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On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 1:06 AM, <thelma@×××××××××××.com> wrote: |
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> The rdp might work. It would be best if I could by-pass the switch, |
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> since both VM's are running on the same Linux server. |
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> -- |
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> Thelma |
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If you are using Windows I would strongly recommend using RDP. It is |
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integrated with the OS at the kernel level, and will give you the best |
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performance of all of the options available. Further if you are using |
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Hyper-V you can share resources in ways QEMU/KVM and Xen currently can |
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not. As a quick aside, this may get rid of your problem: |
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https://github.com/stascorp/rdpwrap. It will allow multiple concurrent |
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logins for Windows installations not licensed as a terminal server, |
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and may allow you to only run one Windows guest. |
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Based on how your original message and comments fit together it seems |
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like you might not need what you originally asked about. I would |
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suggest that using network booting for guests is best if you have |
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multiple computers that will be running multiple guests each and you |
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want to centralize storage somewhere. Otherwise, use QEMU's options to |
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copy-on-write with frozen boot media: |
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https://www.unixmen.com/qemu-kvm-using-copy-write-mode/. There are |
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other options which allow you to tweak behavior in the command for |
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running qemu-system or to use raw block devices. |
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Lastly doing any of this with Windows guests may be against |
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Microsoft's licensing terms. I don't know and I've looked into the |
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issue, as have other people; in all honestly Microsoft's lawyers might |
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not even know. What I do know is that if you want to support Windows |
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network booting and authentication (network booting and startup has |
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licensing as a core component, surprise!) you will need to do it their |
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way which involves, possibly, using their automatic installation tools |
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and running infrastructure servers like Domain Controllers. If all you |
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want to do is install Windows, however, you might look at this |
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https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/2008.07.desktopfiles.aspx. |
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At the very least it might give you more information to go on. |
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