 16:55:49 GMT
Message-ID: <ac7f7e910601250855l426308ccu57b8902f2a6cd203@mail.gmail.com>

Not at all, sorry bout that

Ill just go back to cleaning my house
its what im good at :)

J-

On 1/25/06, Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 04:48:07PM +0100, Joep Gommers wrote:
> > If the skeleton method in still to heavy for you to start off with try
> > download prebuild virtualmachine guests:
> > After you installed a (rpm:
> >
> http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/kernel-2.6.11-1.35_FC3.vs2.0.0.0.rc4.i686.rpm
> )
> > kernel just unpak it
> > bash# wget
> >
> http://www.virtualinfrastructure.nl/downloads/precompiled/virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgz
> > bash# tar xvzf virtualinfrastructure-11012006-fc3-minimal.tgz
> > bash# mkdir /etc/vservers
> > bash# mv fc3_minimal /etc/vservers
> >
> > en start the thing:
> > bash# vserver fc3_minimal start
> >
> > bash# vserver fc3_minimal enter
> >
> > be aware: This is a fedora core 3 guest and fedora code 3 kernel. For
> other
> > versions check the vserver website.
>
> well, good idea, but how would that help him with
> virtualizing an existing machine?
>
> TIA,
> Herbert
>
> > Cheers,
> > J-
> >
> > On 1/25/06, Herbert Poetzl <herbert@13thfloor.at> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 25, 2006 at 03:12:46AM +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote:
> > > > I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing
> running
> > > > server. Is there a tool to do so?
> > >
> > > just create a new skeleton guest with the -m skeleton
> > > build method, which resembles the physical system
> > > regarding networking and naming, the copy over the
> > > entire contents of the physical machine, excluding
> > > the /dev and /proc directory to the skeleton dir
> > > (cp -a, dump/restore, tar, rsync, ...)
> > >
> > > starting and stopping the guest should work after
> > > that, but you might want to clean up scripts later
> > > to avoid a bunch of failures when the new guest
> > > tries to mess with the hardware ...
> > >
> > > HTH,
> > > Herbert
> > >
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