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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Windows 11 sudden issue with Windows Sandbox and Windows Subsystem for Android
For some days now, my Windows Sandbox & Windows Subsystem for Android, stopped working and i can't find a way to solve the issue after trying many suggestions i found on the internet.
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libvirt/qemu network guest dhclient 10.0.2.15 instead of 192.168.122.2
On the redhat host, virbr0 is up and libvirt's network is configured as nat for 192.168.122.2-254 (and recently added rule specifically to assign 192.168.122.2). but dhclient with the ubuntu VM gets ...
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How to assess the actual power (and whether mapped 1:1 to physical host CPU) of virtualized VM CPUs?
We have been provided with 1 virtualized Windows VM machine with 24 2.8 Ghz processors.
I want to check whether all 24 cores on the VM are actually mapped to 24 dedicated physical CPU cores.
I want to ...
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Specific network card configuration on vm with vmware
I need to configure a vm (fedora) in vmware workstation statically configuring its virtual network card to use physical wifi card rather than ethernet card. I'm going to use both physical cards at the ...
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Container or VM for testing Windows software applications
I’m looking for some suggestions on how I can test some software applications without committing to installing them on my main OS.
I thought a virtual machine would be a good idea, but then I found ...
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How do I install WSL on a Windows guest inside VirtualBox
I am following the steps to install WSL on Windows 10 guest machine inside of VirtualBox. And currently I am facing this issue - it seems I cannot install Ubuntu Linux with WSL on a Windows 10 guest ...
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How to run a Mac OS VM on an Intel Mac?
I'm a developer and some of my users experience issues on older Mac OS versions.
I would like to test my app on an older version of Mac OS using my Intel Mac.
I think the only solution is using a ...
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AMD GPU pass-through doesn't work on Windows 7 (even though NVIDIA works)
I have a multi-gpu VM setup (Nvidia GTX 970 and AMD RX 6600) with Windows 7, Windows 10, macOS virtual machines. I pass GPU directly to a guest operating system (isolate from host-os and pass them ...
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QEMU not flushing drive changes to host filesystem
I am running a simple efi shell within QEMU and I wish for the files to persist between QEMU launches, namely NvVars. I am trying to understand why changes are only flushed after I create several ...
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kvm qemu guest_agent issue on windows vm's
i'm using kvm virtualazor
i have windows vm and i successfully installed the drivers and qemu-ga i do active the guest agent option in virtualazor but unfortunately its wont recognize the agent
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How to enable avx2 for Ubuntu 22.04 guest VM in VirtualBox 7, on host Windows 11?
I cannot enable avx2 on Ubuntu 22.04 guest VM in VirtualBox7. I followed different ways but the issue persists (i.e., I get nothing when I do grep avx /proc/cpuinfo in my guest VM).
What I have tried:
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Is there any way to run No-GUI Ubuntu Server in VM(Windows host), and run GUI Linux apps rendered in Windows?
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Is it possible to render the GUI on the host: Windows, when the backend part is provided by Ubuntu Server running in VM? So that we have both Full fledged Windows and Linux at the same time.
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How to Reach QEMU VM's with IP Address (Optionally Static)?
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I have two QEMU KVMs (named master and worker, respectively) running on my laptop. The VMs use the headless server edition of Ubuntu 22.04, and the laptop is running Mint.
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I want three ...
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how to install haxm v.7.6.5 on my pc?
I want to install HAXM on my pc. then this error popped up "the system requirements are not supported" .
CPU vendor * Genuine Intel
Intel64 supported * Yes
VMX Supported * Yes
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Can not Enable Virtualization in BIOS American Megatrends 1902 version
I am trying to install Linux on my Windows 10 by using WSL but always get the error message 0x80370102. My features, such as Hyper-V, Virtual Machine Platform, Windows Hypervisor Platform, and Windows ...
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How to pass command key usage to QEMU Guest? (As in using Command-Q corresponds to the guest seeing Meta-Q, not quitting QEMU.)
I'm trying to use a Linux VM on MacOS with QEMU but I'm having a problem: I need to change the config to set up hyprland all the way but hyprland looks for shortcuts involving the super (meta/command/...
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Docker build fails with "required feature is not installed" when running in a Windows 10 VM
I have installed Docker Desktop for Windows on a Windows 10 Pro VM. The host is a Xen hypervisor running Debian 11.
Within the Windows VM, I need to build and use a Docker image using Windows ...
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Ipv6 route with Global Unicast Address
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ip -6 route replace 2001:db8:123:456:fff:dead:beef:cafe/128 via fd00:5151::1 gave me the error:
Error: Gateway can not be a local address.
Why is it not allowed to have a local address as ...
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Vsphere storage usage shown is different on vm
Im using vSphere 7.0.3 with ubuntu 20.4 vm and VMware Tools version:11360,
The issue is that we created a vm from vm snapshot -> and then from that vm we created a vm from its snapshot and so on..
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How to convert a .vhd, .vdi or .vmdk that has snapshots to .qcow2 and vice-versa without losing any snapshots?
I'll often have to switch OSes and hypervisors back and forth soon.
The main use case will mostly be converting from Windows to Linux and from VirtualBox (.vdi), VMWare Workstation (.vmdk) and Hyper-V ...
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Run QEMU in virtualized UBUNTU via VMWARE
I am using Windows host and I would like to run a Vmware workstation ubuntu client. In that client, I would like to run QEMU. The problem I am facing is I cannot turn on the virtual machine with ...
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Imaged windows 7 won't boot
I have a physical windows7 system (HP) and am migrating the user to a new windows10 machine. I'd like to virtualize this machine as a backup. I clonezilla'd the drive and if it was windows 10 I'd be ...
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Virtualization is enabled in BIOS and Windows 11 but running Ubuntu WSL yields 0x80370102
I have a Ryzen 2700X on a B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85), I have SMV enabled in BIOS and it shows up in the taskmanager on the CPU tab as Virtualization: Enabled.
Yet when I start Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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QEMU: how to share guest VPN connection with host
I have a QEMU VM with Windows 10 from which I can connect to a VPN. I would like to connect also the guest system (GNU/Linux) to the VPN, but unfortunately the VPN works only on Windows.
I use virt-...
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Hyper V checkpoints with an Azure VM
Is there any thing in Azure VMs similar to Hyper V checkpoints? I want to preserve the state of an Azure vm, deploy software builds for test and debugging and quickly revert. I do not want or need a ...
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Getting shared folders to work on a VM with open-vm-tools
VMWare Workstation Pro Version 17.0.2 build-21581411
Host System: Win 10 Pro most recent version
Guest OS: Zorin OS 16 Core most recent version
I want to setup a shared folder between my windows host ...
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Networking woes : some physical and virtual machines are reachable and some aren't
I had a sudden problem a few minutes ago (everything has been working fine for months until then), still going on :
The physical machines are
a PfSense router
a networking switch
a KVM virtualisation ...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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Enabling Virtualization (SVM Mode) Causing AMD 7900x Graphics Driver to Fail
I recently built a desktop PC with an AMD 7900X CPU and a Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX motherboard. It is running Windows 11, and I have not installed an external PCIe graphics card. The BIOS settings ...
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undefined symbol : qemu_plugin_get_thread_id()
I have added a new function in api.c file (qemu/plugins/api.c) :
int qemu_plugin_get_qemu_tid(void)
I made changes in qemu/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols and qemu/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h as well
I ...
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How to create a bridge device to be used with virt-manager,that I have installed within ubuntu 22.10,installed on the WSL2 system on Windows 11
I've just installed virt-manager on my Ubuntu 22.10 that I've installed within the WSL2 system running on Windows 11 with the aim to virtualize FreeBSD. I've reaized that virt-manager didn't create ...
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Is it possible to allocate a dimm slot to a VM
I read that it is possible to escape a VM by overflowing the RAM and sending something in the main OS.
So would it be possible (even in theory) to allocate one of the RAM stick or dimm port to a VM?
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VirtualBox: Sharing Files From a VM Guest OS's Filesystem to a Path on Its Host OS's Filesystem Like WSL?
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On Windows, Windows Subsystem for Linux — I use WSL 2, but this also applies for WSL 1, as I understand it — makes the guest Linux instance's filesystems available to the Windows host ...
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WSL 2: Unable to install kali linux - WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
I'm trying to install Kali as Windows Subsystem for Linux. I get below error:
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ...
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Prevent disk read/write access between 2 operating systems
I would like to isolate disks between 2 operating systems. I hope im posting on the correct stackexchange :)
Setup:
1x 2.5 SATA drive with work OS - im not in control of the settings in
this OS
1x 2....
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How to optimise a VM for gaming [closed]
Me and my friend like to play a game called "Red dead redemption 2" but sadly his PC is pretty weak and that's why he doesn't want to play anymore. Yesterday we came up with a solution. My ...
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Login to VM downloaded from Google Compute Engine
I downloaded the disk for a google compute instance as a vmdk and I'm able to bring it up in VMware Fusion (it's a debian 10 instance). However when I run it locally it's prompting me a for username &...
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Is Intel Vt-d actually supported on the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe?
The title is my question but for context, I have enabled Intel Virtualization Tech in the UEFI BIOS on this motherboard and can confirm in my Proxmox hypervisor that IOMMU is enabled (PCI-E pass-...
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FreeBSD 13.2 network on Microsoft's Hypervisor
On the vm I try to connect to the Internet for all needs.
If I ping or try anything it takes forever and no answers are given, at all.
Tried chat GPT and got ideas on updating "/etc/rc.conf" ...
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How do I determine the current blocksize of an APFS filesystem and is it possible to change?
Documentation for APFS is sparse and unhelpful. I'm on a MacBook Pro and trying to make IO requests more efficient in VMs, currently qemu disk image is using a block size of 16k, and the xfs ...
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How to route all network traffic from host OS through a VPN running on the guest OS
I have an Ubuntu VM (guest OS) running on Fedora (host OS) through QUEMU/KVM.
On the Ubuntu VM I have a VPN client running. Because of end-point visibility rules I'd be kicked out if I tried ...
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How to optimize Win11 VM for MS Office only?
I'd like to set up a Windows 11 VM image only for running the latest MS Office (including online collaboration features). There are lots of guides out there on how to optimize VMs, but some ...
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Six buttons mouse do not work in a virtualized environment
I have a six buttons mouse, in this has back and forward buttons, this does not work on a virtualized Proxmox environment.
Environment: Proxmox 7
Image: Ubuntu 22
Mouse: Logi MX Keys
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WSL not enabled in "Turn Windows features on or off"
I am on Windows 11 (22H2) Professional Edition. I enabled WSL2 by doing wsl --install. I did a test run by downloading Ubuntu 20.02 from Microsoft Store and it works perfectly.
However, the option &...
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How do I create a virtual box vm network with internet access that is safe for my physical PC and network?
I am trying to create a network of 1 Server and 2 Nodes in virtual box. I am new to networking in virtual box and have read the docs. How do I create the desired network but protect my physical ...
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Automatically load VMs in VirtualBox on different OS?
Overview: I have a device with multiple operating systems installed, and I use VirtualBox to run virtual machines on each operating system. I often switch between the different operating systems, and ...
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Noxplayer not recognizing VT-x Windows 10 with AMD CPU
I installed Noxplayer with Android 12, but I've got an error message "No VT service detected"
I've followed all steps from FAQ (https://www.bignox.com/blog/nox-doesnt-recognize-vt-even-if-it-...
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Can't access the enhanced session menu after setting it for the first time
I am trying to get the "Connect to" prompt in Hyper-V after I have set some shared folders.
Image: Connect to VM prompt.
Current shared folders are mapped with tsclient. The mapping was done ...
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Hyper-V: Exclude Hypervisor from VM network
I need to run virtual machines on a Windows Server Hypervisor in a different IP network than the hypervisor itself. It is mandatory that the VMs cannot communicate with their hypervisor, but they ...
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VirtualBox/VMWare Fusion w/ Macboon Pro M1Pro chip
I am dying for help here. I have read forums on here, on Oracle site, several other dev sites and I just can't seem to get anywhere. I see so many places that VB 7.0 Beta can now support Apple's M1pro ...
