I started with a Debian Jessie install, configured my partitions / extra hard disks, installed Proxmox over it, set up a network bridge, set up local directories for storage.
Now, I have the following questions ->
1. The memory usage when no virtual machines are installed / running seems to be around 1GB. Isn't that awfully high ? Am I missing something? The base Debian install took around 100mb of RAM, I installed proxmox, and it is telling me the usage is hovering around 900+MB. Is that normal behavior? (I know running VMs is all about more and more RAM, but for the hypervisor to take up so much RAM seems out of the ordinary). Any tips and tricks?
2. How do I actually *delete* a VM? When I right click, I see start, stop, make a template etc etc, but I don't see a delete anywhere. Do I have to manually go into the command line and delete the config file and the qcow2 image and hope the web GUI picks it up? Are there anything else I should be deleting?
3. I hit "create CT" and no container templates were listed. Some googling around got me to "pveam update" but nothing happens. I am behind a proxy, and even doing "http_proxy=foo.port pveam update" seems to have no change in behavior.
4. In VirtualBox, after installing a OS, I generally install "VirtualBox Guest Additions". I believe this is equivalent to "VMware tools" on the vSphere front? Anyway, what's the equivalent for KVM guests, if there's any (both Windows and Linux). As far as I can google around, I need to do a "virtIO" based disk/network in Windows, and then installed the appropriate drivers. Should I be doing "virtIO" based disk/network for Linux VMs too? Or should I be going with IDE/ SATA ? Any optimization tips?
I am sure I will have more questions, but I am evaluating moving from a VirtualBox + phpVirtualBox + RDP (for VM console) combo that we have at work so far, and I am trying to see if Proxmox fits the bill. So far, I mostly like everything I see, and am particularly excited to use/try containers.
Now, I have the following questions ->
1. The memory usage when no virtual machines are installed / running seems to be around 1GB. Isn't that awfully high ? Am I missing something? The base Debian install took around 100mb of RAM, I installed proxmox, and it is telling me the usage is hovering around 900+MB. Is that normal behavior? (I know running VMs is all about more and more RAM, but for the hypervisor to take up so much RAM seems out of the ordinary). Any tips and tricks?
2. How do I actually *delete* a VM? When I right click, I see start, stop, make a template etc etc, but I don't see a delete anywhere. Do I have to manually go into the command line and delete the config file and the qcow2 image and hope the web GUI picks it up? Are there anything else I should be deleting?
3. I hit "create CT" and no container templates were listed. Some googling around got me to "pveam update" but nothing happens. I am behind a proxy, and even doing "http_proxy=foo.port pveam update" seems to have no change in behavior.
4. In VirtualBox, after installing a OS, I generally install "VirtualBox Guest Additions". I believe this is equivalent to "VMware tools" on the vSphere front? Anyway, what's the equivalent for KVM guests, if there's any (both Windows and Linux). As far as I can google around, I need to do a "virtIO" based disk/network in Windows, and then installed the appropriate drivers. Should I be doing "virtIO" based disk/network for Linux VMs too? Or should I be going with IDE/ SATA ? Any optimization tips?
I am sure I will have more questions, but I am evaluating moving from a VirtualBox + phpVirtualBox + RDP (for VM console) combo that we have at work so far, and I am trying to see if Proxmox fits the bill. So far, I mostly like everything I see, and am particularly excited to use/try containers.