Configure Android Phone USB Passthrough for a KVM VM on Ubuntu Server
In this post, I configure Android phone USB passthrough for a KVM virtual machine on an Ubuntu Server host. The […]
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Add a New KVM Storage Pool and Move Existing VMs to It on Ubuntu 24.04
In a previous post, I showed how to set up KVM and Cockpit on Ubuntu 24.04. That setup works well
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How to Move a KVM VM on Ubuntu 24.04 to VMware Workstation Pro on Windows (QCOW2 → VMDK)
This is the reverse of my previous migration (VMware Workstation → KVM). The safe, repeatable flow is: Shutdown the VM
KVM, Proxmox
How to Install a Single-Node Proxmox VE 9 Lab on KVM (Nested Virtualization)
Sometimes you want to learn Proxmox, but you don’t want to dedicate a physical machine yet. The solution: run Proxmox
KVM, Ubuntu
Increase a KVM qcow2 Disk Offline (Ubuntu 24.04 + LVM)
Goal: grow /var/lib/libvirt/images/rbe-b.qcow2 offline on the host, then expand LVM inside the Ubuntu 24.04 guest. TL;DR (commands only) Host (VM
Ceph, KVM
Create a KVM VM on Ceph RBD
This follow-up shows the cleanest, minimal path to put a Libvirt/QEMU VM disk on Ceph RBD and create the VM
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Ubuntu 24.04: Full Cold Backup of KVM/Libvirt with rsync
TL;DR: Power off all VMs → (optionally) stop or mask libvirt sockets so nothing auto-starts → rsync both /etc/libvirt and
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How to Move a VMware Workstation Pro VM on Windows to KVM on Ubuntu 24.04
If you’re transitioning from VMware Workstation Pro on Windows to KVM on Ubuntu 24.04, you can migrate your VMs with
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How to Set Up KVM and Cockpit on Ubuntu 24.04
Looking to run virtual machines on your Ubuntu 24.04 system without a desktop GUI? This guide walks you through installing