Virtualization is a group of software technologies that allow abstraction between layers of a system. This allows separation between the logical layers of the system, providing isolation, flexibility, and/or the ability to run more than one at a time. This differs from most traditional systems where ...
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Bridging Network for Xen (Ubuntu)
I'm renting a dedicated server and I have 10 Usable IP addresses. The CPU is a Xeon e3-1230v2 and I'll be provisioning 7 Xen VPS's on it. 1 vCPU for each, and then the last available CPU will be ...
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Standalone KVM server best practices
I'm looking at ordering a powerful server machine to use for virtualization. I'm planning on running debian with KVM+QEMU for the virtualization, and a hardware RAID6 to store the VMs on. I would also ...
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Windows Server 2012 Virtualization for Limited Downtime? [closed]
We're planning on purchasing a new server and consolidating most of our websites onto it. The initial thought was to use Windows Server 2012 with 4 VMs on it (1 e-commerce web, 1 e-commerce database, ...
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Desktop virtualization and video streaming: can they coexist? [duplicate]
I'm planning to use desktop virtualization to implement a virtual classroom of about 20 seats.
Do you think it is convenient to get 20 thin clients for this purpose rather than 20 regular PCs? Or ...
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VDI for real-time streaming and e-learning with 20 thin clients [closed]
I'd need your opinion about the use of VDI-In-A-box for one of my customers. The infrastructure is: - 20 thin clients, - 2 server with Xen server and VDI-IN-A-Box with HA.
The client image is a ...
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Sizing server: VDI for real-time streaming and e-learning with 20 thin clients [duplicate]
I need some information about a VDI-In-A-box infrastructure for one of my customers.
The infrastructure is:
- 20 thin clients,
- 2 server with Xen server and VDI-IN-A-Box with HA.
The client image ...
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How would you proceeed when analyzing company ops for HW/SW cuts? [closed]
I've been pushed into undesirable situation where I should analyze the hardware and software used by Company and advise on possible cuts. Quick facts:
Company lacks it's own IT department, ...
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Why does Xen fail to create domUs/start the virtual network interface?
I have received two errors while trying to create a new domU on Xen. First, I received this error:
Unable to complete install: 'POST operation failed: xend_post: error from xen daemon: (xend.err ...
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From VMWare Player to VMWare ESXi with Thin Client
currently I've a PC with a Windows Xp on it, there is the VMWare Player installed.
In this VMWare Player there is one VM with a Win2000 on it. The Serial Ports (COM1-COM4) from the Host are integrated ...
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schroot auto-mounting doesnt works?
I've been reading about schroot and trying to understand the parts in various tutorials that mention about auto mounting. For example check the section (and the parts after it) "Basic schroot ...
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Execute command with Jailkit
So I created a jail at /opt/jail using http://olivier.sessink.nl/jailkit/ - how can I execute a command inside the jail now and get the output as I can do with chroot ?
The simplest command I'd like ...
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Shutdown VM Host if Data store is lost
Hi i have 2 virtual cisco apps on 2 seperate servers that are HBA connected to a vnx datastore – when i lose the connections to the datastore my LUN becomes inactive on the corresponding host . Is ...
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frequently running KVM remote VMs locally - virtualization software [closed]
I have a Linux server which runs KVM. I connect to the headless VMs over rdp and vnc. Frequently I want to download the VMs and run them locally on my computer and again re-upload them later ...
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Can I convert a parallels virtual machine (pvm file) to a windows virtual pc or other free virtualization software? [migrated]
I have a pvm file with an image of windows 7 in it. I want to be able to open this on a windows computer. I don't mind what virtualization to use so long as it's free, so probably either virtualbox or ...
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USB device not going through VM?
I have a server (we'll call it Server01, Win2008R2) that has a Virtual Environment (also a Win 2008R2 Environment) ran through Hyper-V.
I have a program on the VM that needs an USB Device (it's ...
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Running web host and DNS on same box [closed]
I've currently got an install of the GUIless windows server 2012 installed in a VM (chosen to force myself to learn WMI and windows server administration via powershell). It is running behind a ...
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Why Virtualize? [closed]
I am looking at expanding the hardware behind our .NET web application from a single box running the Web Server and SQL Server to two separate units with the web server on one and SQL Server on the ...
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Ovirt doesn't create live snapshot
I installed oVirt. If I suspent VM and create snapshot it's ok, but if I try to do live snapshot on the stage "Finalizing" ovirt have fail.
Ovirt, VDSM and NFS storages are on the same local server.
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Is vSphere the correct tool for setting up on-demand virtual machines? [closed]
Sorry for such a basic question but...I was wondering if vSphere is the correct tool to use for provisioning virtual machines to users? Basically, I have development and QA teams working on multiple ...
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Increasing vCPUs for Server 2003?
I have a VM running Server 2003 and SQL Server 2008 on VMware ESXi. Can I safely assume this configuration can cope with a change to the number of vCPUs? Are there better solutions to address the ...
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Virtual Firewall vs Physical Firewall
i was reading this discussion: Is there danger to virtualizing a router?
I'm in charge of mantaining several firewall installed in different SMB organization 10-100 user. We're installing Endian or ...
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how many VDI clients per Nvidia GRID K1 card?
This question is about the NVIDIA GRID GPU virtualization boards. Specifically about the K1 card. Does anyone have practical experience with this card in terms of how many VDI clients can be run on ...
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recipient rejected in a SMTP connection from a OpenVz container [closed]
I'm facing a strange problem. I'm getting a recipient rejected on a SMTP server only from inside an OpenVZ container, while from the physical server everything works fine.
Here's an example of a ...
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VMWare power failure guests don't connect to internal network?
I have an ESXi server running basic network services, i.e. firewall, domain controller, dhcp, dns, disk shares, etc. The guest OS's are set up to come online in the following order: firewall, domain ...
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Converting offline Windows 8 to VHD for Hyper-V (p2v) [migrated]
here's my current config:
I have an offline SSD with a single ~240Gb partition that was running in my old laptop.
I no longer have access to the laptop.
I have a new eSata enclosure and would like ...
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This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible [migrated]
I have windows 7 64x professional Laptop , then i download a new VM on it , but when i try to mount an ISO imag for windows server 2008 i got the following error :_
**This virtual machine is ...
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Virtualization: pass audio and video from one VM to hardware [migrated]
I have a Linux server at home for storage, development and testing purposes. I would like to use this server as a home theater solution as well. Now it doesn't seem like a good idea to run that ...
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Can I run a 64bit Debian Linux without VT-x on VMWare or Oracle VBox? [duplicate]
I am running a Debian 64bit version with its default GRUB loader and kernel 2.6.32-5-amd64.
By pressing e I can get into a mini-emacs to edit the GRUB loader script.
The CPU I would like to run the ...
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How to export Parallels Win 7 VM into AWS EC2?
Is there any elegant way to transfer a complete Win 7 server installation from a Parallels Desktop (Mac) VM into an AWS EC2 instance?
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There is a point in using some virtualization technology just to one host?
Quick and dirty: there's a point to virtualise a server in a single host? Using an hypervisor.
It would be better to just install the OS in bare metal or some features like the remote software KVM ...
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Copy an Amazon EC2 Instance to use locally
Ok, so we have a spare server I have installed Debian Wheezy on, and setup Xen on for virtual machines. It has better performance than all our ec2 instances combined, and will cost less to run (for a ...
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kvm: 23090: cpu0 unhandled wrmsr 0x391 data 2000000f
I installed kvm on CentOS 6.4. I created virtual server CentOS_test on it. When I start CEntOS_test I have message:
kvm: 23090: cpu0 unhandled wrmsr 0x391 data 2000000f
What is it mean? CentOS_test ...
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Trilead VM Explorer: Failed Transfer Error
I am using Trilead VM Explorer to backup virtual machines on ESXi host.
When I try to perform a backup I get the following error:
Failed: Transfer Error (The upload failed (Unable to write data ...
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Virtuozzo Containers Tools Updates
Each time i try to run Parallels Virtuozzo Containers Tools Updates to install the 10 updates which are available i receive the error below.
Virtuozzo tools update 4.7.0-119
Virtuozzo tools update ...
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Is it possible to create shares within App-V that are presented and accessible from inside and outside the App-V
The Application requires the install directory for example C:\Program Files (x86)\MyApp shared as MyApp so the application can connect to itself via a share to permit uploads to.(I’m not sure yet how ...
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Best Practice: vCPUs per physical core
I am trying to find some documentation or best practice guides for virtualization with respect to provisioning vCPUs per physical core (of a CPU). If it matters, I am looking at vmWare for the ...
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UBuntu 13.04 Server with a Windows 2008 VM
I have a ubuntu 13.04 server. On it I have a virtual machine (kvm), with Windows 2008 on it.
I have configured /etc/network/interfaces to have a bridged connection to the machine, so I am able to ...
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Deploying OpenVZ containers
I have already installed OVZ web panel.My current situation is
1.In the LAN i m working from,the hardware node(HN) on which OpenVZ is installed has ip address 192.168.2.152.
2.three containers have ...
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Should I be worried about Code 39 for these drivers on a virtual server?
We currently run an SBS2008 DC/Exchange/AD on hardware that is getting dated. Before it falls all the way over we are trying to get it virtualized, as we do have a shiny new (and under utilized) ...
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Virtmanager connection via custom SSH command?
I'd like to use virt-manager to manage my libvirt/kvm virtual machines running on a remote host, but the method I use to ssh into that host it a bit complicated. I need to use custom ports along with ...
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Booting Ubuntu 12.10 guest on Debian 6.0.4 Xen with pygrub
I'm trying to run a Ubuntu 12.10 off a Debian 6.0.4 and Xen-4.0. I realised that pygrub might not be able to parse the menu.lst (I symlinked menu.lst to grub.cfg in /boot) and ended up with this ...
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How to assign each user in a LAN a dedicated container?
I currently have OpenVZ installed on CentOS 6.3 in a LAN with the host node ip address being 192.168.2.152.How do I assign other users in the LAN a dedicated container of their own so that their ...
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Solution for always logging into a clean Windows desktop
Let's say when a user log in to a domain to the desktop, they can save file temporarily to the local hard disk. For example they might download some file to the Downloads folder. However when they ...
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What is the advantage of using Instance Type HVM over Instance Type EBS? [closed]
Ubuntu provides images for
EBS
Instance Store
HVM
I'm confused about two things, why would anyone want HVM if EBS is supported? What's the difference? And, further when you launch an EBS instance ...
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Find ddos attack on OpenVZ container
How do you figure out which OpenVZ contain is under attack from a dDoS?
I know it is an attack because the b/w and incoming traffic shot WAY up.
Can this be done with netstat? Are some attacks not ...
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GPU passthrough to KVM or Esxi [closed]
well i got intel server with 2 xeon 2690. the thing is im going to run a lot of VMs that use youtube(flash player), the thing is if i have a graphic card than most of the resource will go to the GPU, ...
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Split management network from data in Xen Server
I'm working on configuring our existing pool of four hypervisors running XenServer 6.1 to use a separate management network.
Currently the setup is a single link with a public address over which all ...
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Changing the mac address in a libvirt xml config file breaks network connectivity for the guest
I'm using Xen with libvirt and trying to set it up on a bridged interface. I am able to install an OS and everything works as I would expect. If I save the xml output from "virsh dumpxml guest", edit ...
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Can't Start VM, VMDK Locked due to Aborted Transfer Between Datastores
I was copying a VM between datastores last night when I looked away and then the vCenter host started restarting due to Windows update... The VM transfer between was aborted, but now the VMDK file it ...
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Vmware Storage Appliance: Does It Deliver?
I'm on a tight budget and can't afford a SAN.
I'm considering a Vmware Essentials Plus Kit deploy on 3 servers. This includes vSphere Storage Appliance. Vmware claims it will do what I need it to.. ...
