[CentOS-virt] How to clone a guest for cold stand by

[Götz Reinicke]

Manuel Wolfshant schrieb:
> Götz Reinicke wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> what would be the shortest and fastest way to clone a e.g. basic 
>> Centos 5 guest for further use? For example I'd like to set up a 
>> master Mysql-server as a guest an than "clone" two additional slaves.
> I have a lvm "template", i.e. a simple volume with the OS skeleton ( a 
> minimal install). When I need a new VM I do
> - lvcreate newvolume
> - mkfs newvolume
> - mount template /mnt/source
> - mount newvolume /mnt/destination
> - cp -a /mnt/source /mnt/destination
> 
> wash, rinse, repeat as needed.
> 
> 
>>
>> Which xen configfiles may be edited?
> cp /etc/xen/template /etc/xen/newVM
> vim /etc/xen/newVM
> 
> 
>> Can the config and the filesystem simply be copied?
> 
> yes.

Thanks, that's realy simple. I'll try it.


regards

Götz
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