On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 12:25:40PM -0700, Brian Buhrow wrote: > hello. I was under the impression that vnconfigging an nfs-mounted > file continues to not work to today -- and that is why xen has such a hard > time supporting guests under NFS. In other words, "Don't do that". If you > need such a big file vnconfigged, use local disk. > I could be wrong on this, but I'm pretty sure I have it right. >
It _used_ to work - in recent years I did a recovery of a linux lvm backup by nfs mounting the storage that had the file created by dd'ing the linux disk, doing a vnconfig and then a lvm change to get at the linux file systems. -- Brett Lymn "Warning: The information contained in this email and any attached files is confidential to BAE Systems Australia. If you are not the intended recipient, any use, disclosure or copying of this email or any attachments is expressly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please notify us immediately. VIRUS: Every care has been taken to ensure this email and its attachments are virus free, however, any loss or damage incurred in using this email is not the sender's responsibility. It is your responsibility to ensure virus checks are completed before installing any data sent in this email to your computer."