Index: trunk/packages/invirt-remote/server/usr/sbin/invirt-remote-proxy
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--- trunk/packages/invirt-remote/server/usr/sbin/invirt-remote-proxy	(revision 2255)
+++ trunk/packages/invirt-remote/server/usr/sbin/invirt-remote-proxy	(revision 2256)
@@ -20,8 +20,16 @@
         invirt-remote-availability "$@" ;;
     web/lvcreate | web/lvremove | web/lvrename | web/lvresize )
+        if [ -f "/etc/invirt/nolvm" ]; then
+            echo "LVM operations are temporarily disabled for maintenance, sorry."
+            exit 2
+        fi
         remctl "$(invirt-getconf hosts.0.hostname)" remote "$TYPE" "$SERVICE" "$@" ;;
     control/help )
         invirt-remctl-help ;;
     control/create|control/install )
+        if [ -f "/etc/invirt/nocreate" ]; then
+            echo "Booting VMs is temporarily disabled for maintenance, sorry."
+            exit 2
+        fi
 	invirt-remote-create "$SERVICE" "$MACHINE" "$@" ;;
     control/listhost|control/list-host )