error while converting an LVM to qemu image

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
I executed following command qemu-img convert -c -f raw -O qcow2 /dev/nintendo/lvm2 /root/lvm2.img qemu-img: error while compressing sector 22151296 what does this mean and how can I get rid of this and take the backup? I am on Ubuntu 10.04 server 64 bit. -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-serv

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Tapas Mishra (mightydre...@gmail.com): > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Serge E. Hallyn > wrote: > snip. > > so fuseblk is what is actually returning -EBUSY. > >What kind of fs is actually on nintendo-backupos? > When I used cfdisk to create filesystem on it I created two partitio

Re: Best way to work with files with groups of people

2010-10-04 Thread Andy Graybeal
> > Are you sure you're copying the file from the thumb drive, and not > moving? mv attempts to preserve the original ACL, if possible. Also, `cp > - -P` will attempt to preserve the ACL. > > That's all I could come up with that might be hindering you. My next > step would be to check for ev

Re: Server Team 20100928 Meeting Minutes

2010-10-04 Thread Scott Moser
> Agree on next meeting date and time > Next meeting will be on Tuesday, October 12th at 18:00 UTC in > #ubuntu-meeting. Correction: The next meeting is Tuesday, October 5 at 18:00 UTC -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/list

Re: Best way to work with files with groups of people

2010-10-04 Thread Paul Nuffer
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 10/02/2010 07:15 AM, Andy Graybeal wrote: > The problem I'm running into is when a user takes work home with them or > creates files from home, comes into work the next day and puts it onto > the server from a flash drive. > ... > This file inheri

Server Team 20100928 Meeting Minutes

2010-10-04 Thread Scott Moser
The Server Team Meeting minutes for the 20100928 meeting are below. For more information, see https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam Meeting Actions * [ACTION] SpamapS to chase drizzle in maverick decide between "broken" * and "removed" with slight possibility of "beta" * [ACTION] jiboum

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 8:37 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: snip. > so fuseblk is what is actually returning -EBUSY. >What kind of fs is actually on nintendo-backupos? When I used cfdisk to create filesystem on it I created two partitions type 83 was big size and type 82 was swap space. >Are t

Re: how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Tapas Mishra (mightydre...@gmail.com): > > If you want it to be really fast, make sure that the VM backing stores > > are shared between the two servers, > Ok > > and at the same pathnames on both. > You mean to say NFS or iSCSI type of thing, Yes. -serge -- ubuntu-server mailing list u

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Tapas Mishra (mightydre...@gmail.com): > 20525 stat("/sbin/mount.fuseblk", 0x7fff0dd22560) = -1 ENOENT (No such > file or directory) > 20525 mount("/dev/mapper/nintendo-backupos", "/mnt/backup/", > "fuseblk", MS_MGC_VAL, NULL) = -1 EBUSY (Device or resource busy) so fuseblk is what is actu

Re: how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:24 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Can you define 'extra work'? extra work: creating an LVM and making a filesystem populating that filesystem with rsync backup and then copying xml files and then some how booting from this one. This some how is what I am not clear with and t

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 7:16 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Hm, interesting.  How about the contents of outout after doing: > >        strace -f -ooutout mount /dev/mapper/nintendo-backupos /mnt/backup > I got on terminal mount: /dev/mapper/nintendo-backupos already mounted or /mnt/backup/ busy and

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Serge E. Hallyn wrote: > Well, it's possible that you have it mounted in another namespace. > Can you provide output of: > > 1. ls -l /mnt/backup ls -l /mnt/backup/ total 0 >        (make sure that directory exists :) > 2. ls -l /dev/mapper crw-rw 1 root ro

Re: how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Tapas Mishra (mightydre...@gmail.com): > I am searching for some information. > I used virt-manager to create 4 guest OS on KVM. > Let us call this server A > I am running another server where KVM is running call this server B. > Is is some how possible guest running on server A can be tran

problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
I am trying to mount an LVM mount /dev/nintendo/backupos /mnt/backup/ mount: /dev/mapper/nintendo-backupos already mounted or /mnt/backup/ busy where as if I do umount /mnt/backup then umount: /mnt/backup/: not mounted So what might be wrong? -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubu

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Well, it's possible that you have it mounted in another namespace. Can you provide output of: 1. ls -l /mnt/backup (make sure that directory exists :) 2. ls -l /dev/mapper 3. cat /proc/self/mountinfo 4. cat /proc/self/mounts 5. cat /proc/1/mountinfo 6. cat /proc/1/mounts thanks, -serge Q

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
mount output is /dev/sda1 on / type ext4 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys type sysfs (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev) none on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw) none on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw) none on /sys/kernel/security type security

copying an rsync backup in a new LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
I am not clear if I am doing the correct thing so some one point me to the correct thing. I created a snapshot Volume of an LVM which holded a guest OS. I mounted this snapshot and using I took a backup on a server connected remotely. Now on Server A I created a new LVM this server A is different

Re: how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
Ok On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 11:32 AM, Dan Sheffner wrote: ..snip > The other option I have used is shutdown the virtual machine and just > manually move over the xml and the file that runs the virtual machine. > > Which file are you referring to above is that LVM that holds VM or some thin

modifying a running VM on fly with libguesfs

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
Has any one tried this on Ubuntu server http://libguestfs.org/ -- ubuntu-server mailing list ubuntu-server@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-server More info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ServerTeam

Re: how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Dan Sheffner
Tapas, There is a command virsh migrate --live instanceName qemu+ssh://vmserver06/system. Though I haven't had much luck with it. Check out the last post in this forum: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1152271 The other option I have used is shutdown the virtual machine and just manuall

how to transfer an LVM Guest OS on KVM Lucid to another server

2010-10-04 Thread Tapas Mishra
I am searching for some information. I used virt-manager to create 4 guest OS on KVM. Let us call this server A I am running another server where KVM is running call this server B. Is is some how possible guest running on server A can be transferred to B so that I can run it and do not have to do a

Re: problem while mounting an LVM

2010-10-04 Thread Serge E. Hallyn
Quoting Tapas Mishra (mightydre...@gmail.com): > On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:36 PM, Serge E. Hallyn > wrote: > > Well, it's possible that you have it mounted in another namespace. > > Can you provide output of: Hm, interesting. How about the contents of outout after doing: strace -f -oouto