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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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Hyper-V VM wont start with more the 22gb RAM and produces Error Code 0x80070070

Currently got a server with 512GB of RAM and want to allocate 22GB of RAM to VM's on Hyper-V, currently have three machines, two with 22GB and one with 24GB RAM and are working fine but the fourth VM ...
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Connection to Azure VM through SSH doesn't work all the way

I have a development vm setup in a private network area in Azure. Now I'm trying to connect to it via SSH and it's failing for a certain reason. I'm sure that I uploaded the correct public key to the ...
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GCP VM (using cloud NAT) loses internet connection

We have a pretty simple setup for the VM on GCP w/o public IP address. To reach the internet, we use cloud NAT (w/ the basic configuration, see attached image): The problem we have is that the VM ...
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Bridge between networks

I'm beginner and I'm trying to set bridge between two networks in Virtual Box. I've created two VMs (Debian1 and Debian2) and for network settings I set Debian1 to intnet1(Internal network) and ...
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A networked filesystem spontaneously mounted on my VPS and I'm not sure what, why or how

This VPS was more or less idle during the days when this happened. The host (Scaleway) did not perform any maintenance or upgrades during this time, nor did I interact with the VPS directly or through ...
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VMware ESXi 7.0 U3j Can't login via root after a few minutes

I can't login via root user at the moment . If I do a hardware reboot on the server , the problem is solved and I can login for just once before I'm locked out again after like 5 minutes . I have read ...
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Ping to/from KVM QEMU VM running in another network namespace

I cannot ping to the default network namespace from a KVM QEMU VM running in a separate network namespace. Here is my setup: ip netns add test-ns # Creating veth ip link add if-in-ns type veth peer ...
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Add Azure D drive (temporary storage) to a migrated VM

Any VM created in Azure is given a D drive; a temporary storage drive attached to the hypervisor; which gives better performance than the data disks as it's closer to the VM's compute resources. This ...
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GCP is restarting my VMs in the middle of the day

I have a fleet of e2-highmem-2 GCP VMs. I expect that these VMs will not be restarted randomly. However, that seems to be what is happening. Every two weeks or so GCP is restarting my VMs. The VMs ...
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Error installing Debian on Virtual_machine(Disk parallel)

Debian 12 keeps giving me a new error each time, the last one I got after finishing the installation is: ERROR TRYING TO BOOT FROM SATA DRIVE 1 I tried the open Disk parallel and followed a suggestion ...
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Why isn't my Talos install booting the k8s apiserver, though it otherwise seems functional

I've been trying to get Talos up and running on a few VMs using libvirt. Those VMs appear to be launching etcd and it's clear from the logs the etcd's are talking to each other, and it's also clear ...
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How to switch from VirtualBox to VMWare

I've worked with virtual box (6.X and 7) on windows 10 for a few months and it was a pitty. From network-issues (Host-only vs. NAT vs. NAT-Network etc.) to lagging machines to .vdi-files that were ...
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Self hosting/Colocation multiple VMs with public IP addresses on single server

I have a single server that is running some VMs. I want each of these VMs to be accessed through public IP addresses correspondingly. I'm looking into hosting the server on my own and get a block of ...
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slow performance on ssd when using kvm to launch vm's

On my host hardware I have 1G's speed on my vm I create using kvm it drops to around 20MB's My host is running ubuntu 22.04 LTS How can I optimise this? I am using file based VM's. I created disk ...
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Configure ceph block storage pool in cockpit

I have a plain install on machine C with Oracle Linux 9.1 and cockpit and cockpit-machines. On machines A and B I have a ceph cluster configured which defines an rbd block storage pool for VM disks. ...
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Re-start VM Instance after stop (for changing the machine type)

I would like to change the machine type in VM instance so I stop the VM instance and change it and edit it. However, I cannot restart it afterwards and the message below is shown: a g1-small vm ...
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How To install ChromeOS Flex on AWS

How To install ChromeOS Flex Install AWS ec2, I go through this link but did not get so much help related to AWS Using CloudReady-Home-v83-x64.ova in my VMware Workstation Player, it works fine, but I ...
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Raw file in proxmox

I created a vm in proxmox. Now i need to use my astra.raw file. I saved raw file in /tmp. How i can import my astra.raw file in VM? I try to use sudo qm importdisk 220 astra1.raw tmp and feetback was ...
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Azure, what does "Enable managed boot diagnostics" give you that you cant get without it?

When you create a VM (e.g. ubuntu) with Azure, one option is "Enable managed boot diagnostics". I have read the linked help page, but this didnt help. Surely, if the OS has a problem ...
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Azure: how to reimage VM (ubuntu) via portal UI?

We need to start again with the original ubuntu install. We could delete the vm and create a new one, but this is tedious, easy to get the wrong settings, and also gets a new IP when we have already ...
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Does vSphere ESXI Virtualization needs to be installed on root server or is it an application which can be installed inside an OS? [closed]

Recently I've bought Dell PowerEdge R620 Server. I am interested in running Windows Server 2022 as well as I am interested in running virtual machines using Virtualization. Now I know that Windows ...
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cannot connect port 1883 on google cloud VM

I am trying to host a mqtt broker on google VM and open port 1883.The external IP address of VM is ephemeral. Can I know why the telnet to the IP of VM is failed? firewall config port 1883 telnet ...
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Can't install an Ubuntu Desktop edition (20.04, 22.04, 22.10) in a VMWare virtual machine

I can't install a recent Ubuntu Desktop guest OS in my VMWare ESXI 7.0.0 (Build 16324942). Each time I try, the installation process crashes on the "Where are you?" screen (when you have to ...
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IPV6 conflict VM Ubuntu 20.04 - Netplan

I have a problem, I've two virtual machines, but the problem is that when I turn on the second VM I lost the connection on the first one and vice versa. Here is the bridge netplan configuration on the ...
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Hyper-V Expand Drive Without Having to Use GParted to Fix Partitions

Hyper V Generation 2 VMs seem to exhibit this behavior: after expanding VHD, new space appears as separate partition there is no way to combine it with existing c:/ partition from Windows have to ...
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What happens if the only DC fails?

I recently started an internship in System Administration and I am currently tasked with researching and potentially setting up an on Premise Active Directory in our company. Lets say, I am running ...
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Can't configure unique IPs in Parallels VMs

I have 4 VMs running Ubuntu within Parallels (host machine is OS X). I am trying to set up SSH so that I can SSH into them, but I can't connect to them individually. They are all reporting the same IP ...
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Google cloud VM instance schedules do nothing

I have an issue with my google cloud VMs: when I try to set a scheduled startup or stop for them via google cloud's "instance schedules" nothing happens at the specified time. I will walk ...
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How does Azure Backup backup running VMs?

We are planning on implementing Azure Backup backups of our VMs but I'm struggling to find any documentation that clearly states how the backups are taken? I see snapshots are being taken but how does ...
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RedHat Server duplicates eth0 on boot

I have setup a RedHat 9 VM on Azure cloud with one virtual NIC which the VM recognizes as eth0. However, I have noticed that after booting up or restarting, the VM creates a duplicate device eth1 with ...
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How to trace NAT traffic (port-forwarding) from guest VM back to host

I have a host and guest Virtual-Machine (VirtualBox) with NAT Networking with the following network interfaces. How to trace traffic from local IP 10.0.2.15 i.e. guest's IP back to Host ? Host Ubuntu ...
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Can ping from host to VM but can't ping from VM to host

I have Ubuntu 22.04 Server VM on Windows 11 host with VirtualBox. The Windows host IP is 192.168.14.11 and the VM IP is 192.168.14.22. When I ping from the Windows host to the VM I get a reply. But ...
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Virtual machine not meeting Windows 11 system requirements, even though it should

I am trying to create a Windows 11 virtual machine on Hyper-V. I downloaded a clean x64 ISO from Microsoft. Here is my attempt using Generation 2 as a commenter recommended: Generation 2 Default ...
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VM not working after Reset

Our VM is no longer resolving since we did a reset. Reserved IP address is no longer assigned, we can not find a way to re-assign. Anyone know how to do this? Thanks Pablo
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How to restore a VM from disk image qcow2

I had a problem with my server and my VPS provider only wanted to give me a backup of the VM disk in qcow2 format, he told me that I should virtualize and mount that and then get my data and take ...
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How do I test my Proxmox VM Guest's Watchdog? (Windows 10 VM)

My Proxmox (Qemu) uses the i6300esb watchdog device driver. Windows shows the Watchdog Timer device under Device Manager. How do I test this? I tried disabling the watchdog device but nothing happened ...
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Error promoting Windows Server 2022 to Domain Controller

I have a virtual Windows 2022 Server in a VMWare ESXi environment, and a WS2019 virtual in another host, which is my Active Directory Domain Controller. I've been trying to promote the WS2022 to ...
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Is there a benefit to running my File Sharing server on the physical server and my SQL server on a virtual machine?

I've never heard of anyone running one server on the original instance of Windows Server on the physical machine, and then running a second server on a Virtual Machine, so I can't find any info on ...
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How to boot into safe mode with RDP enabled on GCP

Read title. I am trying to figure out how to boot into safe mode on a windows VM and still be able to connect to it via RDP (or another remote service).
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Can't connect to Windows VM after booting into safe mode

I cannot connect to my windows VM after booting into safe mode [networking enabled]. I have restarted, and I have tried using the serial console but it doesn't make much sense to me. I am trying to ...
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How to connect veth interfaces to bridge slave ports

This will probably be easier to explain with a diagram, so this is the basic setup: There are 2 containers 10.0.0.1 & 10.0.0.2 running inside a host machine, and I've also created a linux bridge ...
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When does upgrading require a restart or disruption of services?

I'm using google compute engine with a single VM instance (machine type: e2-custom-2-5632/skylake) that needs an upgrade. Services are bumping up against limits and throttling. I'm trying to purchase ...
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SAN Solution for diverse VM Servers

I recently got my fingers into Server Administration. I am currently the only person administering an air gapped network with 8 sites. Most things are dated and old but I get the money to renew things....
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How to create a VM with a specific external IP or IP range?

I have some problems with some google cloud IP ranges, they are blocked in my country, so I cannot connect to my VM if the instance is on those external IP ranges. I have tried reserving IP addresses ...
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Sharing a SQL Server between two locations -- best solution? [duplicate]

We're looking at opening a second facility which will have its own internal network for workstations and file sharing, but will need to access our central database server. Existing capacity on our ...
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Give VM a static ipv6 address

I am a ”networking beginner“, so I hope this question makes sense. I have an Ubuntu 22.04 server and a virtual machine based on qemu/multipass (also running Ubuntu 22.04). The goal is to have the web ...
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back up and restore host ssh_keys using cloud init autoinstall ubuntu

I am trying to automate VM installations for ubuntu 22.04 using autoinstall,cloud-init, qcow2 and virt-install. When I am reinstalling the OS on the same qcow2 file, I have a script that is run in ...
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Packet download speed drops for Ubuntu 20.04.05

I have a virtual machine in VMware Workstation 16.2.3. running in Windows 10 Pro I managed a few months ago to install Ubuntu 20.04.5. The idea of creating this virtual machine is to be able to test ...
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Need help regarding NFS shares permissions

I recently switched to using Proxmox as my OS of choice from OMV as the main OS and running a bunch of docker containers on the same host. I installed OMV (OpenMediaVault) inside a VM. I passed ...
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Possible to move VM with a dedicated drive to a bare metal server?

I have several VMs running on Proxmox, each with a dedicated SSD. I need to move each one to it's own bare metal server. Would it be as simple as removing the drive and placing it in the new server, ...
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