Questions tagged [virtualization]
Virtualization is the process of using software to emulate an entire computer, in which "guest" operating systems can run.
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Network adapters in Virtualbox virtual machines
When setting up a virtual machine with Virtualbox, in the Network configuration section it is possible to select from various emulated adapters:
The default one, automatically selected at the VM ...
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VM share host's VPN connection
I am trying to get a (guest) VM running on my (host) machine to talk to a (remote) VM running God knows where on some server that is accessible via corporate VPN. I am able to SSH from the host to the ...
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VirtualBox Machine auto shutting down, how do I stop it from auto shutdown
I downloaded and installed these virtual machines for IE8/IE9 web development, IE9 stays running but it appears the IE8 VM is constantly shutting itself down, and it is saving the state (it doesn't ...
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What features should I look for in a laptop for virtualization-heavy workloads?
I do most of my development in VMware Workstation (version 7 at the moment). Unfortunately, on my laptop with 4 GB of RAM, an OCZ Vertex 2 240 GB, and a Core 2 Duo T9550 (2.66 GHz) does ...
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How do I convert an .img file to vhd?
I have an image file (linux based image) and want to convert it to VHD so that it can be used to create hyper-V VMs.
I used "qemu-img convert" to convert raw to vpc format, but vpc doesnt work for ...
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Parallels vs Vmware Fusion for running Windows on Mac OS X
Has anyone used both of these? Is one clearly superior to the other? I notice they are the same price. Any pros and cons?
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VirtualBox running Ubuntu is slow (Mac OS X host)
My MacBook Pro is generally a fast machine (3.06 Ghz Core 2 Duo, 8GB of RAM, 7200RPM hard drive) but VirtualBox 3.2.6 running Ubuntu 10.04 is just too slow compared to VMWare. What can I fiddle with ...
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How to run Mac OS X within Windows Virtual PC? [closed]
The short answer is: You Can't.
It seems to be a popular question as to whether you can install/run Mac OS X under virtualization within Windows. However, most of the questions really answer the ...
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Bare-metal virtualisation for the desktop
What knowledge exists about bare-metal virtualization products?
I'm interested in building a new desktop machine for home. I've been looking at the Intel Quad-Core processors, and I'd like to put 8 GB ...
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Call to WHvSetupPartition failed: ERROR_SUCCESS (Last=0xc000000d/87) (VERR_NEM_VM_CREATE_FAILED)
This question is SIMILAR to this post, but the solution presented there isn't applicable because I have Windows 10 Home and not Pro. The Hyper-V & Windows Sandbox deactivation solution that the ...
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Which virtual machine software is preferable for running Windows 8 Developer Preview? [closed]
I want to preview Windows 8 and decided to install it on a virtual machine as I don't want to format an existing partition.
Installing Windows 8 by mounting the .iso results in the primary ...
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Emulate fake monitor on Windows 7?
Is there a way to emulate a monitor on Windows 7?
I have one physical monitor, and I want Windows to think I have two. I actually don't care whether the second monitor is visible anywhere, or if ...
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Cannot boot after vhd hard drive is resized in VirtualBox
In Windows 7, I set up another Windows 7 VM in VirtualBox. It worked great. Then, I needed to increase the vhd HD size. So, I used VBoxManage utility to do that with the following comment:
VBoxManage ...
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Are there any open source app virtualization solutions for Windows [closed]
I am looking for open source solutions that provide application virtualization for Windows! In other words an open source to ThinApp from VMWare.
I have found several commercial options, but nothing ...
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Is it possible to create Portable VM?
I want to know that is it possible to create a fully portable virtual machine using any of the VMWare like products? My objective is to create a virtual machine (XP as guest OS), install some app in ...
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Does Windows 7's XP mode require hardware virtualization? What are the requirements to run XP mode?
Does Windows 7's XP mode require hardware virtualization?
This old post indicates hardware virtualization is required, some articles say it no longer is. Do I need a CPU with hardware virtualization?...
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Could I access a blocked website via a virtual machine if the host OS has the web address blocked in its hosts file?
I was going through this Net Nanny article that mentioned about the various ways its web filter could be bypassed by kids.
Among other methods, I saw this:
One way that teens can get around the ...
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Is it possible to split VirtualBox Hard Drive to multiple volumes?
VirtualBox hard drive usually has one or a few files when you create a drive. I think it is good because you manage only a few files. However, I have out of space of my drive. Is it possible to span ...
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Do I need both the QEMU Agent and SPICE Agent installed in Windows 10 guest?
I have a Windows 10 VM set up on my Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS laptop. Overall the experience has been good -- even to the point of having multiple displays configured for the guest.
I started by installed ...
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Possible to dual boot *and* virtualize same physical drive containing Windows 10?
I use Linux as my daily driver, and have just installed Windows 10 to a new physical disk in my PC for dual booting. For a while, I've used Windows 7 through a VirtualBox image I have mounted over ...
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Where can I find ready-to-use virtual machines?
I'm new to virtualization, and I'm trying to create a couple of boxes for testing the software I develop (php) in diferent enviroments. I know php is portable, but sometimes it breaks because of case-...
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Can't install Guest Additions using VirtualBox, Ubuntu guest OS, Win7 host OS
I'm new to VirtualBox and Linux. I've set up VirtualBox 4.0.4 on Windows 7. Successfully created a virtual machine running Ubuntu server 10.10 64 bit. I'm trying to set up Shared Folders. Prerequisite ...
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How to hide from a program that it is running on a virtual machine?
Some software contains tests to see if they are running on a virtual machine.
It's very unpleasant to see alert messages such as "Sorry, this application cannot run under a Virtual Machine." and have ...
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VirtualBox - XP guest does not see multiple cores/multiple processors
Environment:
Host OS: Win7 Pro 64bit
Guest OS: WinXP 32bit
VirtualBox version: 4.1.4r74291
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM with virtualization enabled
The Problem:
I need the guest system to use ...
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Proper way for changing MAC address in a linux VM?
I tried to change the MAC address in a ubuntu VM (virtualbox), but after that it threw lots of errors during boot, and then I had no internet connection.
Then I saw that the interface was renamed to ...
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VMWare VM's network card not working after VirtualBox installed
I use VMWare workstation and have had no problems with my virtual machines and bridging the network card. However, I installed Virtualbox to check it out and ever since I can't establish a network ...
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This virtual machine is configured for 64-bit guest operating systems. However, 64-bit operation is not possible
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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How do I use dual monitors with VMware Player on Windows and an Ubuntu Guest?
I have my VMware Player (v 3.1.4 build-385536) all up and running Ubuntu (11.04) from my Windows (XP SP2) machine, but now I'm getting greedy and want to run Ubuntu on both monitors.
I've tried ...
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How do I convert a VirtualBox VDI file to a VMware vdmk?
I'm using VirtualBox 2.1.4 and want to convert a VDI file to load it in VMware Player (3.0.0 build-197124 on Vista Home Premium).
I think I can change the VDI format to vmdk with a tool provided by ...
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How do I get AVX support in QEMU?
I want to play with the new AVX instructions. I saw that QEMU might have support, so I built it from Git (yesterday). I set the CPU to SandyBridge and I booted Tiny Core Linux. TCL has kernel 3.0 and ...
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Redirect USB Device To Virtual Machine Using Hyper-V As Host
So I have a machine that is running Hyper-V Server 2012R2 as the host (bare-metal hypervisor). I have a USB device that is attached to this machine and I need a virtual machine that is running on the ...
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Access localhost on Mac OS X from Parallels machine
i need to test my web site, running on a local Mac, under several browsers in Windows.
I use Windows XP, installed in Parallels Desktop.
It would be great, when i will be able to access my http://...
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Are there any benchmarks showing difference between hardware virtualisation enabled/disabled?
I have a 13" sub-laptop/large-netbook, it has an AMD Athlon Neo X2 L335, and I chose this one because it supports hardware virtualisation.
In the end, I hardly do any virtualisation on it, however, ...
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How do I make a virtual machine with non-standard speed of time (timescale)?
I think it should be technically possible, but I don't know of any ways to do this in already existing software.
What I mean — the "hardware" clock in the VM should be able to run at ...
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How to copy VirtualBox VDI contents to a partition and dual boot the OS from it?
I'm a Linux user but I keep a compressed Windows XP ISO with me on a pen drive for the case I absolutely need Windows to do something. This works in VirtualBox most of the time.
But now I want to ...
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Type 1 Hypervisor on the desktop
I have a powerful home PC, and I've used VirtualBox to run Linux distros in Windows (and vice versa).
I'm interested in trying out a lightweight type 1 hypervisor to run all my operating systems (...
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failed to start Virtual Device in Oracle Virtual Box
I was tired to do everything indicated on net. I am using Genymotion to start virtual device but when i start device it's gives me that error
Note: When i start virtual operating System Linux it's ...
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Virtualbox 6 doesn't run with Hyper-V enabled on Windows 10 1903
As explained in the Virtualbox documentation, starting from version 6, Virtualbox supports running VMs un Windows with Hyper-V enabled. It should use Hyper-v in automatic way to run the VMs.
https://...
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How can I get qemu's Ctrl+Alt keys working in -curses mode?
So here's the situation; I currently have qemu installed on an OpenBSD 5.3 snapshot. This is a console setup so I have to either run with -curses or -nographic. The problem here is that I'm having ...
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Booting into a Virtual Machine from a physical installation
In Mac OSX, you can create a Boot Camp partition, install Windows on it, and then later by using Parallels you can boot into that OS virtually in OS X! Its awesome, I've been using it on my macbook.
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Can a single OS installation on an SSD be shared between a desktop and a laptop?
I recently purchased an SSD and was wondering if there was an Operating System that allows you to swap between two different machines essentially sharing one partition? Perhaps multiple hardware ...
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Resize a VM hard-drive (virtualbox)
Is there a way to resize a VM hard drive? I am using virtualbox and I have a VM that has run out of space, looked into the settings but it seems I may have to create another partition. I thought ...
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Is it possible to get a Windows XP SP3 Hyper-V virtual machine properly working on Windows 10 Pro?
Objective summary: to have a Windows XP SP3 Hyper-V virtual machine working correctly on a Windows 10 Pro host.
Scope and constraints:
The host OS should be Windows 10 Pro. Other hosting operating ...
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Guest and host cannot see each other using linux-kvm and macvtap
I'm migrating a kvm virtual machine from an old host (both hardware and OS) to a new one.
For networking, virt-manager proposed me a new option: macvtap. This looked a good alternative to setting up ...
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Does Windows 7 Support Hyper-V?
Now that Windows 7 Enterprise is available for VLK Users to download, I would like to check it out. The only thing holding me back is that I am an application developer (currently developing on a ...
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How do I enable hardware virtualization on the Designare ex x399?
I just completed a new workstation build (Designare EX x399, Threadripper 1950x, gtx 1080ti) and everything works great, except Docker doesn't work because I need to enable hardware assisted ...
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What information about a vmware host is available to the guest?
In vmware Workstation, what information about the host software and hardware is made available to the guest OS.
For the purposes of my application, I'm concerned about a process on the guest OS ...
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How does VmWare Workstation perform with SSD drives?
I have read a lot of information on using SSD drives in virtualization environment and the possible problems with not supported TRIM command. I fully understand what the TRIM is, what the problems ...
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What is the difference between Docker and VirtualBox?
I have used VirtualBox a lot on my Mac for Linux images. What would be the advantage of moving to Docker? So I would like to know what the difference between Docker and VirtualBox is?
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Can I "Speed Up" a VM to emulate the passage of time?
I'd like to put a VM into "fast forward" so that I can see several days (or weeks, or months) worth of logs and temp files build up and analyse them.
Is that possible with virtualbox & ubuntu 12....