On July 20, 2017 1:10:03 PM GMT+02:00, Jonathan Adams <[email protected]> wrote: >I run Linux in a KVM, as it is significantly easier to duplicate (zfs >snapshot, send and receive) to another system to replicate. > >VirtualBox doesn't want/allow replication of a running system, and >while >you might not like the idea of zfs snapshotting a running live system >it >does work very well, and (at least with linux) just acts like a power >failure happened when you come to recover on the standby. > >Just my 2cents. > >Jon > >On 20 July 2017 at 10:39, Till Wegmüller <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Gabriele >> >> Considering that smartos and per default uses KVM for hardware >virtualized >> zones I would suggest using that. Although you will be limited to >Intel >> Processors. >> >> For KVM there is the Admin Tool kvmadm[1]. Which can run it inside >Zones >> etc. For Virtualbox you can use a phpGui to manage the VM's >> >> --- >> Greetings >> Till >> >> [1] http://www.kvmadm.org/ >> >> On 20.07.2017 10:57, Gabriele Bulfon wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have to replicate some linux server on an XStreamOS based system, >not >>> only for backup purposes, but for emergency reason be able to >startup the >>> linux replica in case of need. >>> I'm thinking to create VMs installed with the same base system, and >>> replicate legacy data on them daily, so to have them available in >case the >>> native ones need maintenance. >>> >>> I cannot use lx zones, but I had some good experience both with kvm >and >>> virtualbox, but never on high load or long uptime. >>> >>> What would you consider to be a more stable virtualization platform >on >>> illumos, as an emergency solution to be run for a short period of >time? >>> >>> Thanks for any idea. >>> >>> Gabriele >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------ >>> ---------------------------- >>> *Sonicle S.r.l. *: http://www.sonicle.com <http://www.sonicle.com/> >>> *Music: *http://www.gabrielebulfon.com ><http://www.gabrielebulfon.com/> >>> *Quantum Mechanics : *http://www.cdbaby.com/cd/gabrielebulfon >>> *illumos-discuss* | Archives <https://illumos.topicbox.com/ >>> >groups/discuss/discussions/T0ba13643ede9ea05-M9a52efa2e680e1175b625ee0> >>> | Powered by Topicbox <https://topicbox.com>
Indeed. ZFS replicating (and rollbacking) VBoxes does also work - likewise as a reset if done in-flight, but there are documented hoops to jump through regarding changing of disk uuids, vnic MACs (oh, and adding the vnics on host), etc. No voodoo, but non-null work either. My scriptware can helps the snapshot usecase by save-to-disk support when stopping/starting the smf service ;) Jim -- Typos courtesy of K-9 Mail on my Android ------------------------------------------ illumos-discuss Archives: https://illumos.topicbox.com/groups/discuss/discussions/T0ba13643ede9ea05-Mb5f3fd17d4173510d28064dc Powered by Topicbox: https://topicbox.com
