LVMs on Debian and LAN Issue Got Xen up and running

updated the firm ware on R710 it is on Debian site here is a link
http://packages.debian.org/lenny/all/firmware-bnx2/download
after that it showed the lan card detected



Here is a link in case you want to know some one else had faced
similar problem and they have claimed it worked for them on R710 for
Debian
http://lists.us.dell.com/pipermail/linux-poweredge/2009-April/039119.html
I have also manually added the firmware as he mentioned on the above link.


http://linuxdevcenter.com/pub/a/linux/2006/04/27/managing-disk-space-with-lvm.html

LVMs on Debian
http://www.debian-administration.org/articles/410

http://www.faqs.org/docs/Linux-HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO.html#AEN120
http://www.howtoforge.com/linux_lvm_p3
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-lvm/

If you have not installed using LVM Pvcreate is not working
http://www.howtoforge.com/forums/showthread.php?t=39401
this is what is actually required
http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/DebianDomU


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openworld:~# man vgchange
openworld:~# vgchange -a n lvmxen
0 logical volume(s) in volume group "lvmxen" now active
openworld:~# pvscan
PV /dev/sda5 VG lvmxen lvm2 [93.13 GiB / 93.13 GiB free]
PV /dev/sda6 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
PV /dev/sda7 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
PV /dev/sda8 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
Total: 4 [372.54 GiB] / in use: 1 [93.13 GiB] / in no VG: 3 [279.40 GiB]
openworld:~# vgremove lvmxen
Volume group "lvmxen" successfully removed
openworld:~# pvscan
PV /dev/sda5 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
PV /dev/sda6 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
PV /dev/sda7 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
PV /dev/sda8 lvm2 [93.13 GiB]
Total: 4 [372.54 GiB] / in use: 0 [0 ] / in no VG: 4 [372.54 GiB]
openworld:~#

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TO activate and remove etc
http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/removevgs.html

http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Xen_on_Debian_Lenny_using_the_additional_IPs_%28EQ_Series%29

Careful following link used Etch
http://etbe.coker.com.au/2007/01/01/installing-xen-domu-on-debian-etch/

My post
http://search.gmane.org/?query=xen%20from%20sources&author=tapas%40abhitech.com
http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.emulators.xen.user/52705/match=xen+sources


Moving on to DomU after creating LVMs
http://wiki.hetzner.de/index.php/Xen_on_Debian_Lenny_using_the_additional_IPs_%28EQ_Series%29
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-xen-on-debian-lenny-amd64

Since I used LVMs so
http://www.howtoforge.com/virtualization-with-xen-on-debian-lenny-amd64-p2