[server] EC2 kernel time and dmesg timestamp jump -- has the TSC bug returned...
I ran into an issue where kernel logs in syslog-ng would post for wildly inappropriate times -- months in the future. I tracked it down to the source. The issue is the dmesg time jumping. Example here:...
View Article[SOLVED] How to open a second window to the same VM?
I have VirtualBox 4.3.14, running Ubuntu server 14.04 under Windows 7. I have multiple VMs on Vbox. How do I open another terminal window to my Ubuntu 14.04 VM? I sourced my .dir_colors file and it's...
View ArticleConVirt Webinar: 3 Steps To Scale Your KVM and Xen Deployment
Thu, Aug 7, 2014 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT Register Now! Increasing numbers of corporate IT and service provider organizations are deploying open source KVM and Xen. Despite this adoption, there are...
View ArticleHow can guest use IPv6?
In virt-manager, I chose "Virtual network 'default': NAT" for the Windows I bought and installed. Later, I got a new wifi router that's IPv6-capable and suddenly my Ubuntu has a global IPv6 address....
View Articleraid1 to raid1 and lvm
I would like to go from a RAID1 setup to RAID1 with LVM. I read up on a post to tar backup the entire install at https://help.ubuntu.com/community/BackupYourSystem/TAR. Then i figured i could...
View Articlephysical server (Ubuntu 10.04) migration to virtual
I have Ubuntu 10.04 server, all works fine, is there a method to convert it to virtual image to use it with openVz or KVM on another server ? I have only SSH-acces to both servers
View ArticleKVM backup and restore issues, and snapshot help please
First Part Ok, so I have a KVM install on top of Ubuntu 14.04 which i manage remotely with Virt-manager. I set up a 40GB LVM partition for a windows VM, and isntalled Windows on it. I then turned it...
View ArticleKVM - Cant remote LVM storage pool with virt-manager - mounted partitions
Hi there, So I have virt manager installed on my PC, and I use it to manage a remote server with KVM. On the server, I have LVM set up on a 250GB HDD, with say 50GB taken up by Root and Swap, the...
View ArticleMount ext3/ext4 in Windows guest with Ubuntu as main system
Hi, I have just installed Ubuntu as main system and Windows 7 as host (on Virtual Box). I would like to mount ext3/ext4 disc in Windows guest system. I have installed Ext2Fsd on Windows (it launched...
View Articlesamba/smb.conf text not in there
Good day I am trying to do the HOW to for samba File server and I go to /etc/samba/smb.conf: to change workgroup = EXAMPLE ... security = user but cant find ( security = user ) any help thank u
View ArticleUbuntu, VMWare, Windows, Quickbooks. Work? Stable?
I've been running a separate Windows machine just to host Quickbooks for a while now. I'd like to see if it will work on VMWare/Windows with Ubuntu. Does anybody know if this will work? If so can I...
View ArticleVirtualbox 4.3 start error
Greetings all, Whenever is run virtualbox and press the start button i amd presented with this error message. Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) The VirtualBox Linux kernel driver (vboxdrv) is...
View ArticleVMware 6 doesn't fully intsall in Trusty
After doing a clean install of Trusty Tahr, I thought I installed VMWare Player 6, but when I start to run it I first get the error Quote: Before you can run VMware, several modules must be compiled...
View ArticleCrouton or Chrubuntu for VirtualBox?
I am having difficulties starting virtualbox, when i try this error pops up. '/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup' Could this be attributed to running Crouton on a Chromebook? Should i install Chrubuntu instead...
View ArticleCrouton Build kernel headers and install Virtualbox (x86)
Greetings, I am following these instructions on how to build the header kernel for my Chromebook, I'm using Crouton to run Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. But i do not completely understand how to proceed through a...
View Article[ubuntu] LXC and Dovecot
I did setup postfix and dovecot with the help of https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix and https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Dovecot. If I install it on a machine this way it works but if I install...
View Article[ubuntu] Network type advice
Hi, I am quite new to Ubuntu and have been left with a major problem. I do work for a non profit organisation and the guy that set it all up has died so I can't ask him any more unfortunately....
View ArticleNFS and LXC
So maybe I am going at this the wrong way but as of now I have a shared file system on my data server being shared over NFS. On my virt/container host I have it mounted to /var/lib/lxc to therefore put...
View ArticleWhich VMware packages do I install on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS?
Samba 4.1.6-Ubuntu (via samba -V) Server: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS is set up as a VM under vSphere 5.5.0 Client: Windows 7 with Putty and an ssh connection. I searched for packages containing the string...
View Articleubuntu 14.04 server: Problem with libvirt and public bridges.
Hi all, First at all, excuse if this is not the right place for posting this. I'm using ubuntu 14.04 server edition and i'm trying to deploy some virtual machines in a server in such a way that they...
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