Hello, I've just started using OpenVZ, and it feels more natural than the alternatives I've seen -- my compliments!
I can get a host runnig from a ZFS volume like /tank/vzdemo, which then also gets shown at /var/lib/vz/vz-$VEID. But what I really want to do is use a layered FS (like aufs) as the private directory for the container. But trying to do that leads to an error: bash# mount -t aufs -o br:/tank/vzdemo=rw:/tank/squeeze=ro none /mnt bash# grep VE_ /etc/vz/conf/777.conf VE_PRIVATE=/mnt bash# vzctl create 777 Private area already exists in /mnt Creation of container private area failed What is this trying to say? Is there a way to do what I am trying to do? Did I understand well that the private area is a directory, not a device? Thanks, -Rick P.S. To capture any "why" questions :- I am trying to share as many resources as possible. Containers beat Xen/KVM/VMware in that respect, and when I can share the base OS and only have a thin layer on top, it should mean that even the buffer cache is shared between containers. It also means that upgrades can be reduced to a minimum of repetition. _______________________________________________ Users mailing list Users@openvz.org https://openvz.org/mailman/listinfo/users