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A virtual machine is an emulation of a guest operating system, running on virtualized hardware within a host operating system.

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Running a Django server in a VMWare Virtual Machine

I am trying to run a Django instance in a VM (and also inside a virtual environment inside that VM, which may be the source of the problem). I'm running Ubuntu 16.x, and I've got Django 1.10 ...
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If I download viruses on a virtual machine, can they infect the host? [duplicate]

I have a Windows 10 computer and am running Windows 10 in the virtual machine (Virtual box). If i wanted to download lots of viruses to screw with the virtual machine, could they infect the host? I ...
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What would cause a mouse offset between a local TinyCore installation and remote VNC console?

I have this odd issue with TinyCore Linux (v7.2.0) running inside of QEMU on Linux. When I start the VM and run my VNC client the local and remote pointer are out of sync. The offset is about 2 inch ...
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Ubuntu guest OS on VMware Player 6.0.4 takes up too much disk space

I have an Ubuntu 15.04 guest OS running in VMware Player running in a Windows 8.1 host OS. Of late I used VMware Player's "Suspend" feature to resume my work later on, however every time I try to ...
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Virtual Network Adapter Sometimes Causes DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN in Host

After setting up a Virtual Network Adapter in VMWare Workstation Pro 12, I have recently been getting DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_NXDOMAIN errors in the Host OS sporadically. What is the cause of this (Did I ...
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Can I run another computers hard drive as a virtual machine [closed]

Last year I bought a new Windows 10 Dell Laptop which was a great machine. After having it for about 1 month, one night I accidentally spilt some lime cordial into the side of it. Whats strange ...
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Can't ping server unless server initiates ping to client

Im having a weird issue. Like the title reads, I can't ping the server unless I first ping a client from the server. Only then am I able to ping the server from the client. While unable to ping the ...
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ESXI to run Windows 7 or 10?

Can I use ESXI to run a Windows 7 or 10 VM which acts like a desktop? Is is possible to connect a monitor, keyboard and mouse to the server and use it like a normal desktop? I don't have any ...
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How to(Libvirt) attach floppy image device to guest VM?

Say, I have floppy.vfd image. How should I fill my xml file in order to attach floppy image? I have template like <disk type='*' device='*'> <device name='*' type='*'/> <...
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VMware Fusion black screen on boot

I'm having this issue with VMware Fusion recently when I try to start metasploitable 2 virtual machine which is basically Ubuntu. So once I click on "start up" button I get a solid black screen and ...
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2 Win10 on same machine on different HDDs - can the other be started as a VM

I have a dualboot system where both OS (2 x Win10) are on different HDDs. I would like to know if it is possible when I boot into the first OS that I can some how start the second OS as a VM, without ...
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Virtualbox: compute the time the VM was in active use

I do all my work in a VM run by Virtualbox, and I was wondering if it was possible to compute the time VMs have been in active use. Ideally I would like to break it down by day, so I can see how much ...
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Get VirtualBox VM RAM usage through vboxapi

So, I'm working on a python application that reports information about a host running VirtualBox to a webserver. Therefore I am using vboxapi. I can send information about the host with the following ...
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How to update Hyper-V integration features in Fedora VM?

I have a virtual machine running Fedora 24 within Hyper-V on my Windows 8.1 physical machine. The summary panel on the machine says that my integration services need upgraded, but I cannot find a way ...
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Microsoft Azure virtual machine services [closed]

I am considering signing up with MS Azure. I do not want any fancy cloud stuff, or any of the million other features they're trying to sell me. I just want a single VM with Windows installed on it ...
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PPTP client behind a NAT: how do I forward port

The setup is as follows: PPTP Windows server over Internets (SERVER) Windows Host Machine (HOST) Linux VM running on Machine 2 (VM) VM runs on HOST with its network adapter attached to NAT. HOST ...
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Audio on VMware vSphere server

I have a virtual machine which is hosted on VMware vSphere server. VMware vSphere server does not have a physical sound card so it's unable to add virtual sound card to the VM. Is there a way to ...
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“Mouse Not Captured In Remote Desktop Sesion” in Hyper-V

I was used Disk2vhd to convert OS (Windows XP) into vhdx format and use Hyper-V Manager to run it as a virtual machine. I had inserted integration services already and restart the VM, but "Mouse Not ...
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Iptables rule for dropping VM packets in Qemu

I am trying to drop packets for a tap interface connected VM, but it does not work. iptables -A INPUT -i 553d1a58350ea -s 172.16.0.206 -j DROP ping 172.16.4.119 # Works My QEMU uses that, it is ...
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Setup shared web hosting for my VMs

I recently started virtualising some stuff, but I've run into a problem. I want to have multiple (sub)domains pointing at different IPs on my network. This used to be doable by opening different ...
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audio not working on virtual machine

I am implementing a virtual agent using java. My agent works fine on my local machine. But when i deploy to Virtual machine agent is not able to speak due to lack of audio mixers on virtual machine. ...
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VM: ifconfig sees the interface but it is not in /etc/network/interfaces

I am running Debian stable in a Virtualbox VM. I have configured the interface via the GUI(and it works as expected). However, I can't see the interfaces now in /etc/network/interfaces. Only the ...
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How can I connect a libvirt KVM virtual machine to be connected to my Wireless home?

How can I connect a libvirt KVM virtual machine to be connected to my Wireless home? (After it is created already) I want it to be assigned an IP of my wireless network. Note: I have Ubuntu 16. (...
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Fastest way to install custom kernel in virtual machine

I have a custom kernel that needs to be installed on multiple virtual machines. One way to do it transfer the source to each VM and then compile and install. I would like to know if there is a ...
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Get curly brackets in Windows VM

I'm on a Mac and I use a Windows VM for c# programming. I'm not able to type curly brackets in Visual Studio or anywhere else in the VM. Any ideas?
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Host Windows 7- Vmbox Ubuntu 14.04 - Network suddenly unreachable

I have trouble reach the host network wiht my Ubuntu VM on my Windows 7 host. It works fine an network suddenly cannot be reached. alibivmuser@ALIBIVM06:~$ ssh 192.168.0.2 ssh: connect to host 192....
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How to ensure that there is no MAC address conflict using Virtualbox?

I want to set up cluster of 5 machines on Virtualbox; the Host OS is Windows 10 and Guest OS are all CentOS 6.8. I created a virtual server with name base and did all the necessary configuration, ...
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VBox Guest not filling entire screen on start-up

I'm running Linux Mint 18.1 as a guest using VirtualBox. I've done this about 5 times now trying to see what's causing the issue, but because I'm not that well endorsed in these kind of things, I ...
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Is it possible to restore software to a new windows XP installation?

I downloaded a Windows XP VM from Microsoft which expires in 30 days from first boot. Microsoft explicitly suggests that one keeps a backup of the VM prior to first boot, so that one can reuse the VM. ...
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Do virtual desktops using VirtualBox have their own mouse cursors?

Say I have a virtual desktop with Windows 10 installed using VirtualBox and create an application that runs on that desktop. The application in question will take control of the cursor using SendInput(...
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Windows Virtualbox Guest Centos 7 This computer doesn't have VT-X/AMD-v enabled

In windows 10, inside Virtualbox running centos 7 when I try to run the docker-machine command, it gives the below error docker-machine create --driver=virtualbox vbox-test Error with pre-create ...
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How can I deploy an OS on a VM skipping the steps of installation?

If I have a virtual machine, how can I install on it an operating system skipping the installation steps? In other words, when I choose an operating system to be installed on the VM, I want to use it ...
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Docker for Windows unresponsive after restarting VM

I've installed Docker for Windows on my Windows 10 machine, which uses Hyper-V. The default VM that gets installed is the MobyLinuxVM. To change some settings, I shut down and restarted the VM. But ...
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Conversion of VMware terminal server VM to Hyper-V now has stretched screen across multiple monitors

Extremely bizarre issue here. Recently I've converted a Windows Server 2008R2 terminal server from VMware to Hyper-V using MVMC. After re-activating the license, it was put into production. Now, here'...
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VM very slow after snapshot recover

We have here a Citrix XenCenter with few Virtualized machines. So last week we had to recover a VM from an old snapshot (the current one got lost because of a miss configuration in file permissions). ...
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Master VM cannot pxe boot Slave VM

I have two virtual machines: master VM and slave VM (they are not nested). Both are created using KVM and libvirt. (Using Vagrant to simulate the virtual environment) I am trying to PXE boot the ...
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VMWare Recognizes Wifi but not the VM itself

I am having trouble with my VMware Workstation. Currently trying to connect my Vm to the internet, but I am not getting any luck. Workstation does recognize it, as shown here: But ultimately my VM ...
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How to enable Secure Boot in a guest VM using VMWare Workstation?

For testing purposes I need to install Windows 10 with the "Secure boot" feature enabled. I do not have any hardware that supports it. Thus I was hoping to emulate it in a virtual machine. Is there a ...
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How point a directory in a Headless CentOS guest (on VirtualBox) to a directory on the host machine?

I have the following setup: HOST MACHINE: openSUSE LEAP (KDE) Linux GUEST MACHINE: CentOS 7 (no GUI, command line only) VM: VirtualBox 5.1.4 I have a directory on my host machine called ~/...
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Hyper-V: Access Host in Offline Mode

I have installed and configured Hyper-V on my Laptop with Windows 10 Professional. I have as well one VM with Ubuntu 16.04 OS. My Problem is that I do not know how to access Windows 10 host Shared ...
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How to make exact virtual machine from a system

I have laptop lenovo ideapad 310 in this laptop I have running windows 10 education edition and I want to make a Virtual Machine as backup of this system so I made backup of disk by Acronis True Image ...
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Hyper-v Virtual switch manager stuck at "applying changes"

I am trying to set-up a Linux vm inside my windows 10 pro computer using the guide at ten forums here: https://www.tenforums.com/tutorials/2087-hyper-v-virtualization-setup-use-windows-10-a.html I ...
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Routing between different subnets with Hyper-V adapter

I have a Hyper-V server set up. I want to keep my virtual machines on a different subnet but give them internet connection and be able to access them from my main network. My host machine only has a ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 on VirtualBox cannot copy/paste

I cannot copy and paste to or from my ubuntu VM. Here are the steps I have taken to no avail. In Settings: Storage > Advanced > Shared Clipboard = Bidirectional Storage > Advanced > Drag'n'Drop = ...
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Moving Ubuntu to a virtual machine

I own an Ubuntu machine, that I do not have root access to. (and can not get one) I want to have a copy of that machine as a virtual machine in my main Windows computer, so I could work on it without ...
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How can I ssh from my virtual machine to the local host?

How can I ssh from my virtual machine to the local host? I need exact details please. Note: Virtual machine = Ubuntu 14 Host machine = Ubuntu 16 Thanks.
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What does ppc64le mean?

What does ppc64le mean ? Is it related to Ubuntu only? Why does it affect netbooting and what should I do to enable netbooting with ppc64le? Please someone explain this to me. Thanks.
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What might cause "subst" to say "Invalid Parameter - D:"?

I have some virtual Windows-7 machines, referring to a D:-drive. This D:-drive seems to be configured as a drive mapping, as can be seen in the result of the subst command: Prompt>subst D:\: => ...
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not able to ping remote ip from my virtual box having bridged adapter setting

my virtual box having environment in the range of 172.18.122.XXX, and remote ip is in range of 153.60.64.XXX, but i am not able to ping it. My network settings of vm is bridged adapter. can anyone ...
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Can I download Vagrant for Debian on an Ubuntu computer?

I have Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS (Desktop). I need to download and install Vagrant on it. However, there isn't a specific release for Ubuntu; only Debian and CentOS are available. So, since Ubuntu is ...
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