[Cialug] Converting VirtualBox VMs

Sat Dec 9 22:52:57 UTC 2017

You are probably already past this, but if you are thinking of using raidz1
or higher, i believe you need 3 disks or more of roughly the same size.

On Sat, Dec 9, 2017 at 1:42 PM, Dan Hockey <icepuck2k at gmail.com> wrote:

> In the web management UI it does give ZFS as one of the format options.But
> the buttons remain grayed out no matter what format I pick. I'm thinking of
> trying parted from the command line to format the drives.
>
> On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com> wrote:
>
> > You may just need to format them.  I use proxmox with ZFS for most of my
> > installs.  It makes for a very reliable vm store.
> >
> > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Aaron Pilgrim <ampilgrim85 at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Dan, how are you mounting the drives?
> > >
> > >
> > > On Dec 4, 2017 12:53 PM, "Dan Hockey" <icepuck2k at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > I got proxmox installed on an ssd with 2 2tb drives I was hoping to
> use
> > > for
> > > > vm storage. They show up as /dev/sdb and /dev/sdc, for whatever
> reason
> > > > proxmox will not mount those disks.
> > > >
> > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:52 AM, Scott Yates <Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > All the tech that runs oviry.  There are some parts that require
> > Java,
> > > > some
> > > > > that need Postgres, etc...  It feels like proxmox is lighter weight
> > in
> > > > > terms of resource usage.
> > > > >
> > > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:47 AM, Theron Conrey <theron at conrey.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > heavier..... for the host? are you looking at oVirt node?
> > > > > > https://www.ovirt.org/node/
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -theron
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:25 AM, Scott Yates <
> Scott at yatesframe.com
> > >
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > It looks like ovirt is a "heavier" in terms of host footprint,
> > and
> > > > uses
> > > > > > > Redhat instead of Debian for the host.  Either way, i think
> these
> > > > kinds
> > > > > > of
> > > > > > > systems are the future.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 10:12 AM, David Champion <
> > > > dchamp1337 at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > Take a look at oVirt, it's another front-end for KVM servers
> -
> > > > > > > > https://ovirt.org/
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > I set up a test oVirt server at home, seems like it would be
> > > really
> > > > > > nice
> > > > > > > if
> > > > > > > > you were running a clustered environment.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > -dc
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 3:06 PM, Scott Yates <
> > > Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > This one might be simpler:
> > > > > > > > > http://www.aitek.ch/migrating-
> virtualbox-vdi-to-proxmox-ve-
> > > > > > > > > proxmox-support-forum/
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 3:04 PM, Scott Yates <
> > > > Scott at yatesframe.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I am still using Proxmox a lot.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > https://rmoff.net/2016/06/07/importing-vmware-and-
> > > > > > > > > > virtualbox-vms-to-proxmox/
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 1, 2017 at 2:58 PM, Dan Hockey <
> > > > icepuck2k at gmail.com>
> > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > >> I recently finished my first xeon build and I'd like to
> > use
> > > it
> > > > > as
> > > > > > > some
> > > > > > > > > >> sort
> > > > > > > > > >> of vm server.
> > > > > > > > > >> The problem, I have several  VB vm's scatterred about
> > > several
> > > > > > > > computers,
> > > > > > > > > >> that's the main reason for this idea.
> > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > >> The other problem, whats out there for VM server
> software?
> > > I
> > > > > need
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > > be
> > > > > > > > > >> able to convert or import my VB vm's into. For the time
> > > being
> > > > I
> > > > > > have
> > > > > > > > > >> 16.04lts installed just to have something running.
> > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > >> Darren Kitchen from Hak5 did some videos on
> virtualization
> > > > > about a
> > > > > > > > year
> > > > > > > > > or
> > > > > > > > > >> more ago so that info is probably out of date.
> > > > > > > > > >>
> > > > > > > > > >> Is it possible to do what I'm thinking? if so what do I
> > need
> > > > to
> > > > > > look
> > > > > > > > > for?
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