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I'm planning to use OpenVZ in an old machine I have at home.
I want to know if a dumped OpenVZ instance image can be exported to other formats (like VirtualBox or Vmware).
Thanks!
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Not AFAIK but you should be able to use bare-metal tools like mondorescue.org or clonezilla.org to back up the VM and restore it to another VM system
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This is a general sticky topic about success and failure methods on getting for example xen running inside VBox, all other such topics will be locked as people get confused and frustrated why it won't work.
As a general rule of thumb, most Virtualization packages do not support running another such package inside it, it is like trying to install XP inside a running XP, that will not work either.
There are some situations where this is possible with VBox and that is what this post is for, clearification, confirmation and information about the how, why and why not.
You CAN run Virtualization inside virtualization.
What you can't do is use Virtualization Extensions (AMD-V, VT-X) inside a virtualized server.
What you can't do is use Virtualization Extensions (AMD-V, VT-X) inside a virtualized server.
Do make sure you mention VBox version number and other environment settings/hardware should you have a success story. It should be obvious discussions about running xen inside vmware will be removed as this is the VBox forum.