OpenVZ is a Linux-based Kernel virtualization technology developed by SWSoft for its commercial product Virtuozzo. The modified Linux Kernel and the system utilities are released under an OpenSource license. Vzdump is a shell-based backup program for OpenVZ virtual machines. It is made for containers that use the traditional "simfs" filesystem, it can not be used ... Read more
Creating multiple Hyper-V virtual machines using Hyper-V manager is not a quick method. The quickest and time-saving method is to create them via Windows PowerShell. This tutorial has been written to show you how to create three Hyper-V virtual machines with a PowerShell script. Create Multiple Hyper-V Virtual Machines Using PowerShell Step 1. Open notepad editor ... Read more
This guide shows you how to kill an unresponsive OpenVZ container in case the normal stop procedure fails. Killing the container will not delete any files or remove the container, it just kills all processes so that you can start or restart the container again when it gets stuck. I will use container ID 101 ... Read more
To repair a VMware virtual hard disk on Windows 10, go to the VMWare site and download vdiskmanager-windows-7.0.1.exe2.zip (see also https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1023856) Repair VMware Virtual Hard Disk on Windows 10 Unzip the folder. Rename the file to vmware-vdiskmanager.exe and copy it following location. C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware Workstation or C:\Program Files (x86)\VMware\VMware Workstation if you have 64-bit operating system. Shut down ... Read more
While expanding VMware workstation, you might get the following error: Error VMware Workstation error message: The specified virtual disk needs repair Try the following solution, Solution Repair the virtual hard disk by following this tutorial. https://kb.vmware.com/s/article/1023856
To download VMware virtual disk manager, go to the following link: https://sourceforge.net/projects/vmdkutil/?source=typ_redirect
When you get the following error on VMware, try to do the following workaround. Error: This virtual machine appears to be in use. If this virtual machine is not in use, press the "Take Ownership" button to obtain ownership of it. Otherwise, press the 'Cancel' button to avoid damaging it. Solution: Turn off the VM. ... Read more
When you clone a virtual machine from any existing snapshot in VMware and you get the following error in VMWare, the reason is VM was powered on or suspended when you took that snapshot. So you only have an option to clone the VM from its current state. You cannot make a clone of a virtual machine or snapshot ... Read more