@jaredbusch I always do bridge (using virtio) so I have host to guest communication.

Easiest way for me to create a bridge is via Cockpit (see image)

Situation:
Initial date of creation was March 2009.
3 hosts running Win Server 2008 w Hyper-V.

1x Dell 2950:
Ram: 16gb
VMs: 5 - **Server 2008 x4, Win XP x1

• *includes one Domain Controller

1x Dell 2950:
Ram: 16gb
VMs: 4 - Server 2008 x2, Server 2003 x1, Win XP x1

1x Dell 2900:**
Ram: 16gb
VMs: 3 - Server 2008 x2, Server 2003 x1
** This server is failing hard drives at an alarming rate

Proposed software solution:

1. Buy Server 2016 Standard license - use for new DC vm.
2. Upgrade Directory Services level from 2008 to 2016.
3. Buy backup software (see #3 below)

Proposed hardware solution:

1. Buy 2 new servers.
2. Choose hypervisor: 2016 Hyper-V or Fedora KVM
3. Choose backup solution

Thoughts, feedback, ideas...all suggestions are welcome?

@tim_g said in Server 2008 w Hyper-V infrastructure: needs upgrades!!:

This was on a MD1000, very old.

MD1000...old school! I know those units. I've got 2 of them in storage gathering dust!

I have 2x LSI 620J. I might just connect it with LSI 9207E HBA

@scottalanmiller said in Small Restaurant Network Redesign:

There is a Windows Server somewhere in this mix providing Active Directory to 15 users.

Is this Windows Server here only for providing AD?

Is this hardware good enough to be used as a KVM host?
I assume the plan is to convert this box & run NC, UNMS etc as vm's.

3 year Enterprise license price on the MX400 is $16k, the Advance Security license is $32k (these are list prices).

As much as I love Meraki (and I do use it), the license pricing is beyond ridiculous...:pouting_face:

The KVM management is not 100% & yes you still need to update with "dnf install -y cockpit-machines"

I ended up with this: https://www.synology.com/en-us/dsm/feature/cloud_sync

I synced a couple of folders on the NAS/OneDrive/Google Drive/Dropbox/B2.

You could do something similar to this & use /data for storing vm's

@ccwtech said in Fedora 28 Server - Linux 101 - How do you partition your drives:

@travisdh1 said in Fedora 28 Server - Linux 101 - How do you partition your drives:

@ccwtech said in Fedora 28 Server - Linux 101 - How do you partition your drives:

@travisdh1 said in Fedora 28 Server - Linux 101 - How do you partition your drives:

@ccwtech said in Fedora 28 Server - Linux 101 - How do you partition your drives:

@travisdh1 Can you dumb that down for me?

I'm looking for more step by step or a walk through video if possible. Maybe Linux 098 vs. 101...

Try this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olPWqd3gVY8 Around 2:05 is where you want to look for creating a custom partition layout.

In that video would I just make the / partition larger since I have a larger drive and keep the others the same? Isn't XFS preferred now?

XFS is my preference, yes. The root partition at 25GB is enough assuming you're only using KVM with a server base. The one big change you want to be aware of is assigning another LVM partition the rest of the drive space to the /var mount point. It's much easier to set that up at install time rather than change it later.

So in @FATeknollogee example would I just change /Data to /var ?

Yes you could.
Just use that "+" (in the bottom left) & you could add "/var" instead of "/data"

@stacksofplates said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:

@dustinb3403 said in Manage KVM through Cockpit:

That lack of feature alone makes me question if KVM is production ready and would remove it from my shortlist for 2018.

I really want to say something about this but I'll keep my mouth shut.

Why would you do that?
Aren't we all here to learn?

Plan to start loading up some vm's (in the next few days)
Will also like to test some backup & restore products.

User Portal:

@francesco-provino This is a 3 + 1 node hyperconverged cluster with Gluster, HA, Live Migration etc!

@emad-r said in Testing oVirt...:

@fateknollogee

Very good more pics and stuff please, did you face any hosts disconnections I faced that alot

No host disconnections at all.
The current version (4.2.5) is very easy to setup.
I will post some pics of an upcoming version, oVirt Node (4.3) based on Fedora 28.

We had this discussion re support tools:
https://mangolassi.it/topic/17279/fedora-with-screenconnect/61

This tool looks like it has potential.
It's self-hosted & supports Linux, Windows & Mac clients.
I've only done very limited testing on a Fedora 28 & Server 2019 client.

https://simple-help.com/
https://simple-help.com/pricing

@hobbit666 said in Testing oVirt...:

I've loosey been reading the posts on this but what is oVirt? Is it just a management thing for KVM or is it and KVM based hypervisor in it's self?

Think of it as the KVM equivalent of vmWare vSphere.

Once upon a time, the community was big on ASO & then A2 Hosting....

Just like the progression from XS to KVM, CentOS to Fedora 2x...

Where are we with web hosting?

@aaronstuder said in Testing oVirt...:

@fateknollogee Are you using this in production or lab?

Can't wait for 4.2.7!

In the next couple of weeks, I'm going to tear down the lab & do a 100% rebuild....all oVirt

Great source w great pricing on Slim Cat6 patch cables: https://www.fs.com/c/28awg-slim-patch-cables-613

Also a great source for Fiber cables.