Difference between revisions of "Agile testbed"
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Followed by virt-install as before. | Followed by virt-install as before. | ||
| − | === importing a VM image from another source === | + | === importing a VM disk image from another source === |
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| + | If the machine did not exist in this testbed before, follow the steps to [[#prepare the environment]]. | ||
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| + | Depending on the type of disk image, it may need to be converted before it can be used. Xen disk images | ||
| + | can be used straightaway as raw images, but the bus type may need to be set to 'ide'. | ||
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| + | * Place the disk image on a storage pool, e.g. put.testbed. | ||
| + | * refresh the pool with virsh pool-refresh put.testbed | ||
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| + | Run virt-install (or the GUI wizard). | ||
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| + | virt-install --import --disk vol=put.testbed/ref-debian6-64.testbed.img,bus=ide \ | ||
| + | --name ref-debian6-64.testbed --network bridge=br0,mac=00:16:3E:C6:02:0F \ | ||
| + | --os-type linux --os-variant debiansqueeze --ram 1000 | ||
=== Migrating a VM to another host === | === Migrating a VM to another host === | ||
