Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-virtual (17 mails)

["Jason Douglas" <jdouglas@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> > > On 3/23/2009 at 08:19 AM, in message <49C79A5F.7070603@xxxxxxxxx>,
Jörg
Spilker <js@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: 
> I recently installed OpenSuse 11.0 together with two OpenSuse 11.0
> DomU´s. Now i want to update the complete system to OpenSuse 11.1. I
had
> no problem´s to update the Dom0 system to OpenSuse 11.1. However
> updating the DomU´s seems to be a problem.
>
> The first install of the DomU´s was a install into directory with
whole
> LVM´s partitions exported as disks.
>
> My layout is as follows:
>
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_root,xvda,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_boot,xvdb,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_usr,xvdc,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_opt,xvdd,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_var,xvde,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_src,xvdf,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/domX/daolin_tmp,xvdg,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/home,xvdh,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/foto,xvdi,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/imap,xvdj,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/news,xvdk,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/squid,xvdl,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/data/srv,xvdm,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/hda1,xvdn,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/backup/backup,xvdo,w'
> , 'phy:/dev/sr0,xvdy:cdrom,r'
> , 'phy:/dev/sr1,xvdz:cdrom,r']
>
> for the initial install i did mount the lvm volumens to subdirs of
> /tmp/install and did a install into this directory.
>
> The fstab of the system contains entry like /dev/xvda for
mountpoints
> (i.e a whole disk, not a partition)
>
> This was working fine.
>
> But i don´t know how i know can update this system to 11.1.
Installation
> into a directory seems to only can handle fresh installs.
>
> I created a special startup file for xen with allows a disk install
of
> OpenSuse 11.1. 

What kind of startup file is this?  Could you send it to me?

> However this doesn´t work because the exported disks are
> not recognized as expected. When i choose the update option, the
> installer shows no partitions at all.

I haven't tried this scenario with an upgrade from os11.0 to 11.1, but
when I have seen this before, I was always able to manually select the
partition to upgrade (even though they weren't displayed on the main
update page).  What happens when you try this?

> I have no idea to solve this problem. Do i really have to partition
an
> exported lvm volume first in the DomU before using it as a mountpoint
?

You should be able to do everything you need to from within the domU. 
Other than config file modifications, you shouldn't have to do any
mounting in dom0.  In fact, I have seen instances where lvm volumes were
getting auto-mounted in 11.1 dom0 which was causing endless problems for
my VMs.

> Greetings, Jörg
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I will try to duplicate a similar (albeit simpler) setup and see what
problems I encounter.  Good luck.

Jason
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