I have been researching virt-install's disk path option and how I should use it when installing a new KVM. I have been having some trouble getting my head around the concept. I have used VMWare in the past for virtualization and was expecting KVM to be similar in terms of host system files representing the KVM guest. Below is how I created my KVM and the issue I ran into.
I am installing Ubuntu Desktop on a Server host using virt-install. Soon after the install starts the LV that I am writing the virtual disk image to goes from 50G to 64Z. Impossible since the machine has only a single 1TB hard drive.
What is going on? I feel like I am trying to do something I'm not supposed to.
Install command
Note that /dev/ubuntu-vg/deskop2 is formatted using ext4 and mounted to /mnt/kvm_mounts/desktop2
File system info shortly into Ubuntu ISO install
PVDisplay info of the HD
I am installing Ubuntu Desktop on a Server host using virt-install. Soon after the install starts the LV that I am writing the virtual disk image to goes from 50G to 64Z. Impossible since the machine has only a single 1TB hard drive.
What is going on? I feel like I am trying to do something I'm not supposed to.
Install command
Code:
sudo virt-install -n desktop2 -r 1024 --disk path=/dev/ubuntu-vg/desktop2 -c ubuntu-14.04.2-desktop-amd64.iso --network network=default,model=virtio --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole -vFile system info shortly into Ubuntu ISO install
Code:
andrew@ubuntu:~$ df -T Filesystem Type 1K-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-root ext4 93976460 3140104 86039532 4% / none
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-storage ext4 361112164 200317276 142428424 59% /mnt/storage
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-monitoring ext4 206293688 60668 195730876 1% /mnt/kvm_mounts/monitoring
/dev/mapper/ubuntu--vg-desktop2 ext4 73786976294837252732 73786976294785830728 51405620 100% /mnt/kvm_mounts/desktop2Code:
andrew@ubuntu:~$ sudo pvdisplay
--- Physical volume ---
PV Name /dev/sda5
VG Name ubuntu-vg
PV Size 931.27 GiB / not usable 4.00 MiB
Allocatable yes
PE Size 4.00 MiB
Total PE 238405
Free PE 48165
Allocated PE 190240