(Sorry for the top-post, if it's inapparopriate.) Thanks, James. I must have seen that wiki entry, but in my holiday fog, have just glossed over it. I'll give it a read.
Now if I could just create a VMware VM using SystemImager ... Dimitri On Monday 29 December 2008 3:22 pm, you wrote: > I also just stumbled upon this: > > http://wiki.systemimager.org/index.php/Automating_Xen_VM_deployment_with_Sy >stemImager > > Regards, > James > > On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 10:47 AM, James Levine <jdlev...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Dimitri, > > > > I use systemimager to update development environments to Xen hosts for > > my team. Originally I did a Fedora install to a fresh Xen, then > > installed our SystemImager client scripts to reimage the Xen host with > > our production Centos install. The resulting Xen disk image is used > > as a template which I copy to create new Xen hosts. We periodically > > run SystemImager on individual Xen hosts to get the latest production > > image. > > > > The key thing is to make sure either your image has 100% correct Xen > > files, or you exclude files which would clobber Xen-specific parts. > > In my environment, the base image is for dedicated (non-virtualized) > > severs. So I have an excludes file for system imager which leaves out > > the kernel, grub config, and other miscellaneous stuff. I've pasted > > the contents below. > > > > You will notice that I have redundancies, such as /etc/rc.d, > > /etc/rc.d/, /etc/rc.d/*. I originally did this in a hurry because in > > some cases rsync makes a distinction between with/without a trailing > > slash, and I wasn't completely clear on how to specify correctly the > > exclusion. In other words, I was being lazy. So I apologize for > > sending along my laziness, but I never did go back and clean up the > > redundancies. > > > > Regards, > > James > > > > /etc/rc.d > > /etc/rc.d/ > > /etc/rc.d/* > > /etc/rc*.d > > /etc/rc.d/* > > /etc/sudoers > > /etc/modprobe.conf > > /etc/sysconfig/hwconf > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* > > /etc/sysconfig/iptables > > /etc/sysconfig/networking > > /etc/sysconfig/networking/ > > /etc/sysconfig/networking/* > > /var/lib/mysql > > /var/lib/mysql/ > > /var/lib/mysql/* > > /etc/fstab > > /etc/mtab > > /proc/* > > /etc/passwd > > /etc/group > > /etc/shadow > > /etc/gshadow > > /home > > /home/ > > /home/* > > /dev/* > > */.journal > > /boot/grub/device.map > > /boot > > /boot/* > > /boot > > /etc/sysconfig/network > > /etc/sysconfig/hwconf > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/* > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ > > /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts > > /lib/modules > > /lib/modules/* > > /lib/modules/ > > /root/save > > /root/save/ > > /root/save/* > > /root/systemimager_installation_files > > /root/systemimager_installation_files/ > > /root/systemimager_installation_files/* > > /var/lib/nfs/* > > /etc/fstab > > /home/* > > /mnt/* > > /tmp/* > > /etc/lvm/.cache > > /var/lib/random-seed > > /etc/my.cnf > > /var/lib/run-once/statedir > > > > > > > > > > -------- > > > > List: sisuite-users > > Subject: [sisuite-users] SystemImager and creating Xen VM > > From: Dimitri Yioulos <dyioulos () firstbhph ! com> > > Date: 2008-12-29 12:31:52 > > Message-ID: 200812290731.53822.dyioulos () firstbhph ! com > > [Download message RAW] > > > > Hi to all, and hope your holidays have been pleasant. > > > > I'm still interested in using systenImager to create a VMware VM (as per > > another post), but my real motive is to create a Xen VM. Has anyone done > > this and, if so (or even if not), what's the procedure? This is > > extremely important to me; any assistance would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dimitri > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > > > -- > > James Levine > > jdlev...@gmail.com > > -- > James Levine > jdlev...@gmail.com > > AIM/MSN/YIM: NonnDescrpt > Skype: denwajanai -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ sisuite-users mailing list sisuite-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/sisuite-users
