Virtualisation

Hyper-V

Convert VMware to Hyper-V with qemu-img:

qemu-img convert -p -f vmdk -O vpc centos_disk.vmdk centos_disk.vhd

Proxmox

Main documentation:

• Proxmox

Installation:

• hdsize defines sieze of disk, to reserve space for additional VGs
• minfree defines unallocates space in the VG, required for LVM snapshots (hdsize/8 to a max of 16 GB)
• VG "pre" is created with LVs:
  • root (define with maxroot, limit is hdsize/4)
  • data (maximum defined with maxvz: hdsize - rootsize - swapsize - minfree. Must be at least 4 GB)
  • swap (define with swapsize)
• For HP DL380G5 (and other on VGA?) blank screen during install:
  • Edit "e" -> add "nomodeset" and/or "i915.modeset=0" as Linux kernel option

ISO Uploads:

• /var/lib/vz/template/iso/

Subscriptions

• "You do not have a valid subscription for this server"

Updates

• /etc/apt/sources.list

deb http://download.proxmox.com/debian bookwork pve-no-subscripion

• /etc/apt/sources.list.d/pve-enterprise.list

apt dist-upgrade

Windows VirtIO drivers:

• Windows VirtIO drivers

Storage:

wipefs -a /dev/sdb /dev/sdc
pvcreate /dev/sd[bc]
pvs
vgcreate main /dev/sd[bc]
vgs
lvcreate -T -l 100%FREE --poolmetadatasize 1G main/vm
lvs -a