A virtual machine (VM) is a completely isolated guest operating system installation within a normal host operating system. It is a software implementation of a machine (i.e. a computer) that executes programs like a physical machine.
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How many core i should give for each VM process [closed]
I have the following on my development environment :-
Host Machine:-
1.Windows 7 professional.
2.Core i7 (8 processes).
3.VM workstation.
4.32 GB RAM.
5.700 GB hard disk.
On the VM:-
1.Windows ...
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Fail to configure Windows Server 2008 R2 updates
I have installed Windows Server 2008 R2 on a VM workstation 9.0 machine. then i have enabled the windows updates which installed around 120 updates . but when i shut down the VM to configure the new ...
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Is it possible to create an equivalent environment of a KVM guest using QEMU for Windows?
I have a KVM guest in a datacenter that is my production server for a service I am developing. I would like to create an equivalent virtual environment on my Windows machine so I can be sure that ...
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Azure extra small vm availability set [closed]
My current extra small vm reaches the limits, so I decided to create a second extra small instance and add the two into a availability set so my service is everytime available and through the load ...
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Creation of Xen VM fails with Error: Creating domain failed: name=buildbox03
Since a few hours, my xen VM does not want to be created.
The VM is quite unstable so I need to destroy and create is quite often. This morning I was able to do such a destroy-create cycle. A few ...
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VM 9.0 workstation stop responding when restarting it
I have the following:-
Windows 7 professional x64 host machine with 32 GB RAM & 8 processes
VM workstation 9.0
Windows server 2008 r2 inside the VM.
But each time I restart the VM it will ...
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intervlan within Virtual OS
Is it accepted procedure to create a dedicated VLAN for internal communication of my virtual OS?
this hardware is connected to a switch, when an OS needs a specific service from another OS inside the ...
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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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Hosting multiple domains on seperate servers but only one public IP address
Is there a way to host multiple websites with different domains on the same public IP address, and when the user enters, say example1.com that goes to one server on my private network(192.168.1.20), ...
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Which Linux flavor was mosted used in 2012 [closed]
I would like to change to Linux OS.
Mostly i am going to use my desktop for Listening Songs, Watching films and sometimes i will edit audio or video.
Can i install Windows OS as Virtual OS inside the ...
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How to redirect a local port range to a guest VM using Linux?
I am trying to redirect connections made inside a linux host to a guest VM, say 192.168.122.158, for a certain port range, say 8000:8500, i.e.:
telnet localhost 8000
should actually result in a ...
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IIS server on virtual machine [closed]
we are using apache and php on our website. Now we are thinking of moving to Microsoft platform: ASP.NET & IIS. Thing is, we NEED to use Linux server for networking which already has virtual ...
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VPS setup for hosting more than one app (via VMs?)
First of all, I’m not an admin, so excuse me if my questions are kinda obvious/lame – I’m just a ruby programmer, which would like to host few apps on his server;)
Lets say, that I’ve got 3 ...
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Removing a VM from my VM 9.0 workstation did not free the space [closed]
I have an Hp laptop which have windows 7 64x, and I have installed a VM workstation 9.0 , and then I have created a new VM containing windows server 2008 and I allocate 80 GB space.
But I right click ...
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VM 9.0 with windows server 2008 data center hangs when restarting it [migrated]
I have installed VM workstation 9 on my windows 7 64x, my environment specification are as follow:
windows 7 professional 64x
32 GB RAM
670 GB hard disk
VM workstation 9
create a new VM and I mount ...
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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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Setting my Laptop as the development environment for sharePoint 2013 [closed]
I want to set up the development environment for SharePoint 2013 and for that i was provided by a laptop with the following HW & SW specifications:-
windows 7 professional 64x
670 GB hard disk ...
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Puppet agent (v3.0.1) hangs connecting to master (v3.1.1) in VM behind firewall (with NAT based access) - SOLVED
I am using puppet agent v3.0.1 (On FreeBSD), trying to connect to a puppet master v3.1.1 (On Ubuntu) and the puppet agent hangs with the following debug output:
puppet agent --debug --no-daemonize
...
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Hyper-V VM on Windows 8 - No Network Access
I have a VM set up in Hyper-V and 2 virtual switches that SHOULD allow me to RDP to the VM and for the VM to have access to the internet. I can RDP to the VM, but the VM does NOT have access to the ...
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Moving Windows Server to the Cloud
We have an ageing Windows webserver hosting web applications through IIS and contains an SQL Server 2005 instance. It runs a range of websites from standard HTML, through classic ASP and up to ...
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Low throughput on Vmware workstation virtual machines
I have two RHEL 6.2 virtual machines with core i7 processor. My host is also Dell core i7 laptop. I have connected these two VMs with virtual network editor. I am creating a VPN tunnel across my two ...
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dotCloud Docker vs traditional VM [closed]
I am new to Docker.
What are the major differences between Docker and traditional VM?
Is Docker stable enough for daily use?
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Whm/cpanel on Vmware redhat all in windows 8 [closed]
I've got a successful installation of Cpanel/whm on Vmware workstation and a supported Red Hat Enterprise Server. All of that is running on my Windows 8 system with IIS server.
I've bought a domain ...
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Is it possible to install Windows on a linux dedicated server? [closed]
I'm currently running a dedicated server with Ubuntu, I'd like to install Windows (with GUI) and be able to remotely control it.
Is this practical? if so how and what tools make this process easy?
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Need to run windows service and MySQL, what remote/cloud service options do I have? [closed]
As the title suggests, I need to set up MySQL database which can be accessed by two (or more) different sites. The only snag with this is that we need to run a windows service alongside it (this is a ...
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Storage virtual machine. LVM or loop devices? [closed]
Actual situation:
I'm the administrator of a virtual machine. The virtual machine is a Debian.
This machine will be mainly a storage machine with different services (svn, ftp... ), and a webserver. ...
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How does a Virtual Server handle Firewalling in relation to its host?
I have a host server running Windows Server 2008 and on this I have a Virtual Server (using Hyper-V) running Windows Server 2003. The Virtual server hosts websites specifically. I am trying to use the ...
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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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Citrix Receiver failed to login [closed]
I have setuped Citrix Desktop Studio Express 5.0 and publish an exe application.
Then I installed Citrix Receiver on my iPhone and windows server 2008 and want to execute the exe application on ...
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Connecting vmware on two computers [closed]
I have a switch and 2 computers, each one has vmware with a running centos 5.8 on.
what i am trying to do is ping centos2 from centos 1 through the switch(10\100).
please help.
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Setting up CentOS/RHEL virtual on VirtualBox
I have a physical server running Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server release 5.5 (Tikanga). I would like to create a virtual machine (using VirtualBox) with a binary-compatible version of CentOS server as ...
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How to over 500000 cpuunits on OpenVZ [closed]
I have a OpenVZ and i would like to allocate more than 500000 cpu units.
But the max i can set is 500000.
Does he have a solution to give more power to my vm?
According to all the sources I read ...
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Is there a way to specify versions for programs using Vagrant and Hosted Chef?
I am trying to improve my development workflow but am running into some major roadblocks. Currently, we develop on local Windows machines running XAMPP then after tested on an individual machine, push ...
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Adding bluetooth dongle to vmware server
I need to test some bluetooth code using a VM. Im wondering how to setup the VM (and thus the server) with a bt dongle to access my device.
If I simply plug the bt dongle into the server running my ...
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virsh attach-device for serial device
I would like to add a serial device (console) to a guest via the virsh attach-device command.
I have a console.xml file containing:
<serial type="pty">
<target port="0"/>
...
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What are the open source alternatives to ScaleMP? [duplicate]
ScaleMP allows you to virtualize multiple physical servers into one. See http://www.scalemp.com/
What are the alternatives? What are the open sources alternatives?
Is open source community doing ...
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VMWare ESXi: to extend a partition or create a new drive?
Is it better to extend an existing partition or to create a new drive in VMWare ESXi? I'll be using LVM to put the drive in an existing volume group and to extend a SAN mount point. Which would be ...
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Windows 2008 R2 unable to connect to the internet
I have been given a Virtual Server which is unable to connect to the internet, I have the correct information provided by the management of the VPS Provider,
The Default gateway is on a different ...
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SolusVM Slave - custom iptables
I want to add some custom lines to /etc/sysconfig/iptables.
I can do this but Solusvm flushes the rules using iptables-save every 5 minutes.
It does not always remove them and they survive a reboot ...
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Super lightweight headless Linux virtual machine on Windows? [closed]
I'm developing a cloud application and need to test the clustering capability. I'd really like a fast and easy way to spin up several headless Linux virtual machines on my Windows laptop. Each VM ...
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Is it possible to use only 1 SSL certificate across 4 Virtual Machines?
First of all, I'm not handling the servers. My employers are Japanese but my manager can speak English and he want us to research about the possibility of the setup they are thinking.
So the way he ...
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Server Hosted at Data center Internal IP address on hyper-v guest OS
I have a hosted server that’s located at a data center that I pay for monthly (www.liquidweb.com). The server is running windows server 2012 standard. The server is used to host a SQL database and a ...
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Virtual Server Memory not a power/multiple of 2
In the old times (before virtualization), memory came in powers/multiples of 2, because that is the way memory is manufactured. Nowadays that we create virtual servers that don't have real physical ...
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./pox.py log.level --DEBUG forwarding.l2_learning not working as expected
I have installed openvswitch on my PC with runs Ubuntu 12.04.I also have virtual box running on my PC with 3 virtual machines (Ubuntu 12.04) running on them. are named
vm-1
vm-2
vm-3
I have ...
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Xen guest - cannot get network connection beyond the host
I've just installed a XenServer 6.1. It came with a standard configuration:
network 0 connected to NIC 0.
I created a VM but I can't reach any network beyond the host.
From the VM (172.18.32.20), I ...
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Openvswitch configuration with Ubuntu VM
I have a Windows 7 PC as host.The network details of my Windows PC are as follows.
IP ADDRESS - 192.168.1.70
DEFAULT GATEWAY - 192.168.1.254
I have installed Virtual Box ...
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DHCP requests don't get to instance, but they do if I retransmit with scapy
Trying to troubleshoot a problem where DHCP request packets aren't getting into a KVM virtual machine. The DHCP server and the hypervisor are on separate machines, separated by a swich.
br100 ...
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Converting Physical machine to Hyper V VM
I'm running a Physical machine with Windows 7 Ultimate mainly as a file server with 2 hard drives with all the file content stored on D drive with C mainly for OS. This file server is accessible by ...
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MySQL VM running out of RAM [duplicate]
we recently had a problem where our mysql vm was running out of RAM and choking to a stop. Last week we upgraded it from 2GB to 8GB and it was running great until yesterday is started happening again. ...
