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Wasim Ahmed
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Wasim Ahmed

Wasim Ahmed, born in Bangladesh and now a citizen of Canada, is a veteran of the IT world. He first came into close contact with computers in 1992 and never looked back. Wasim has a deep understanding of networks, virtualization, big data storage, and network security. By profession, Wasim is the CEO of a global IT support and cloud service provider based in Calgary, Alberta. He serves many companies and organizations through his company on a daily basis. Wasim's strength comes from his experience, which comes from learning and serving continually. Wasim strives to find the most effective solution at the most competitive price. He has built over 20 enterprise production virtual infrastructures using Proxmox and the Ceph storage system. Wasim and his team are notorious for not simply accepting a technology based on its description alone, but putting it through rigorous testing to check its validity. Any new technology that his company provides goes through months of continuous testing before it is accepted. Proxmox made the cut superbly.
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Converting OpenVZ to LXC


This section is for container users who are planning to move to Proxmox VE 4.0 or a later version. Since OpenVZ has been completely replaced in Proxmox VE 4.0 and later versions, all OpenVZ containers must be converted to LXCs in order to make them usable. The full conversion can be performed through the Proxmox GUI. The simple process of this conversion can be summarized as follows:

  1. Write down the OpenVZ container network information

  2. Power off the OpenVZ container, and then perform a full backup

  3. Restore the OpenVZ container on Proxmox 4.0 or later

  4. Reconfigure the network based on information collected in step 1

Tip

Do not upgrade to Proxmox VE 4.0 or later before making a full backup of the existing OpenVZ containers. Otherwise, these containers will not start in Proxmox 4.0 or later.

The reason why it is important to write down the network configuration in step 1 is that when OpenVZ containers are restored in Proxmox 4.0 or later, the network interfaces are stripped off...

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Wasim Ahmed

Wasim Ahmed, born in Bangladesh and now a citizen of Canada, is a veteran of the IT world. He first came into close contact with computers in 1992 and never looked back. Wasim has a deep understanding of networks, virtualization, big data storage, and network security. By profession, Wasim is the CEO of a global IT support and cloud service provider based in Calgary, Alberta. He serves many companies and organizations through his company on a daily basis. Wasim's strength comes from his experience, which comes from learning and serving continually. Wasim strives to find the most effective solution at the most competitive price. He has built over 20 enterprise production virtual infrastructures using Proxmox and the Ceph storage system. Wasim and his team are notorious for not simply accepting a technology based on its description alone, but putting it through rigorous testing to check its validity. Any new technology that his company provides goes through months of continuous testing before it is accepted. Proxmox made the cut superbly.
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