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virt-image(1) relies on an XML descriptor to create virtual machines from virtual machine images. In general, a virtual machine image consists of the XML descriptor (usually in a file image.xml) and a number of files for the virtual machine's disks.

Unlike virt-manager, virt-install is a command line tool that allows you to create KVM guests on a headless server. You may ask yourself: "But I can use vmbuilder to do this, why do I need virt-install?" The difference between virt-install and vmbuilder is that vmbuilder is for creating Ubuntu-based guests, whereas virt-install lets you install all kinds of operating systems (e.g. Linux, Windows, Solaris, FreeBSD, OpenBSD) and distributions in a guest, just like virt-manager. This article shows how you can use it on an Ubuntu 8.10 KVM server.

The RCS version control system insures that changes made are not lost, that there is a log of modifications made – this will allow you track why things were done is specific ways, and RCS will allow you to revert to older versions – this is usually done because the current version may have errors or not be applicable to a particular use. RCS is easy to install, does not require any server processes or complex configuration, and it has a very steep learning curve – you will be up and running within minutes and RCS will save you loads of time the first instance you have to refer to the log messages or have to revert to a previous version of a file.

There are some useful ways in which you can use qemu base images to build template virtual machines. If used wisely you can save yourself from ever having to install the same OS more than once. The main thing that you should be aware of when using base images is the dependency between images but once managed properly, you can save yourself a lot of time.

JCR Management will provide tooling and a JCR persistence framework for EMF with pluggable JCR implementations.

A discussion on password protection and encryption in OpenOffice.

A work breakdown structure (WBS) in project management and systems engineering, is a tool used to define and group a project's discrete work elements (or tasks) in a way that helps organize and define the total work scope of the project

Autoversioning is an optional feature defined in the DeltaV standard which makes the server performing a commit under the hood when WebDAV clients that doesn't understand versioning writes to it, making it possible to access the DeltaV server even with this kind of clients.

There is a tool to manage VMs on a remote host: virt-manager. Sadly, VM creation on a remote host is not supported yet through virt-manager – therefore you will have to create the VM in command line.

One of the most exciting new features of Windows Server 2008 is its ability to install as a Server Core machine.
This is a list of articles on how to handle a 2008 Core.

Microsoft’s System Preparation Tool. This tool removes certain information from a system, including the Security Identifier, IP address, computer name, etc. This is recommended when you are cloning a machine, and, by removing this information, you also remove any potential conflicts when starting up the cloned image for the first time.

Shrinking qcow2 images by filling drive with 0:es…

The term 'Numeracy Gender Gap' refers to the discrepancies in attitude, skills, and mathematical behaviors between males and females. Although females tend to be better than their counterpart males in mathematics classes, they continue to score lower on tests including the SATs.