>>> On 8/15/2008 at 7:29 AM, in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ryan McCain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -snip- > It has at least one advantage for us. We are given very limited space to > allocate for each guest. This method allows for the rapid installation of > either single application/patch or mass deployment/upgrade via ZLM without > having to guesstimate ahead of time that /opt will be 1.1 gig, /tmp will be > 500 meg, etc. Using my example, if we need to grow /opt to 1.5 gig, we would > then have to shuffle sizes of other filesystems around. Would you agree or > am I missing something?
That's not an advantage, it's a workaround for bad management decisions. Coming to Novell from a company where our z/VM systems were overly resource constrained, I completely understand your situation. The best you can do is "do what you have to do" and document for management the potential risks and business impact of their decision to not provide the necessary hardware resources to do things the "right" way (understanding there is debate about what "right" is). Then, if Murphy strikes, and people are asking why you did things that way, you have covered yourself and your team as much as you can. If I were put (back) in your position, I wouild try to do some research ahead of time to figure out what set of standardized system templates I might be creating, and adjust the file system layout I favor to support those. Just about everyone I've spoken to has done just that, whether / is on an LV or not, and gotten those templates approved by security, etc. You don't want every system you create to be a "one off" situation. That won't be to your advantage in any way. In general, you shouldn't be having to install lots of new packages, just maintenance, for the life of a particular guest. If you are, then something in your ogranizational or development processes are broken. Mark Post ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
