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Architecture of an IaaS [closed]
I have troubles understanding (not precisely, just the big picture) how IaaS works. So there is a pool of servers (datacenter) all managed by an hypervisor. The hypervisor is used to create virtual ...
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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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Hyper-V vs KVM for running Ubuntu + Windows
I am currently planning to set up a server for virtualisation. It will be running about half Windows 2012 servers and half Ubuntu. Would it be better to use hyper-v or KVM as the hypervisor as I am ...
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What are the tradeoffs between using hypervisor- vs. storage-array-based snapshots as backup sources?
Suppose you have some virtual machines (running in eg. ESXi) that are stored on an iSCSI storage array (eg. EqualLogic PS4110). Now suppose you want to set up a backup and restore regime that looks ...
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Can a virtual machine (VM) “hack” another VM running on the same physical machine? [closed]
For example:
if a VM is corrupted (hacked), what do I risk on others VMs running on the same physical machine?
What kind of security issues is there between VMs running on the same physical host?
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What VMware or third party tool can give a report of the capabilities of a server to virtualizate with ESXi
I mean some ESXi-check or a pre Hypervisor tool that can give details about CPU, NIC, Storage and other useful information, like VT-d passed VT-x passed and more Virtualization technology.
I know ...
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Moving system from ESXi to Hyper-V
I have a problem with moving a system from ESXi to Hyper-V.
The system on ESXi has got 100GB allocated space on HDD. The system is made from an image file(size about 6GB). The machine hosting ...
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first time building Hyper V hardware requirements
I intend to build a white-box that will be running a host server 2008 with hyper V and have the guest VMs on a separate SSD drive.
Is it better (in terms of to run the the 2008 server host on an ...
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Xen DomU (Guest) OS on different hard disk to Dom0?
I have followed the guide provided on the Ubuntu Community Documentation for Xen and I have successfully installed eight guest OS's on a different machine.
In the guide, I use the command: sudo ...
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Huge packet loss Hyper-V when guest is running with R410 and Broadcom BCM5716C NetXtreme II
I am running a domain controller, that also has a Hyper-V role installed.
Within the Hyper-V, I have a legacy Windows 2008 SBS that we will eventually retire.
When the guest OS is shutdown network ...
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Need to create debian router, should I create clean debian or virtual with debian [closed]
I have low energy consumption PC and want to use it as router, firewall, nagios server.
I was wondering whether install debian as sole system on that hardware or I might be able to install ...
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VMWare ESXi: how to add network drivers to installation?
Background / Problem
I have two new servers (Dell R720 & Dell R520) that I plan to install ESXi onto.
During the VMWare Hypervisor installation, I'm told that no network adapters exist.
Upon ...
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Where can I learn fundamentals about hypervisors in context of other hardware virtualization solutions? [closed]
I am interested in learning more about hardware virtualization, with a specific focus on hypervisors. I am competent to manage a server and would be able to configure an environment to work using ...
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What are the contraindications for using Hyper-V with Windows 2012 Server?
Background: I am researching several Virtual Machine Manager solutions. They are being considered for use in separating configuration for multiple development and testing environments. The decision ...
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How to make all of my IPs works in HyperVM XEN?
I've installed HyperVM on CentOS 5.8 final to make XEN VPS. I have 5 IPs, and added them to an IPPool. They are from *.123 to *.126.
But when I add Virtual machines, just the first one (which indicate ...
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Hypervisors that support AIX as a guest OS?
I am trying to find out what hypervisors are out there that can support running AIX guests. I know that IBM PowerVM can do it, but I would like to explore other options.
There is also AIX WPARs ...
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Security risk of XEN Server Free with public ip? [closed]
I am having a dedicated machine,from some hosting company and i have KVM access to it i wish to virtualize it using XEN's bare metal hyperviosr,(XEN server Free).
Will it be possible to manage VM's ...
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Should we use irqbalance in a VMware guest?
Should we use irqbalance in a VMware guest?
I'm very sure this benefits bare-metal installations on multi-processor systems.
I'm rather unsure if this benefits VMware guests, even VMware ...
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Adding RAM to a virtual machine without restart
Could anyone suggest me a hypervisor that permits adding RAM to a running virtual machine without restarting the guest OS. Is this even possible? Can this be done on xen? I have never found any ...
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Why use a type 2 hypervisor?
I have a question about type 1 and type 2 hypervisors. Type 1 runs on the bare metal, and then the end operating systems are installed on top. This seems to me like the most logical way to build a ...
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Hyper-V Core Server 2008 R2 Powershell-Script
I have a problem executing PowerShell-Scripts under a Server-Core System.
The command show-hypervmenu which gives me a powershell-menu for configuring VM's. Every time I try to delete or create or ...
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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? [closed]
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 [closed]
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 ...
