Virtualisation

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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:

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:

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