RE: [Vserver] Physical to virtual ?

2006-11-04 Thread ehab heikal
There is a page on this in the wiki and on the forums of openvz ( openvz is similar to vserver and so the same applies but you need to take care of the differences in commands and data files. ) Basically the procedure is to create a newvserver with the minimum requirement having the same

[Vserver] performance 32 bit guest in 64bit host

2006-10-30 Thread ehab heikal
Title: Message Is there any performance hit for running a 32bit guest in a 64 bit host? ella for Spam Control has removed 382 Spam messages and set aside 79 Newsletters for me You can use it too - and it's FREE!www.ellaforspam.com___ Vserver

RE: [Vserver] vmware in vserver?

2006-09-28 Thread ehab heikal
But you can run vserver in a vmware linux setup. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of John Alberts Sent: Wednesday, September 27, 2006 8:02 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: [Vserver] vmware in vserver? Is it possible to run

RE: [Vserver] 64bit centos templates?

2006-09-27 Thread ehab heikal
About the 64 bit issue and performance. When running on AMD always go for 64bit if you can. When running on Intel, older 64bit implementations are sometimes slower in 64bit than in 32bit. That also holds to newer intel processors including core 2 duo but to a lesser extent where in some

[Vserver] vserver-copy not working

2006-09-26 Thread ehab heikal
Title: Message I was trying to copy a vserver and it is not working in the new 2.X 2.6.X kernel style configs. vserver-copy mashyback mashyback2I: vserver-copy: called on vserver at Wed Sep 27 01:06:26 EEST 2006E: vserver-copy: Vserver file "/etc/vservers/mashyback.conf" does not exist Am

[Vserver] different guest and host distributions how?

2006-09-09 Thread ehab heikal
Title: Message I need to install FC3 in an FC4 host what is the best way to do that? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver

RE: [Vserver] FC3 386 Guest in FC4 x64 host

2006-09-09 Thread ehab heikal
PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: Re: [Vserver] FC3 386 Guest in FC4 x64 host ehab heikal wrote: rm -f /var/lib/__db*; rpm --rebuilddb did not do the trick. Does anyone know of a good way to build a fc3 guest in an fc4 host? Of course, I meant /var/lib/rpm/__db*. Works fine here

[Vserver] FC3 386 Guest in FC4 x64 host

2006-09-07 Thread ehab heikal
Title: Message I am trying to build an fc3 test system in and fc4 x86 when i install with vserver build and the option of distro is fc3 everything is ok until I try to internalize the package management , when doing this the package management inside the guest does not work also the

RE: [Vserver] FC3 386 Guest in FC4 x64 host

2006-09-07 Thread ehab heikal
@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: Re: [Vserver] FC3 386 Guest in FC4 x64 host ehab heikal wrote: I am trying to build an fc3 test system in and fc4 x86 when i install with vserver build and the option of distro is fc3 everything is ok until I try to internalize the package management , when

[Vserver] Sharing directories

2006-05-08 Thread ehab heikal
I want some directories of data to be shared across vservers on the same host, will linking the directories from the host work? Can two vservers share the same IP so that one uses some ports and the other uses the rest? ___ Vserver mailing list

[Vserver] Add IP to vserver

2006-05-04 Thread ehab heikal
How do I add an IP to a vserver? I added 2 ips by editing the configuration of the vserver, but now these Ips are not accessible from computers outside my lan, as if they do not route right. ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org

RE: [Vserver] Add IP to vserver

2006-05-04 Thread ehab heikal
/interfaces/0/ /etc/vservers/ vservername/interfaces/1/ and then editing the ip and mask files in 1. Some of my servers have 4 different ips set up this way. HTH, A. On 5.5.2006, at 00:54, ehab heikal wrote: How do I add an IP to a vserver? I added 2 ips by editing the configuration of the vserver

[Vserver] Plesk in vserver

2006-04-13 Thread ehab heikal
Does anyone have experience running plesk control panel in a vserver? Any special tips. I am trying plesk 8 and qmail of plesk will not start with the rest. Any tips? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org

RE: [Vserver] Vservers and RAID (5 hard)

2006-02-18 Thread Ehab Heikal
I have bad experience with LVM and raid it is near impossible to fix LVM if you have problems mounting them after a kernel change. LVM is not as supported in the resucue mode in most distro's CDs -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent:

RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server

2006-01-26 Thread Ehab Heikal
So what is the best bet to virtualize a physical server? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Daniel Hokka Zakrisson Sent: Thursday, January 26, 2006 10:17 AM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: Re: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical

RE: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server

2006-01-25 Thread Ehab Heikal
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2006 6:13 PM To: vserver@list.linux-vserver.org Subject: [Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server

[Vserver] Virtualizing a physical server

2006-01-24 Thread Ehab Heikal
I need to setup a development or staging server of an existing running server. Is there a tool to do so? ___ Vserver mailing list Vserver@list.linux-vserver.org http://list.linux-vserver.org/mailman/listinfo/vserver

RE: [Vserver] VServer vs OpenVZ

2005-12-06 Thread Ehab Heikal
As far as I know the only nice thing in openvz and freevps that is to my knowledge missing in linux-vserver is virtual network devices. Other than that, vserver is much better due to the huge community support that you will most probably not get from swsoft since they are more interested in

RE: [Vserver] solaris containers/zones

2005-06-25 Thread Ehab Heikal
What we need here is PR too. If someone here knows how to create press releases and distribute them it would be good for the adoption of the project. But there are fundamental differences between Xen and vserver. Xen allows different Operating systems to run on the same server, now only linux and

RE: [Vserver] ~~Migrate from Single box to MVM

2005-05-30 Thread Ehab Heikal
What you need to do first is make sure that ensim will run well within a VPS it is my modest experience that some control panels do not work well in VPS due to them requireing being able to talk to hardware devices directly which is not possible in VPS. Also one word of advise if you have

RE: [Vserver] Kernel 2.6.11.5 Problem

2005-04-11 Thread Ehab Heikal
On Sun, 2005-04-10 at 12:41 +0200, Ehab Heikal wrote: how stable is the 2.6 branch of vserver, would you run it in a production envoirnment. Stable is very relative definition [tm] I've been using the 2.6 branch on two production servers for quite some time now with no known problems. Actually

RE: [Vserver] Kernel 2.6.11.5 Problem

2005-04-11 Thread Ehab Heikal
Cool now it will be called stable. I have one question, is virtual networking like with freevps doable? Or is it not there yet or not planned. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ehab Heikal Sent: Monday, April 11, 2005 1:44 PM To: vserver

RE: [Vserver] Kernel 2.6.11.5 Problem

2005-04-10 Thread Ehab Heikal
Title: Message how stable is the 2.6 branch of vserver, would you run it in a production envoirnment. If it is not very stable, would the instability affect the vservers or the main server. In my case I have a large site that would benefit if some of the services on it is in a vserver, so I

[Vserver] Plesk

2005-04-07 Thread Ehab Heikal
Title: Message Did anyone try to run plesk 7.5 reloaded recently under vserver in a production server? Tried it long ago but had some problems, i think it wanted some kind of physical control over ips or network card and something to do with loopback. -Original Message-From:

RE: [Vserver] CentOs distribution

2005-04-06 Thread Ehab Heikal
Title: Message Fedora is experimental, you do not want the latest and coolest software on your server, you need the most stable. This is what CENTOS and RHEL give you older more stable software like good wine. The main difference between an enterprise grade system and just plain old

Re: [Vserver] Plesk 7

2004-11-02 Thread Ehab Heikal
sorry this is a side track how did you update your system via yum, i tried it in virtuozzo and it would not install basic things like GCC with out conflicting with other packages, the rpm package itself inside virtuozo is not the normal version and many things depend a new standard version of rpm.

Re: [Vserver] Plesk 7

2004-11-01 Thread Ehab Heikal
/logging works as the panels use iptables inside VPS to count rules to track bandwidth. There are quite a few more problems, but I can't remember them right now. On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 13:13, Ehab Heikal wrote: Well plesk is avialable for download if any of the developers want to test

Re: [Vserver] Plesk 7

2004-11-01 Thread Ehab Heikal
right now. On Sun, 2004-10-31 at 13:13, Ehab Heikal wrote: Well plesk is avialable for download if any of the developers want to test it.It is one of the most attractive control panels and thier virtuozzo is much more restrictive than vservers ( but supposedly better performance ). Are any

Re: [Vserver] Plesk 7

2004-10-31 Thread Ehab Heikal
Well plesk is avialable for download if any of the developers want to test it.It is one of the most attractive control panels and thier virtuozzo is much more restrictive than vservers ( but supposedly better performance ). Are any other hosting automation control panels know to work with vserver.

[Vserver] Plesk 7

2004-10-30 Thread Ehab Heikal
Has anyone tried to run the plesk 7 control panel in a vserver. I did and it gives me errors. If nobody actually tried what capabilities should I give a hosting control panel to be able to fully function. ___ Vserver mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Vserver] RedHat Kernel with VPS patches

2004-08-25 Thread Ehab Heikal
thank you :) \ Herbert Poetzl wrote: On Sun, Aug 15, 2004 at 07:52:01PM +0300, Ehab Heikal wrote: Can the vserver patche be applied to the RH kerenel rather than a plain vanilla kernel, has anyone done it? I am planning to use cogofs http://www.shaolinmicro.com/product/cogofs/ and according

[Vserver] RedHat Kernel with VPS patches

2004-08-23 Thread Ehab Heikal
Can the vserver patche be applied to the RH kerenel rather than a plain vanilla kernel, has anyone done it? I am planning to use cogofs http://www.shaolinmicro.com/product/cogofs/ and according to the vendor they do not support plain vannila kernels. I know that freevps is based on RH but I

Re: [Vserver] Vserver And RedHat Kernels

2004-08-22 Thread Ehab Heikal
Thank you. :) Herbert Poetzl wrote: On Fri, Aug 20, 2004 at 11:37:33AM +0300, Ehab Heikal wrote: Thank you Alex I did have alook at your fine project, it is very nice, but we have already a lot of time learning Vserver, you do things a bit differently, I already have VSERVER running

Re: [Vserver] Vserver And RedHat Kernels

2004-08-20 Thread Ehab Heikal
Thank you Alex I did have alook at your fine project, it is very nice, but we have already a lot of time learning Vserver, you do things a bit differently, I already have VSERVER running and the migration would be a headache. Alex Lyashkov wrote: , 19.08.2004, 15:46, Ehab Heikal : Yes I

Re: [Vserver] Vserver And RedHat Kernels

2004-08-19 Thread Ehab Heikal
Yes I know most of the time this is the case, but still I would feel more comfortable buying such a product if I could do a RH 2.4X kernel. Does any one know how or if it has already been done? Arne Blankerts wrote: On Tue, 2004-08-17 at 14:35, Ehab Heikal wrote: Has anyone patched

[Vserver] Vserver And RedHat Kernels

2004-08-17 Thread Ehab Heikal
Has anyone patched the RedHat kernels rather than plainvanilla kernel.org kernels? Are there any problems with it? Are they available for download anywhere? I need them since a specific driver supports only RH kernels or so its vendor says. Thanx ___

Re: [Vserver] Reiser4 views/process oriented security proposal

2004-08-04 Thread Ehab Heikal
I know this is not the core of this list but could you elaborate on how is hardware bad these days. What kinds of tests do you run to reduce this. I see that you have very very valueable know-how and would really appreciate it :) Avery Pennarun wrote: On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 10:11:22AM +1200,

[Vserver] SMP and Raid

2004-07-26 Thread Ehab Heikal
I have to questions thank you for any answers in advance. How do I compile latest 1.28 for SMP ( dual xeons I am dreaming to get ) Does anyone know of a good SATA raid controller that is known to work with vserver in any RH based distro for the main server? Thank you again.

Re: [Vserver] Vserver and Unreal tournament server

2004-07-01 Thread Ehab Heikal
I ran it on another server having the latest vserver 1.27 and it worked. Herbert Poetzl wrote: On Wed, Jun 30, 2004 at 09:54:10AM +0300, Ehab Heikal wrote: We have been trying to run unreal tournament server 2004. The server runs fine but its web based admin runs but will not authenticate any

[Vserver] Vserver and Unreal tournament server

2004-06-30 Thread Ehab Heikal
We have been trying to run unreal tournament server 2004. The server runs fine but its web based admin runs but will not authenticate any users. When we run it on the same setup outside of a vserver it runs with no glitches. Has anyone run Unreal before, in a vserver? I have tried to set all