>>>>> "s" == Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
s> the use of zfs
s> clones/snapshots encompasses the entire zfs filesystem
I use one ZFS filesystem per VDI file. It might be better to use
vmdk's and zvol's, but right now that's not what I do.
I also often copy ExPee VDI's onto physical hardware using xxcopy, the
MS iSCSI initiator, and FreeNAS, so I use the VDI's in ZFS act as
bootable-machine backups for this ghetto-ghosting scheme. There is
this retarded dance you have to do with WPA.DBL---write me if you ever
need to do this.
s> virtualbox clone
the ZFS snapshot/clone commands are a lot faster and less
mistake-prone than the virtualbox features, and they support a full
clone tree rather than just a linear progression of snapshots. And
that ``delete last two snapshots'' button in vbox is idiotic.
After cloning a VDI you need to incant:
VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid <cloned filename>
to mark a new random uuid onto it, then you can add it with the vdi
wizard or whatever you call it.
s> if I ever add a new 'gold vdi file', it does not effect the
s> clones, [...] I'll be testing more OS's than the current ones,
s> so scalability
what?
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