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@francesco-provino said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:

Why everybody seems to need a GUI for KVM? Virsh can do absolutely anything, in a much more concise, fast and elegant way. It's also very bandwidth friendly.

Because some of us "just" want it. Why it this so hard for some of you to understand?

Maybe for virtualized Windows guest that needs console acces? Does cockpit provides that feature?

Yes it does.

Client has the following:
10x pc's
1x server
3x network printers
1x fax machine

Task:
Provide general IT support.

Time:
Must be available to take calls 5am - 4pm: M-F and 6am - 2pm: 2x Saturdays per month.

Question: what would you charge per month?

@scottalanmiller said in Small Restaurant Network Redesign:

The only piece that isn't super obvious is... what would be the best access method for remote management of the three non-HQ restaurant PCs? There are only a few machines, so maybe some service has a free tier that would cover this?

Or set up OpenVPN on the ERLs there and use that from the IT manager's workstation to connect ad hoc to a site to access the PCs over RDP? Or even simpler, just open RDP but IP lock it only to the four sites. RDP isn't that insecure on its own, people like to say that but it's mostly a myth. But add IP firewall locking to just the four restaurant or HQ sites and it's just as secure as any VPN, but really simplified.

ZeroTier?

With the current version of Cockpit 161 you are now able to create VMs on the Machines page.

I really like this application, it just keeps getting better!!

It's official...
About to do this....
Anyone else upgrading?

@francesco-provino said in Fedora VM Host:

Oh, don’t forget the automation part: I’ve never installed a Linux machine under KVM, you can use virt-builder to get almost every distro (customized with user, ssh keys etc) in seconds. I also automate it with simple script that also use virt-install… pair it with ansible, and you can recreate your environment from scratch with a single command.

Can someone please show/write a "how to" since you guys all say this Ansible stuff is easy?

@eddiejennings said in Choosing a SIP Provider - What Should I Look For?:

@fateknollogee said in Choosing a SIP Provider - What Should I Look For?:

The one downside with Twilio is support.
Free support is via email, unless you want to pay (per month) & it ain't cheap.

I've never had a problem with their free, E-mail support. I usually got responses within 24 hours.

Same experience as you, just thought it needed to be mentioned.

Starting to test some backups of vm's on oVirt & standalone KVM:

vProtect 3.6

oVirt VMs:

Standalone KVM VMs:

Backup & Restore...

Fedora 28 vm (in my homelab), full backup was taken this afternoon:

I restored the vm to a different Fedora 28 host (at the co-lo)

On the left is the original vm (homelab), on the right is the "restored" vm (co-lo)

Fedora 29 Beta is scheduled to drop on 9.25.2018: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/29/Schedule

I plan to re-install from scratch.

This time around, for apps, I'd like to use more Flathub and Snaps

@aaronstuder said in Testing oVirt...:

@fateknollogee said in Testing oVirt...:

In the next release (which will 4.2.7), you'll be able to deploy a single node install from Cockpit UI.

But not on Fedora

No Fedora support
Regretfully, Fedora is not supported anymore, and RPMs for it are not provided. These are still built for the master branch, so users that want to test them, can use the nightly snapshot. At this point, we only try to fix problems specific to Fedora if they affect developers. For some of the work to be done to restore support for Fedora, see also tracker bug 1460625.

https://ovirt.org/release/4.2.6/

oVirt Node 4.3 will have Fedora.

You need an HDMI DA (aka Distributed Amplifier aka Splitter)
They come in different flavors, e.g., 1 in 2 out, 1 in 4 out, 1 in 8 out & are commonly referred to as 1x2, 1x4, 1x8 etc
Here's an example: https://www.vanco1.com/product/hdmi-1x4-4k-splitter-hdr/

Here's another example: https://atlona.com/product/at-hdda-8/

There's also HDBT flavored DA's which will "transport" HDMI over CAT6 if you need longer distances or you already have Ethernet cable in place & can't run/don't need an HDMI cable.
Example: https://atlona.com/product/at-uhd-cat-8/

If you provide more detail on your needs (you need 4k, control of hardware, IR, RS-232 etc), others can chime in.

Figured out the issue:

Even though I copied/paste from here: https://help.ubnt.com/hc/en-us/articles/204950294-EdgeRouter-L2TP-IPsec-VPN-Server

Looks like rule 30 did not copy correctly & I end up with the check mark - State "Invalid".

Once, I unchecked "Invalid", VPN connects fine.

Tomorrow, I'll wipe out the config & re-copy the rules, just to make sure I didn't mess up.

10 "old" vm's, Lenovo host w Fedora 32
XP = 2 vm's
2003R2 = 2 vm's
2008 = 6 vm's
RAID controller = LSI 9260-8i w 2 virtual drives (RAID 1 - o/s & R 10 - vm's)
R10 is lvm2 & qcow2 files are at /mnt/data

I shutdown all the vm's and scp'd the qcow2 files to a file share on 2nd server. (Just in case something went wrong)
Installed Proxmox 6.2 on the R1 array.
Added the existing r10 lvm2 into Proxmox.
Added the existing /mnt/data as a directory to Proxmox.

I could now go into the Proxmox shell & all my qcow2 files showed up!
Time to create 10 "new" vm's (each with 1gb disk)
The disks were located at /mnt/data/images/100/vm-100-disk-1.qcow2 (100 is the ID of the vm, each vm has a different ID)
I mv'd all the qcow2 files from /mnt/data to /mnt/data/images/"vm-ID"/your_vm.qcow2

Back to the shell, run cmd qm rescan
Back to the gui, in each vm, detach the vm-100-disk-1.qcow2, add your original qcow2 file
Boot up the vm!

All in all, pretty damn easy & painless!!

@scottalanmiller said:

Best technique is, of course, to get rid of printing

It's amazing to me how people get so "attached" to printing (almost like it's a measure of self worth)
I mean, people freak out if they can't print!

@nadnerB No help on that setting. I'm already set to "No limit"

@ChrisL

1. What Tier level is ColocationAmerica datacenters (in So. Cal)?
2. Can you talk about pricing for 1/2 rack & a full rack?

@scottalanmiller said in Hyper-V - 3 VM migrations to new host:

@JaredBusch said in Hyper-V - 3 VM migrations to new host:

@aaronstuder said in Hyper-V - 3 VM migrations to new host:

@JaredBusch I was wondering if you could do that

My google skills must be lacking....

I've done it with my FreePBX install while on a call. I had about 15 seconds of silence when the network switched, but the call never dropped.

Using Hyper-V failover?

Yep, I've also done this before with Hyper-V failover, 3CX was my PBX. I think I even recorded this on YouTube

@DustinB3403 thread: https://mangolassi.it/topic/8537/how-to-clone-a-xen-usb-on-windows shows how to clone USB.

How do you clone with zero downtime or without removing the USB?