OOnlive Server2d ago · 6 min readRunning Nested Virtualization Labs on Windows Hyper-V Server 2025: Setup and Performance AuditRunning multiple virtual machines usually requires substantial hardware resources. However, Windows Server 2025 supports nested virtualization through Hyper-V, allowing administrators to create virtuaonliveinfotech.hashnode.dev
DDorian Zheng2d ago · 11 min readBuilding a VMM from scratch, #0.5: Booting Linux in 190 lines of CIn #0 we set out to replace libkrun with a VMM of our own. Its boot path is landing one PR at a time, and its tests already boot a real Linux kernel to an init on four vCPUs (#2052). Before the parts 1blog.boxlite.ai
OOnlive Server4d ago · 10 min readConfiguring VMware ESXi Enterprise Networking: vSwitches, VLAN Segmentation, and DMZ DemarcationSecuring enterprise workloads on VMware ESXi requires more than connecting virtual machines to a virtual switch. Administrators must define network boundaries, assign VLANs consistently, restrict commonliveinfotech.hashnode.dev
OOnlive Server5d ago · 7 min readHardware Virtualization Deep Dive: KVM vs Type-1 Hypervisor Overhead & CPU Pinning BenchmarksCPU pinning can improve KVM workload consistency when it reduces scheduling contention or keeps execution close to memory. It can also hurt performance when busy vCPUs share physical cores or lose acconliveinfotech.hashnode.dev
AAdminPackStudio6d ago · 45 min readHyper-V Live Migration Failed (Event 21502): A Read-First Switch, Processor, Version, and Kerberos TriageHelpdesk: "Since we added the two new hosts last week, moving VMs to them fails. Hyper-V Manager says the migration operation failed at migration source, and the cluster logged Event 21502. One VM movadminpackstudio.hashnode.dev
KKazem Mortazavi6d ago · 2 min readSecuring VDI Without Slowing Users Down: Four Layers From Hypervisor to RecoveryAsk anyone who runs a large VDI deployment about endpoint security and you will often hear the same story: the agent built for physical PCs runs on hundreds of virtual desktops at once, everything slosecurityland.hashnode.dev
OOnlive ServerOct 17 · 9 min readBuilding a Zero-License Private Cloud: Step-by-Step Proxmox VE 8 High-Availability Cluster DeploymentBuilding a private cloud does not always require a proprietary hypervisor license. With Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 8, system administrators can combine virtualization, distributed storage, clustonliveinfotech.hashnode.dev
AAdminPackStudioOct 17 · 34 min readHyper-V Checkpoint Operation Failed: A Read-First VSS, Storage, Permissions, and Orphaned AVHDX TriageHelpdesk: "The nightly backup for APP02 failed again: 'Failed to create VM recovery checkpoint ... error code: 32768'. I tried a manual checkpoint in Hyper-V Manager and got 'Checkpoint operation failadminpackstudio.hashnode.dev
CChronic EngineeringOct 16 · 2 min readAQEMU - a point-and-click QEMU front-end for Windows and LinuxQEMU can emulate almost anything, but getting a guest running usually means a wall of command-line flags. AQEMU is my attempt to fix that: an open-source (GPL-2.0) Qt GUI that wraps QEMU and gives youchronicengineering.hashnode.dev
SSancharini PandaOct 16 · 17 min readWhat is API Simulation? Tools, Types & Use Cases API simulation is how development teams keep moving when a dependency isn't available, stable, or cheap to call repeatedly. Instead of hitting the real API, you route requests to a local api simulatorcommunity.keploy.io