On Tue, 19 Jun 2018 at 18:51 Hanson Turner <han...@andrewswireless.net> wrote:
> Hi Guys, > > I've an answer... Here's how I did it... > > First, I needed kpartx ... so > > #apt-get install kpartx > > Then setup a loopback device for the raw hdd image > > #losetup /dev/loop4 [IMAGE FILE] > > #kpartx -a /dev/loop4 > > This allowed me to mount the various partitions included in the VM. There > you can modify the configs, make backups etc. > > Thanks, > > Hanson > > Hi Hanson, also look at http://libguestfs.org/ On 06/19/2018 09:31 AM, Hanson Turner wrote: > > Hi Sahina, > > Thanks for your reply, I can copy the files off without issue. Using > either a remote mount gluster, or just use the node and scp the files to > where I want them. > > I was asking how to/do I mount the VM's disk in a way to be able to > pull/modify files that are on the HDD of the VM. > > Thanks, > > Hason > > > On 06/19/2018 05:02 AM, Sahina Bose wrote: > > > > On Mon, Jun 18, 2018 at 5:12 PM, Hanson Turner <han...@andrewswireless.net > > wrote: > >> Hi Guys, >> >> My engine has corrupted, and while waiting for help, I'd like to see if I >> can pull some data off the VM's to re purpose back onto dedicated hardware. >> >> Our setup is/was a gluster based storage system for VM's. The gluster >> data storage I'm assuming is okay, I think the hosted engine is hosed, and >> needs restored, but that's another thread. >> >> I can copy the raw disk file off of the gluster data domain. What's the >> best way to mount it short of importing it into another gluster domain? >> >> With vmware, we can grab the disk file and move it from server to server >> without issue. You can mount and explore contents with workstation. >> > > If you want to copy the image file. you can mount the gluster volume and > copy it. > using mount -t glusterfs <gluster-server>:/<volumename> <path-to-mount> > > >> What do we have available to us for ovirt? >> >> Thanks, >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org >> Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ >> oVirt Code of Conduct: >> https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ >> List Archives: >> https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/2AF5K2JERYH63K25XKA4FFP4QQDZSVWM/ >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Users mailing list -- users@ovirt.org > To unsubscribe send an email to users-le...@ovirt.org > Privacy Statement: https://www.ovirt.org/site/privacy-policy/ > oVirt Code of Conduct: > https://www.ovirt.org/community/about/community-guidelines/ > List Archives: > https://lists.ovirt.org/archives/list/users@ovirt.org/message/5ZBEM7WJ5SGRIQLC53GKZSFXYMEOXLRW/ >
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