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Ubuntu 10.04: Why is ksmd eating CPU cycles?

Posted on June 14, 2010 by admin

If you use KVM virtualization, under Ubuntu 10.04 Server LTS, with more than one virtual host running at a time, you may have noticed ksmd eating a lot of CPU cycles.  This behavior was not present under 8.04 Server LTS.  … Continue reading →

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libvirtd: Gracefully Shutting Down VMs

Posted on February 20, 2010 by admin

libvirtd – part of libvirt – is a daemon that manages virtual machines in Linux – including those running under KVM.  I recently made the move from controlling my virtual machines with scripts in /etc/init.d to libvirtd.  libvirt has a … Continue reading →

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Linux KVM and VNC: Keep Your Pointer Straight

Posted on November 6, 2009 by admin

KVM allows you to run virtual machines on a Linux machine.  One of the great features is provided by the ‘-vnc’ flag, which allows you to run a virtual machine headless, i.e., without a graphics adapter, while still being able … Continue reading →

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