Questions tagged [virtualization]
Questions about Virtualizing Ubuntu or virtualizing other operating systems within Ubuntu.
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How do I import a disk image into libvirt?
Can someone post the proper syntax? I have tried using the chmod command , but I am doing something incorrectly. I am just trying to move a centos iso file to /images to set up a test vm
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What should i choose? LXC vs OpenVZ [closed]
As an alternative to Virtualizing several Ubuntu Servers im looking into the possibility of using containers. But I am not sure if I should go for OpenVZ or LXC. Can anyone recommend one of them, or ...
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Add Windows programs from VirtualBox to the Ubuntu programs menu
I have been using Ubuntu for years now, but for a few months I got my hands on a shiny new iMac, while I had it I messed around with Parallels Desktop and fell in love with many of its features. One ...
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How make VirtualBox share virtual machine list in a dual boot system (Windows 7 and Ubuntu)?
I want VirtualBox on Ubuntu display the VMs I created while running VirtualBox in Windows 7, I'm working with a dual boot PC. Windows 7 partition is accessible and writable from my Ubuntu and I ...
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Virtual Machine Ubuntu 13.04 is Very Slow
I installed Ubuntu 13.04 in my VMWare (I'm using Windows 7); the problem is it's quite slow; it doesn't response quickly as opposed to native installed OS. I also installed CentOS & WinXP; they're ...
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Trying to install Ubuntu 13.04 i386 as a VM in VirtualBox, the system crashes upon completion
I followed numerous tutorials to download Ubuntu 13.04, and it continues to crash at the end of the setup. I basically followed this tutorial. I am prompted to restart my computer at the end of the ...
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The most optimal operating system to host virtual machines [closed]
I have a laptop Toshiba Satellite A505 with following features:
Intel Core i3 processor
8kB L1 cache, 64 kb L2 cache, 256kB L3 cache
4 GB RAM
500 GB HDD
I have used many operating systems on it. Ex:...
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How to expand the ext4 primary partition size in a VMware Player virtual disk?
I have a VMware Player virtual machine setup, running Ubuntu 10.04 as the a guest OS.
The VM was created on a 20GB virtual drive, with a single partition for working space. Finally I got to the point ...
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In VirtualBox, how do I set up host-only virtual machines that can access the Internet?
In setting up virtual machines with VirtualBox, I often want the following characteristics
VM has a static IP
host can access VM without port forwarding
VM can access the internet
I can move my ...
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How do I set up an Ubuntu virtual machine inside Ubuntu?
I would like to make a virtualization of Ubuntu inside Ubuntu, just to run unix benchmark om both Ubuntu one with full computer and another with less options.
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What is LXC and how to get started?
I will appreciate if someone could introduce me to LXC and tell me how to get started with this technology? In which cases does it make sense to use, and in which should i stay away from it?
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Mac OS VirtualBox Appliance for Ubuntu 12.04 for purchase?
Is there a Mac OS VirtualBox Appliance for Ubuntu that one can purchase? Specifically, I have the 64 bit 12.04 version that would act as a host.
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Java doesnt work if used from gnome
When I try to install something( which uses InstallAnywhere) from terminal in gnome I got something like that:
Preparing to install...
Extracting the JRE from the installer archive...
Unpacking the ...
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How to check motherboard chipset? [duplicate]
I am trying to enable Intel VT-x on my Clevo W150ER. The processor is an Intel i7-3610QM and it supports Intel VT-x. However, I've read that my motherboard also has to support it, namely, the chipsets ...
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Run .sh every time a file changes
I'm working with a system that uses a Ubuntu server as base but we do program at Windows. The VMs are using the Mount command to have access to the files at Windows.
Everytime someone saves a file, ...
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How to enable Intel VT-x? [closed]
I have a CLEVO w150erm, with a i7-3610QM processor, which supports Intel VT-x. However in order to use it I have to activate that option in the BIOS (or so that's what I believe) but I simply can't ...
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How to configure MAAS to be able to boot virtual machines
I am running a virtual (kvm) MAAS/juju setup where most of the MAAS nodes (including MAAS master) are virtual, but some are also physical nodes. The physical Dell 1950 nodes configures automatically ...
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Ubuntu 13.04 not restarting
I installed 13.04 in Oracle VM on windows 8. It installed without any errors that I could see, but it fails to restart properly; it doesn't appear to be doing anything.
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vmware workstation 9 on ubuntu 12.04 network problems [duplicate]
I have been using vmware workstation 9 for about 3 months without any problems. A few days ago I started workstation and it prompted me that vmware had to compile modules and install them into the ...
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Virtualize Ubuntu server 12.0.4 into 3 different containers
I have a dedicated server with 2 TB disk space, 16 GB memory. I need to virtualize it to 3 different containers (Public, private and DEV). I have been evaluating Open VZ
But it caused disk quota ...
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Host-only network with Virtual box and Windows host machine: cannot find device eth1
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I have problem with implementing Host-Only network in Virtualbox. my host machine is running under Windows 7 Ultimate, and guest OS is Ubuntu Server 12.04.2 64bit.
I configure virtual ...
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How to share a folder between KVM host and guest using virt-manager?
For some time now, I've been using virt-manager to manage my virtual machines. When I want to copy a file from the host to the vm, I have been using scp to copy via ssh over the network. This is kind ...
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Managing Virtualbox on Ubuntu Server
We have some Windows product testers that need versions of Windows to test on. I was wondering if there's a way to install Ubuntu Server, and then virtualbox, and then host these sessions over the RDP ...
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Does guest account work like a VM (virtual machine)?
If guest session creates the entire user and everything, when running, then erases it all. It sounds like a VM instance, turning on and then turning off/logging out.
Is it?
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How do I resolve slow and choppy performance in virtualbox?
Ubuntu runs very slowly inside of VirtualBox.
How do I run Ubuntu with unity or enabled transparency smoothly with VirtualBox?
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ubuntu on 14.04 hyper-v connection problem
I recently download the new disk of 13.04 of 32bit.
I have Hyper-v on windows 8 64bit.
I try to operate 13.04 on hyper-v but I can't connect to the network.
I have already set at hyper-v manager that ...
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Can't get bigger resolution then 1152x864 when running Ubuntu 12.10 or 13.04 in Hyper-V
I'm running a fresh installed ubuntu under Hyper-V on Windows 8. I can't select a resolution bigger then 1152x864.
xrandr in the ubuntu VM states the maximum is 1152x864 (my local monitors are ...
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Bridge networking is not working in virtual box 4.2.8 with ubuntu 12.04 host and ubuntu 11.10 guest
Very good article but there is a problem for me.
I am using virtual box 4.2.8 with ubuntu 12.04 host and ubuntu 11.10 guest. I am unable to setup bridge networking beetween host and guest. here i am ...
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How do I enable hyperthreading in a Intel Xeon E5-2407?
We have the following CPU that supports hyper-threading. Though Ubuntu doesn't recognize that each core supports 4 threads.
Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2407
http://ark.intel.com/products/64614/
The ...
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Run both at the same time, Windows and Ubuntu
I had read in some sites that it is possible to run two OS'es in the same machine at the same time through a Virtual Machine software, so you can switch Virtual Terminals with keyboard hotkeys and be ...
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User authenication for Ubuntu Virtual machine using Ubuntu Server
I have Ubuntu server 12.04 install and I have created 3 Virutal machine on it with Ubuntu install.
What I aim to do is to have users access to the VM remotely, but I want to store all the login ...
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managing XCP using xenopenmanager
ubuntu server 12.10 64bit.
i installed the xen server using the "apt-get install xcp-xapi"
trying to connect to host using openxenmanager but it keeps on giving me "[Errno 11] connection refused".
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No internet connection behind enterprise proxy
Even though I can install stuff via apt-get install, I can't ping anything outside local network or access any site.
My wired network adapter is connected in Bridge mode and got an ip via dhcp ...
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Ubuntu inside virtual machine: ntpd or ntpdate or ??? to avoid clock drift
Problem: ntpd, when installed on a virtual machine running Ubuntu (I've had this on hosts with a variety of hypervisors such as KVM and VMware ESX) seem to be prone to severe clock drift. I haven't ...
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System image to be loaded to QEMU [duplicate]
Is there any way to take a snapshot of my current system and load it on another computer to QEMU?
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cannot make live snapshots on ubuntu 12.04 xcp-xapi
I have installed xcp-xapi on ubuntu 12.04, I can run VMs perfectly but I cannot make live snapshots, I receive the following error message:
xe vm-snapshot new-name-label=my_snap vm=482c0f4c-fa7d-67c1-...
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Unable to run Ubuntu on Virtual box: Kernel require X86-6PU [duplicate]
I am trying to install Ubuntu on oracle virtual box but I am not able to. I tried the same about a year back and it worked like a charm.
Here are the details:
1) Installed oracle virtual box version ...
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Unable to connect to libvirt on Virtual Machine Manager?
I'm trying to install a Windows 8 VM using KVM and the Virtual Machine Manager GUI. Upon installing KVM and VMM, and starting VMM I get the error Unable to connect to libvirt.
Verify that:
- The '...
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Apache fails to start, Address already in use (but not really)
I'm trying to set up a VM running Ubuntu 12.04. I have two virtual hosts configured using port 80, but Apache will not start.
I get this error:
(98) Address already in use: make_sock: could ...
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How to access the internet from a virtual machine in Gnome Boxes?
I installed Gnome Boxes, created a new virtual machine and booted an ISO. The ISO boots up fine and the network inside the virtual machine got automatically configured by the distro (with dhcpd):
IP ...
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Can I set up a virtual directory on Windows that links to a directory on Ubuntu?
Is it possible to create a virtual directory in windows that links to a directory on an Ubuntu 12.10 server?
If so, how?
I'd like to do it this way because it slows me down to constantly save & ...
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kvm error in syslog says cpu0 unhandled rdmsr
I have a server that hosts about 20 KVM guest machines. It's syslog is, at times, flooded with messages like these:
00:17:36 vhost-server kernel: [ 157.835078] kvm: 3138: cpu0 unhandled
rdmsr: ...
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Is it possible to have the remote host name appear in X11 windows?
I found that running applications over X11 from remote virtual machines give a lot better performance than VNC or Spice. However, it can get confusing when you have a bunch of windows open on your ...
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Virtualization on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
We plan to introduce virtualization on our 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server so that we can run, in different VMs, a file server for our staff and some development machines for our IT team (code ...
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Is there a virtual machine with direct access to CPU and GPU for gaming?
Sorry for the long question.
With the coming of Steam for Linux I may have been over optimistic and got rid of windows installation.
The problem is that I have about 100 Steam games that are not (and ...
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How do I run the Ubuntu Phone Nexus7 image in a VM?
Do I need to go through the device imaging steps with an ADT VM, a specific qemu configuration, something else, not possible?
How do I run the Ubuntu Phone Nexus7 image in a VM? Any of the above ...
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How to Run Dual Operating Systems, Windows 7 Primary, Ubuntu Secondary
I know how to install two operating systems, but the problem is, I only know how to set it up in a way that requires me to reboot the machine, and selecting an OS to boot up. So pretty much only one ...
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How to connect on VNC client to non-default display (:1)
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I'm working with a friend to run a virtual machine on a remote server and connect to it using VNC.
As he already have one VM on the :0 display, he put mine on the :1 display.
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I ...
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failed to load file amd-ucode/micrcode_amd.bin kickstart vm
new kickstart iso.. when I restart my ubunutu server I get the following error ubuntu failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd.bin I tried to search for the file on my "regularly" installed ubunutu-...
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How do I migrate currently installed Ubuntu to a Virtual Machine?
I'm finding that my graphics drivers (ATI Radeon HD 4200) run MUCH better in a native windows system, I can't even get the closed-source drivers working in Ubuntu, thus leading me to want to run ...