Re: [OpenNode-users] ploop or simfs

[<ope...@li...>]

Im pretty sure that creating template out of VM with TUI does not work 
with ploop - could you please try that also?
> ope...@li... 
> <mailto:ope...@li...>
> 13. november 2014 1:18
> It would appear, without doing a ton of testing, that it worked as
> expected. The method was as follows:
>
> * prior to creating container with Opennode TUI, vi /etc/vz/vz.conf and
> change VE_LAYOUT=simfs to VE_LAYOUT=ploop
> * start the TUI and create a container using the CentOS 6 template
> * after the container is created and deployed, vzctl enter [Container
> ID] and did a yum update to ensure full network connectivity, which
> worked fine
> * exit out of the running container and check the contents of
> /storage/local/vz/private/[Container ID] rather than a complete listing
> of the filesystems directories, I see a root.hdd directory with the
> following contents:
>
> drwx------ 3 root root 4096 Nov 12 14:52 .
> drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Nov 12 14:51 ..
> -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 791 Nov 12 14:51 DiskDescriptor.xml
> -rw------- 1 root root 0 Nov 12 14:51 DiskDescriptor.xml.lck
> -rw------- 1 root root 1462763520 Nov 12 14:52 root.hdd
> drwx------ 2 root root 4096 Nov 12 14:51 root.hdd.mnt
>
> I have to fire up another server at home to test migration, but the
> above would indicate, I think, that the TUI did not balk at the ploop
> filesystem format.
>
> When I can, I'll fire up the other test server at home and do the test
> migrate and report back on that as well.
>
> Anything else that you would like to know about the results, please let
> me know.
>
> Thanks,
>
> ope...@li... 
> <mailto:ope...@li...>
> 12. november 2014 23:46
>
> Sure. I've got a test machine on my home network that I can do this with
> and I'll report back.
>
> Andres Toomsalu <mailto:an...@op...>
> 12. november 2014 23:05
> Hi Steven,
>
> Ploop package is included in the OpenNode 6 yum repos for some time 
> now - and also some work was done to support veth devices management 
> in case of ploop VMs.
> However - TUI has not been fully validated with ploop by us yet - not 
> sure if there are any serious issues or not. You could enable ploop in 
> /etc/vz/vz.conf and give it a try - and give some feedback about it :)
>
>
>
> Cheers,
> ope...@li... 
> <mailto:ope...@li...>
> 12. november 2014 21:45
> Greetings,
>
> I've been reading a bit on ploop vs simfs. Does anyone have any
> experience with this on OpenNode and if so, what are the caveats,
> pit-falls or reasons for or against using ploop?
>
> Thanks,
>

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