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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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Snapshot a KVM guest with non-file storage

I am preparing at least one Windows 7 guest on a KVM Linux (ubuntu) host. I have made an LVM-based storage pool which I would like to use. My main concern is snapshots. The disk-image will be ...
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add space to virtual disk on vmware

I have a VMWare Server 3.5 system with 2 VMs. On one powered on vm I changed the disk size from 1TB to 1,5TB. But the vm didn't see any new unallocated space so that I reboot twice the server. But ...
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Does Proxmox VE Support LVM as block storage for KVM guests?

Does Proxmox VE Support LVM as block storage for KVM guests to avoid the overhead of going through the filesystem layer on the host system ?
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Setup cloadmin on Centos installed in LVM

I installed CentOS 6 with default LVM partition pattern. according to this pattern Can I use Cloudmin and store KVM Disks in LVM as Logical Volume?
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How to extend a Linux PV partition online after virtual disk growth

VMware allows to extend the size of a virtual disk online - when the VM is running. The next expected steps for Linux system are: extend the partition: delete and create a larger one with fdisk ...
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How to access partitions inside a logical volume from the host machine?

On a Virtual Machine Host Server I have a logical volume, /dev/my_volume_group/some_disk. The Logical volume "some_disk" has two partitions on it that were created by the guest machine. A swap and an ...
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How to mount virtual machine's LVM partition on KVM host?

If I trying to do following on KVM host: # kpartx -av /dev/VolGroup00/kvm101_img add map kvm101_img1 : 0 208782 linear /dev/VolGroup00/kvm101_img 63 add map kvm101_img2 : 0 125612235 linear ...
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What KVM disk type to use?

I'm setting up a few KVM virtual guests and I'm debating which disk type to use. I haven't been able to find a good resource online that runs down the pros and cons of each. Can you help me create a ...
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Converting physical machine into virtual without shutdown it

I have to create virtual copy of existing server (for testing purpose). I have two (physical host) hosts: main - this one will be used as source for virtual machine disk image. It has standard ...
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Debian Squeeze Ganeti - lvm.conf filter problem

I've been integrating the ganeti project and it has a problem with the ":" character at the PV ( physical volume ), name. By adding the line filter = [ "r|:|", "a|.*|"] in /etc/lvm.conf, when creating ...
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Using LVM snapshots for KVM virtual machine clones

So, I've got a pretty awesome KVM setup running now, CentOS5.5 on the host and guest domains, libvirt managing all the configuration, etc. The guest domain filesystems are stored in LVM on top of a ...
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Possible to use LVM partitions inside a vmbuilder created KVM virtual machine?

I have an Ubuntu 9.10 host system with LVM partitions running KVM. I've been creating VMs using vmbuilder using LVM partitions for each VM instead of files for the VMs. When I configure a VM using ...
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Partitioning recommendations for a Proxmox VM Server (OpenVZ)

We are new to virtualization and we are planning to turn our online server into a virualized one, mainly for maintenance, backup and recovery improvements. Initially we would only have one real ...
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What is the perfect setup for a small Linux virtual server?

I have my own email server, and it serves a couple of dozen users. I need to replace it right now, and I want the replacement to be a virtual server image running under a hypervisor. My plans for ...
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ZFS virtualized on an LVM volume

We've got some large SATA disks kicking around, and I've been toying with the idea of throwing them in a KVM host and installing a FreeNAS VM to manage them. I'd be adding these via LVM to the host, ...
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REDHAT VM to run as HOST

I'm running a RHEL5 w/ 1 VM, that VM runs it's own LVM (boot, swap and root). so now what I need is to be able to boot directly into that VM bypassing my host enviroment and making my VM is a host, I ...
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XenServer for NAS and Virtualization

I'm very new to all this so please go easy on me! I'm wondering whether you can run a NAS and virtualization with XenServer on the one box. Basically, we need virtualization and we've picked ...