Parallels Server Bare Metal delivers Parallels Virtuozzo Containers together with our world-class hypervisor technology. Click below for frequently asked questions, documentation and other helpful tools to get the answers you need.

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   What does Parallels Server Bare Metal include?

   Parallels Server Bare Metal includes Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Linux 4.7. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers is an operating system virtualization solution that maximizes the investment in server hardware. For more information on PVCfL 4.7 see http://www.parallels.com/products/pvcl/

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   What is Parallels Server Bare Metal?

   Parallels Server Bare Metal is a cloud-ready virtualization solution that allows users to simultaneously run multiple Parallels virtual machines and containers on the same physical server, thereby making more efficient use of hardware resources.

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   Is Parallels Server Bare Metal compatible with other Parallels products?

   You can use virtual machines created in the following Parallels products with Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.

   • Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac
   • Parallels Server for Mac 4.0
   • Parallels Server for Mac 4.0 Bare Metal Edition
   • Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux
   • Parallels Workstation 4.0 Extreme
4. 4.

   Is there support for converting 3rd party virtual machines?

   You can now convert Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Box, VMware, and Xen virtual machines to Parallels virtual machines. Depending on the type of virtual machine, the conversion can be performed by means of the pctl, prl_convert, or pmigrate utility.

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   What is the maximum CPU and RAM for servers?

   Parallels Server Bare Metal 5.0 can be installed on servers with up to 64 CPU cores and 128 GB of RAM

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• CPU limits design in Parallels Server Bare Metal 5 and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for Linux
• Is Mac OS X 10.7 How to migrate Linux computer to a virtual machine?
• How to install/reinstall/upgrade PVA 4.6 Agent on PSBM 5 or PVCfL 4.7 HW Node
• How to install PVA components manually on Parallels Server Bare Metal and Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition
• What is the difference between PSBM and PSfM BM?
• Mounting NFS share to Parallels Server Bare Metal Host
• How to install PVA components manually on Parallels Server Bare Metal and Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition
• How do I check and install a Parallels Server Bare Metal or Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition license?
• How to configure kernel crash dumps on a Linux server

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