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64 bit HVM guest freezes while booting on Debian Lenny 64 bit Xen hypervisor
I'm trying to create an x86 64 bit guest machine on an old Debian Lenny x86 64 bit hypervisor using HVM. The physical CPU is a first generation Intel i7 with VT-x support. Xen recognizes the VT-x ...
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Web client in vSphere hypervisor (free ESXi) 5.0.0 missing
Just installed the hypervisor and it is up and running fine (in Test mode).
Using the corresponding version of vSphere Client works fine too.
Now sites like this show a Web Client that I just cannot ...
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Is Hyper-V a real hypervisor
According to Wikipedia, there are Hyper-V and Hyper-V server.
Ok...
Hyper-V server doesn't need an OS to run, so it is true Hypervisor.
But what about Hyper-V inside windows2008, is it a "type 2" ?
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Building Own Hypervisor Hardware, And Looking For A Parts List [closed]
We are thinking of building our own hypervisor hardware (in high volumes) for our virtualized hosting platform, instead of buying from Dell. Our model is small virtual machines 256MB of memory, and ...
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Newbie to ESXi, Can I run my VM on a laptop with ESXi and get to VM desktops?
Looking for a solution to use a hypervisor that allows access to the VMs that are running on itself. Basically, I would like to setup a laptop that can run 10 to 15 VMs that are already built, but to ...
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How to run a hypervisor-type-app in non-headless mode?
I'd like to figure out how to do the following:
Run, as a root system\OS, something like Proxmox where a light-weight OS (Linux) is booted and a VM server resides within. (Proxmox claims that the ...
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Which RAID Level Should We Run For Virtual Machine Storage
We just ordered a server which we are going to use as storage for our virtual machine environment. Basically it will work as a block level storage device running iSCSI to each hypervisor.
The server ...
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Checklist for relocating Linux server
I've been preparing a new Linux server in the office to be used as a VM host using Proxmox. Now that the basics are done we're moving it to our ISPs server room.
I'd like to make sure I haven't ...
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VMware vSphere Hypervisor IP question
I have a VMware vSphere Hypervisor server with two virtual machines running ubuntu, they are just test machines while I learn more about virtualisation and servers in general.
I would like the ...
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Can i install Xen Hypervisor on a dedicated server that is already in use
I have a dedicated server, currently i sell shared hosting on this server...
Now i want to sell VPS also on my server. Is there a way i can sell VPS?
Can i use Xen Hypervisor,will it disturb my shared ...
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Build parallel processing grid from 32-bit desktops
I am running simulation on my laptop(Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz with 4GB RAM running windows 7) which is taking very long time.
I have a couple of unused 32-bit (Core 2 Duo 1.8Ghz with 4GB RAM) desktops.
I ...
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What's the best way to make a copy of a VM and then rename it to save into your inventory from vSphere client?
I've had trouble exporting VMs, renaming them and importing them back into my inventory. What is the best way to do this inside vSphere Client? I am using vSphere Hypervisor version 4.1. Thanks.
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Hyper-V IO performance penalty for non-enlightened guests?
Does anyone have any numbers or good resources on the disk IO performance penalty for a non-enlightened guest(Windows XP) vs enlightened guest (Windows 7) running in a hypervisor?
Hyper-V in ...
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How to change hostname of VM?
I am using vSphere Hypervisor 4.1.0 and vSphere Client and from the vSphere Client, if you go to the Summary tab of a VM, how do you change the Host name in the General box? I am stumped. I heard ...
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Hypervisor for mixed client and server OSes
I need to replace three old boxes I use for development, running Linux, Win Server and Win XP. Instead of purchasing three new boxes I am thinking of purchasing a single box and virtualizing the OSes. ...
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KVM Guest using Physical SATA disk
Is there a way to get my Ubuntu server (running as a guest in KVM) to use one of the hosts SATA discs? I Want it to have exclusice access and I beleve there sould be a "native" way. I have googled ...
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Configuring Initial networking of DOM-0 in XEN
I have installed CENT OS 5.4 with Hypervisor(XEN) on a blade server. When I log in in to
the console and fire the command 'xm list', I can see domain-0. So Hypervisor is installed successfully. But I ...
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Best Host OS for VMware Workstation 7?
What are your recommendations for a good host OS for running and using VMs on the same machine. I won't be using the host OS for anything other than hosting virtual machines. vSphere would be ideal, ...
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Windows Hyper-V Server 2008 (hypervisor) or Windows Server 2008 + Hyper-V
I'm planning to build a small server for a couple small projects, which will run a couple OSs as virtual machines.
This will mostly be Windows OSs, so I decided to use the new Hyper-V functionality ...
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How to investigate frequent but dissimilar data-loss events
I have a Xen domU provided by a third party, running Ubuntu (10.04, server edition, stock -server kernel). This server runs Dovecot and Exim4, with mail stored in Maildirs, and runs a fairly typical ...
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Why is it possible to deploy a hypervisor within a hypervisor?
Why is that a hypervisor, which alledgedly needs to be on physical hardware, can be deployed within a VM?
For example, XenServer (the actual hypervisor) can be deployed in an ESX VM?
Why is this ...
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Distributing entropy to virtual machines
I'm interested in generating secret keys for SSL on virtual machines using true randomness. By true randomness I mean the same level of entropy that can be generated by UNIX's dev/random and entropy ...
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What are some arguments against using virtualization in favor of multiple servers?
I am settings up windows server 2008 environment.
I have 4 new servers with 12 GB RAM each.
I am looking to distribute the following roles:
1) Domain Controller / Active Directory
2) Exchange ...
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Hyper-v Core backup so slow across LAN
Our T610 server has 2 Gb NICs and a guest VHD thats 28GB in size. When I copied that VHD from our file server [Server 2003] to the local drive on hyper_v core it took over 3 hours.
This concerns me ...
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Hyper-V core management options
I have installed Hyper-V standalone on a server and configured server options using sconfig.cmd. I am now stuck as to how I create VMs, back them up etc.
Our environment has only XP pro workstations, ...
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VMware or Xen support for AIX on pSeries architecture
I tried to find an explicit confirmation on VMware website if there is any chance we could virtualize AIX running on pSeriese architecture (P5, P6 and P7), but in vain.
so far we have only one ...
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Can't start my Windows XP Virtual Machine: Insufficient Disk Space
Okay, I currently have a server with two virtual machines installed on it, a CentOS5.4 and a Windows XP. I was remote desktopping the Windows XP chatting on IRC, and all of a sudden I lost connection.
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Whats the difference between “bare-metal” hypervisor and full virtualization?
I am presenting to my class on virtualization.
While researching, I am confused between a bare metal hypervisor an full virtualization mode with binary translation.
Could someone please explain that ...
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HP ML350G6 running hyper-V 2008 r2 resets itself every 2 hours
The system started resetting itself exactly every 2 hours. These are the messages in the iLO2 log:
Informational iLO 2 03/07/2010 20:40 03/07/2010 20:40 1 Server power restored.
Caution iLO 2 ...
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Machine Compatibility Test
We currently have a server running VMware server 1.0X. I'm trying to get it ready to install ESXi. I'm running the compatibility test on the go.vmware.com site and I'm getting a failure.
Number of ...
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Which Hyperviser Solution for Java Applications?
Do you have any comment which of the available hypervisor solutions is best suited for Java applications? i.e. provides higher performance along with Java virtual machine?
Our machines are mid-level ...
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Hyper-V processors
I'm running a HP ProLiant DL380G6 with 2x Intel® Xeon® E5520 Quad Core Processor 2.26 GHz and 12GB of ram. I got Hyper-V installed and 3 VMs for now. If I open up task manager I can see 16 cores (I'm ...
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HyperV Server Recommendations
Looking to implement HyperV on 2008 R2... We currently use an HP DL380, but we are looking to expand a bit and were thinking maybe a blade solution was the answer... Or an HP DL370 G6... Or the Intel ...
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Hypervisor for 32 bit desktop
I have a Dell Dimension 4700 helping hold the floor down in the corner of my office and thought it would be useful to install a hypervisor and then use the box for something. EXSi has been my ...
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Virtualization and best hardware sharing scenario for me
Following this thread on super user, I now want to start installing all my vm on the hardware.
As a remainder, i have a (powerful enough) server on which i want to install 3 OS: there is a debian ...
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Which VPS/VM virtualization host server software should I use? [closed]
I am looking to get a start in the cloud computing market, but from the ground up. I have been through the ringer with VM-Ware claiming free, but meaning $5-20k for things you actually need out of it. ...
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Does Intel VT-x (or AMD Pacifica/AMD V) Support Real Virtualisation?
I am still confused regarding the mechanisms of virtualisation.
I understand why the x86 architecture is/was not by itself virtualisable and why other architectures are (and why the 68k architecture ...
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Run virtual machines without a host
I know that I can have virtualization software (Virtual Box, Virtual PC) running on Ubuntu or Windows and run guest operating systems in it. Is it possible to run virtual machines without a host OS?
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What is the Difference between T1 and T2 Hypervisors?
What is the difference between t1 and t2 hypervisors?
The Wikipedia article explains it, but I am not quite getting it. Apparently both require some sort of host system to run in. Does anybody know ...
