Summary
To the shrewd administrator, the capability to utilize containers in conjunction with virtual machines in production environments offers flexibility and increased opportunities for professional discretion and informed choices. System virtualization continues to have a currency in the datacenter.
Consequently, we began this chapter with a high-level overview of the VM creation and configuration process with Proxmox VE—from obtaining the install media, to configuring the VM, and installing the operating system.
Afterwards, we took that abstract outline and applied it to two concrete cases: the creation of a Microsoft Windows Server 2012r2 and Fedora 23 Server virtual machines.
In Chapter 5, Working with Virtual Drives, you will learn all you need to know to make informed choices when determining what format best suits our virtual hard drives.
We'll give particular attention to making use of VMs created with Oracle's VirtualBox, VMware Player, and VMware workstation in our new Proxmox virtual...