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How to enable hardware virtualization on Asus motherboard
For the ASUS P9X79-WS with UEFI Bios ver. 4802 x64, enable VT-D is found under:
Advanced Mode\System Agent Configuration\Intel(R) VT-d,
not under Advanced\CPU Configuration\Intel Virtualization ...
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ZFS vs raw disk for storing virtual machines: trade-offs
ZFS can be (much) faster or safer in the following situations:
If you are contemplating using some other software RAID or bios RAID solution (e.g., not a dedicated piece of hardware with a relatively ...
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Is virtualization available on my Dell Inspiron 560 Desktop?
Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x) is available for Pentium E6700. It is disabled by default by Dell see paragraph on Advanced BIOS Features.
Search for Advanced tab in your BIOS settings and ...
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What is Windows 10's core isolation memory integrity setting, and what does it do?
I'm not quite sure exactly what it does myself, and I actually work in the IT industry, so don't feel bad that you can't find much info, it just isn't there.
Based on what I do know, I'm believe that ...
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Isolate single device into separate IOMMU group for PCI passthrough?
I know that this is an old question, but I had to try and figure this out recently.
The rule of thumb with IOMMU is that the kernel is going to figure out the mappings for you. When the kernel boots ...
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wrong hardware virtualization support message?
Get this Id utility from intel.
Check if Execute Disable Bit and Enhanced Halt State are enabled.
Note that Intel's proprietary Virtualization Technology HAXM and Hyper-V cannot run at the same time. ...
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Are there Apple servers
Yes and no.
Apple did make server hardware called the Xserve. However, it was discontinued in 2008. We had some of these in an old job and they were definitely... interesting.
Today, people run ...
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Isolate single device into separate IOMMU group for PCI passthrough?
I know the original question is from 2019, but by the sounds of it, it might be a lot easier with more recent kernels.
For anyone having any issues, I wanted to pass through a NIC on a Broadcom ...
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What can I do with computer besides changing the processor when it doesn't support virtualization?
Do you know for sure that it's your processor that doesn't support hardware virtualization rather than it simply being disabled in your BIOS?
Unfortunately, if your processor doesn't support it, ...
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How does RAM work in a Virtual Machine?
First: The allocation of RAM is always under the final control of the host operating system.
Beyond that, it depends.
With a simple hypervisor you just tell the hypervisor how much RAM each VM ...
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Using a single powerful computer with multiple users
Read on the Multipoint Server: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/remote/multipoint-services/introducing-multipoint-services
There are several ways users can access their sessions. One ...
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Using a single powerful computer with multiple users
Yes, you can!
You will need to select remote desktop Client and Server apps which use the same protocols, so each developer can network into the powerful 'server' machine from their desktop 'client' ...
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How do I enable hardware virtualization on ASUS M5A78l-M motherboard, AMD 8350 Processor
The setting to enable Hardware Virtualization is in BIOS, when powering on and options show push 'delete' that will bring you to the BIOS, then navigate to 'Advanced' > 'CPU Configuration', the enable ...
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Can't enable AMD-V in VirtualBox (hardware virtualization)
I finally found the answer. Even if Hyper-v was disabled in the Windows features, the service named HV Host Service was still running. I disabled all the Hyper-v services and now the option VT-x / AMD-...
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Virtualization Enabled in BIOS but not enabled in Windows 10
In your BIOS/UEFI, under Chipset Configuration, you will also find an option called VT-d (User Manual 4.6.2 Chipset Configuration (page 65). You should have this enabled too.
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Using a single powerful computer with multiple users
You could use RDP Wrapper Library project it enables you to run multiple user logins into the same windows machine just like you would on windows server. Here is a more descriptive installation of the ...
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Computer ports like 22, 25, 80, 443 and 3306, are they of the motherboard or of the operating system?
You're on the right track - port in this sense does not mean a physical piece of hardware you plug something into - it's a name given to a certain part of the TCP and UDP networking protocols. To ...
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Computer ports like 22, 25, 80, 443 and 3306, are they of the motherboard or of the operating system?
Network ports aren’t hardware, they’re just software labels to let the network stack direct network traffic to the appropriate application. Any operating system running its own network stack (and ...
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How can i turn on Virtualization?
Based on the information you have provided your computer hardware does not support virtualization.
At minimum you must have a different processor (CPU) that supports virtualization.
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Wacom tablet not moving cursor under KVM Windows guest
I had the same issue using a Windows 10 VM under VirtualBox 5.2.20 with Inkscape. The mouse cursor would not move with my Wacom Intuos tablet, but the pressure sensitivity was on. Enabling the mouse ...
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Is it possible to monitor when docking stations/ monitors are in use?
Is it possible? Yes. Is it simple? Not really.
The only way I can think of being able to do this is to add a device outside of the dock to do your reporting. It would have to be something that ...
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Enabling EPT for nested virtualization
It turns out that I was missing a check in the VM's configuration.
Using the host web client, check the box next to "Expose hardware-assisted virtualization to the guest operating system." This ...
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Can't enable hardware assisted virtualization in Windows 8
The only place where virtualization feature can be enabled/disabled - it is BIOS.
Try to reset BIOS to default and then enable virtualization again. Sometime CMOS area of BIOS can be corrupted even it ...
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What is a "raw disk" and how are filesystems set up on one?
A raw disk generally refers to a disk which is passed through to the VM. You need to have that disk/partition available and configure it for the VM. The OS install within the running VM is going to ...
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Does "Intel® Virtualization Technology" provide advantages for a desktop user?
That depends on what you wanna do with it.
The virtualization technology allows you to run Virtal Machines. Virtual machines are like an OS (guest), that runs on top of another OS (host).
It also ...
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Maximum amount of hard drives in 64-bit Linux?
The RHEL technology capabilities and limits page suggests at least 10000 with a recent enough kernel (see the 'Maximum number of device paths ("sd" devices)' row). This amount is greater than that ...
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