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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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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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linux disabling users from script
I am a beginner at scripting but I created a text file called disableusers.dat which contains only usernames that are already created in the file location /home/daniel/var/local/nsu/data and I’m ...
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VirtualBox: Can't reach local server on localhost within the guest VM
I'm running an Ubuntu VM. In it I have a Java server listening on a specific port within the VM. I'm trying to connect a client (also within the VM) by using localhost, but it can't find it.
It works ...
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Wrong available memory with LXC virtualization
I have virtualized operation system using LXC virtualization. That system reports wrong available memory - it is always same as free memory. By experiments I was able to use more memory than amount of ...
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Ubuntu Machine boots into BusyBox
My ubuntu VM was working fine. Now when I boot up it boots into BusyBox.
I have run the Unbuntu boot tool with no luck.
Here is the log from the boot tool.
http://paste.ubuntu.com/17567076/
How can I ...
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Problems with virtualbox ubuntu
I'm trying to get a Ubuntu VM running on my Win 10 machine . I don't have much experience with this (did it once a few years ago on a different machine, and didn't have any problems), and I'm not ...
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VirtualBox VMs on internal network intnet can not communicate
I'm using two hosts, one under Ubuntu 14.04 x64, the other under Ubuntu 15.10 x64. Both are up to date. I'm running on each machine the same VirtualBox version : 5.0.16 r105871, installed from the ...
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How to configure Network for VPN in Lab on VMware
I want to configure home lab for VPN connections.
I configure all of systems but I can't establish connection between computers.
Now I don't add any Linux routers or etc.
I have virtualized Ubuntu ...
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Ubuntu on Virtualbox says 20 GB used when actual size of VDI is only 8 GB
I have a Guest Ubuntu 14.04 on Windows 7 Host. I've set the VDI limit to 20GB dynamically allocated. My Ubuntu boots to say there is zero space left in the system and sure enough df shows that this is ...
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Just Installed Virtualbox on Windows 10 host, Cannot Load Ubuntu
Just installed 4.3.12, build 9926. For reasons I won't go into right now (extensive), the newest builds of VBox crash immediately in Windows 10 Home Edition.
Build 4.3.12 will actually start Vbox ...
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VirtualBox machine starts, but not running
Running an Ubuntu Server 15.10 host, I have a guest VM registered.
Entering: vboxmanage startvm [NAME] --type gui
I get: VM [NAME] has been successfully started.
Immediately after, I enter: vbox ...
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Ping between Ubuntu guest VMs on VitualBox
Running VirtualBox 5.0.10 in a Windows 10 (64bit) host, I've created 2 guest VMs - Both Ubuntu 15.10 (64bit).
Looking for a setting that will allow the 2 guests to ping each other and also connect to ...
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Swapping from Windows 7 to Ubuntu (host) and Windows 7 VM on same hardware
This may have been asked elsewhere, but it always seems to be unclear about whether they are staying on exactly the same physical hardware.
I have Windows 7 32bit with lots of programs installed (inc ...
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Linux VirtualBox cache disk writes
I have a Windows 10 guest in VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 15.04 host. Being Windows, it generates a lot of disk activity which slows down my host system and places excessive wear on my otherwise usually-...
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How can I share a GNOME Boxes VM with another user account?
I am using GNOME Boxes on Ubuntu GNOME 15.10. I have a Windows 7 Virtual machine. I would like to have both of my users have access to the VM. The user which the VM was created on is an "Administrator"...
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VMWARE Network Configuration
and thank your help in advance.
I am trying to setup a virtual environment in which i need to create 5 virtual machines running ubuntu and i need them to be able to see each other in the network as ...
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Update VirtualBox differencing image parent
I have created several VirtualBox VMs, each one writing to a differencing image on top of a shared "base" image, containing a clean Ubuntu install.
The disk images look like this:
Base Image
|-VM 1
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VMWare Converter P2V into VirtualBox getting VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED
When using VirtualBox 5.0.4 on Ubuntu Server 14.04, I get VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED when trying to import a VMDK which was created using VMWare vCenter Converter Standalone Client v6.0.0, as a P2V from a ...
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How can I stop the clock on a VirtualBox guest OS install of Windows 7?
I am running Virtualbox 4.3.30 (r 101601) on an Ubuntu 14.04 host and the guest OS is Windows 7 64.
Would like to stop the clock in the guest while it is not running. i.e. switch on the ...
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VMWare fills the host disk and it needs reboot of the host system
I am using VMWare to run 2 virtual machines.
However, after some time, the available space on the hard disk (~200G) has been filled by VMWare. After a reboot the space is available again.
This is a ...
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Ethernet-Connection ubuntu with VMware Player
I installed VMware Player 7.1.2 on my Windows 7. On my VM I installed ubuntu 14.04. Now I have problems connecting to internet. With my computer I am connected with ethernet. Ubuntu can connect with ...
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Remote desktop into Virtual Machine on Ubuntu Server through a Mac
I'm trying to remote desktop into a Windows virtual machine that is running on Ubuntu Server 14.04. I'm on OS X Yosemite and I can't figure out how to do it.
I downloaded the app Microsoft Remote ...
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Export from xen to azure
I want to move a Ubuntu Server VM from Xen to Azure Cloud. I exported the VM to a xva format. I converted it to ovf using Citrix XenConvertor and I obtained the vhd file. In Azure I created a disk ...
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Virtualbox - Two different screen orientations for Ubuntu VM
I have an Ubuntu (15.04) VM running on a Windows 8.1 host in a two monitor configuration. At times, when I'm reading a lot of documents, I like to rotate one of the screens to be in portrait mode to ...
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Port is reachable on telnet locally, but browser shows connection reset
I am running a web application server locally in an Ubuntu guest VM on a Windows host.
I could not connect to the service in any web browser. Chrome reported ERR_CONNECTION_CLOSED. The result is the ...
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How can I work out why my headless VirtualBox VM is not booting?
I have an Ubuntu Server, upon which I am trying to run a headless VM (Ubuntu Server as the guest OS) with Virtualbox. The machine apparently starts up but I cannot ssh into it (though it should be ...
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VirtualBox write-through drive not working on Ubuntu
I have a VirtualBox VM with Ubuntu installed on normal VDI, and I added another write-through VDI so that I could keep my code intact when I switch between different system snapshots which I use for ...
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Virtualization enabled from host computer but disabled from guest virtualbox?
I have enabled virtualization on the BIOS and verified it by issuing this command from the host computer:
I have ubuntu desktop 14.04 64 bit as host, virtualbox 4.3.10 and ubuntu server 14.04 64 bit ...
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Kubuntu guest on Windows 8.1 Hyper-V won't shut down completely
I've got a Windows 8.1 Professional laptop with Hyper-V installed, and a Kubuntu 14.04 Desktop VM. When I shutdown the Kubuntu VM, most of the time it gets to the logo screen, and just sits there. It'...
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