[virt-tools-list] cloning a xen domU

[Cole Robinson]

On 08/30/2011 09:18 AM, Mike Sievers wrote:
> Hi List,
> 
> I use the gui to clone a machine and it works fine.
> But now I changed the device from:
> 
> disk=[ 'phy:/dev/drbd7 ... ] to disk=[ 'drbd:testserver ...]
> 
> The gui now shows virtual source path: testserver instead of /dev/drbd7
> and I can´t clone anymore.
> 
> But why?

Because libvirt doesn't know anything about xen's drbd support. So when
it parses the xen config file, it assumes testserver is just the file name.

There's already a fairly sparse bug report about libvirt lacking drbd
awareness, you could add your issue to that as well:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=723718

Thanks,
Cole

> 
> Best,
> Mike
> 
> 
> 
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