[PVE-User] Question

[Martin Maurer]

If you duplicate VM´s with vzdump (backup/restore), make sure that you have unique MAC addresses.
(MACs are saved in  /etc/qemu-server/VMID.conf)

Best Regards,

Martin Maurer

martin at proxmox.com
http://www.proxmox.com


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Venefax [mailto:venefax at gmail.com]
> Sent: Montag, 12. Jänner 2009 08:20
> To: Martin Maurer; 'proxmoxve'
> Subject: RE: [PVE-User] Question
> 
> Yes, it really does not matter at all if you don't use any of the
> Microsoft
> networking as a server. My application is a telephony switch. I
> disconnect
> the SMB protocol and I can make 100 copies of the same box. Once they
> are
> up, if I need it I can simply change the name, and everything works. But
> I
> don't need to share my disk.
> Federico
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin Maurer [mailto:martin at proxmox.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 12, 2009 2:16 AM
> To: proxmoxve
> Cc: Venefax
> Subject: RE: [PVE-User] Question
> 
> Hi,
> 
> Did you get this link from a previous post?
> Newsid http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897418.aspx
> 
> Vzdump also works for KVM, so you can use this to here too.
> 
> 
> Best Regards,
> 
> Martin Maurer
> 
> martin at proxmox.com
> http://www.proxmox.com
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: pve-user-bounces at pve.proxmox.com [mailto:pve-user-
> > bounces at pve.proxmox.com] On Behalf Of Venefax
> > Sent: Montag, 12. Jänner 2009 07:49
> > To: 'proxmoxve'
> > Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Question
> >
> > I successfully configured a Centos 64 container and a Windows VM. The
> > only
> > question is: how do I clone either. I may create a backup an restore,
> > but
> > vzdump is used only on Containers, not on KVM Windows machine. Also
> when
> > you
> > have two cluster nodes, can you just copy a VM from one to another
> > without
> > destroying the original? That would be a way to clone a VM as well.
> The
> > cloning of a VM shold be done in the GUI, and in my opinion after
> years
> > of
> > being involved with virtualization from ESX to XEN to
> > Hyper-V,Virtuozzo-linux and Virtuozzo-Windows, cloning is the day-to-
> day
> > task, the most important one. Maybe Proxmox should provide a script
> that
> > would ask for VE number, either KVM or OpenVZ, and the IP address of a
> > node,
> > and simply clone it "a few times". I mean, ask the customer "how many
> > copies
> > do you need". In my case I need to make 16 copies of windows VE. What
> > would
> > be the easiest way to achieve this?
> > Federico
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Martin Maurer [mailto:martin at proxmox.com]
> > Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 9:01 AM
> > To: Venefax; proxmoxve
> > Cc: Federico Alves
> > Subject: RE: [PVE-User] Question
> >
> > > How do you clone a Windows virtual machine? Also, how do you backup
> it
> > > up to
> >
> > We have not and cannot implemented a windows aware cloning.
> > But you can backup/copy. Manually or as already described with vzdump.
> >
> > > another box, a windows box? Also how do you add a seconds cluster so
> > > you
> > > migrate it?
> >
> > See http://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Proxmox_VE_Cluster
> > (incl. a video tutorial)
> >
> > Br, Martin
> >
> >
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