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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

By : Ahmed
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Mastering Proxmox

Mastering Proxmox

4.3 (18)
By: Ahmed

Overview of this book

This is not an instructional guide, but a practical, scenario-based book which guides you through everything you need to know in a practical manner by letting you build your own cluster. By the end of the book, you will have a fully functional Proxmox cluster setup at your disposal and have the knowledge to replicate virtualization solutions .If you already know what the word virtualization means and you are ready to stand out from the crowd equipped with the unique ability to design and implement a rock-solid virtualized network environment using Proxmox, then you have just picked up the only book you will need. Linux system administration experience together with knowledge of networking and virtualization concepts is assumed. This book is also useful if you are already using Proxmox and simply want to master its advanced features.
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Advanced configuration options for a VM

We will now look at some of the advanced configuration options we can use to extend the capability of a KVM virtual machine.

The hotplugging option for a VM

Although it is not a very common occurrence, a virtual machine can run out of storage unexpectedly whether due to over provisioning or improper storage requirement planning. For a physical server with hot swap bays, we can simply add a new hard drive and then partition it, and you are up and running. Imagine another situation when you have to add some virtual network interface to the VM right away, but you cannot afford shutting down the VM to add the vNICs. The hotplug option also allows hotplugging virtual network interfaces without shutting down a VM.

Proxmox virtual machines by default do not support hotplugging. There are some extra steps needed to be followed in order to enable hotplugging for devices such as virtual disks and virtual network interfaces. Without the hotplugging option, the...

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