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Hard to get one
How about their VKS? How long can we use it for free?
One month, starting from whenever you got it.
I ain't even got that twittor thing!
My dedi finally got provisioned today - has anyone else had issues with OVH's damned vKVM crap?
All I want in life is to install SL6, and I'm never getting the emails with the VNC login information. They're not even showing up in Manager.
Their vKVM isn't KVM or IPMI. It boots your server into a kernel that starts a VNC server.
@ihatetonyy: My beta dedi has the same issue, vKVM does not work. Also: the OVH Esxi 5.0 custom template is broken (the vmware tools package is missing). The network is still slow, 30 minutes to transfer the Windows 2008r2 iso from Prometeus. The OVH manager is missing sections, for example: it is not possible to add failover IP's. It is a real "beta". On a side note, this new OVH "sp mini 2012" hardware is a good server. It has a relatively fast Sata disk, faster than the "EG best-off" with the optional hardware raid.
Sorry, we have reached the limit of available servers for today. Please try again tomorrow! Same thing here
Well the day is almost over, so it's not a big surprise. (It's 19:33 GMT+1 here).
@ihatetonyy Just tried the vKVM option and didn't get a mail neither.
On standard OVH servers the mail is sent as soon as the system boots.
Remember the vKVM is not to reinstall your system, it is a virtual machine and your disks are mounted into it and booted into the system. It's for troubleshooting of startup/kernel errors.
You can reinstall your system using the OVH reinstall system, if your distro is not there you will need to manually do a vnc install. I have done this with centOS once, but not with SL6.
@nabo @firentire you should follow @OVH. they give the times that the servers are available. And usually there gone in minutes.
FWIW I had the same issue with the vKVM mail not arriving when I got mine when they first started activating these ~2 weeks ago. I didn't make a ticket because I assumed it was because they'd just started activating them but if it's still going on maybe they don't know about it...
...which you do through vKVM.
@lbft, no.
It's a trick where you download the boot chains and do a vnc netinstall through the system itself. So the system reboots and boots and mounts a VNC.
Fair enough, I wasn't familiar with that method.
The simplest way however is still to boot into vKVM and boot an ISO over FTP.
I never complained about the time nor the availbility ;-)
@nabo, just a fyi.
no way? Can you post harddrive details? Also can you post how much harddrive space is left ...
Finally got myself a test box after getting up at 5am for the second time...
Now the wait begins to get the actual server
Poor OVH techs in that DC must be busy assembling servers!
Aw yeah.
Edit:
Aw no.
(Anyone else get that? Might it have something to do with the fact I have no prior OVH services and my account is brand-spankin' new?)
I did not try to get a dedicated server, don't see any use for one if it's to become a paid one in about a month (as it's posted in various places).
The micro vKSes are a bit better in this aspect, there is no set period for which they are provided, and from their page it even can be concluded they will be free for the foreseeable future (but "must be renewed manually every month"). Also among their locations Hong Kong interests me greatly, so today I just went and managed to get a vKS in there.
The micro vKSes are a bit better in this aspect, there is no set period for which they are provided, and from their page it even can be concluded they will be free for the foreseeable future (but "must be renewed manually every month"). Also among their locations Hong Kong interests me greatly, so today I just went and managed to get a vKS in there.
Every time I try I got error message saying they've reached their max number of vKS of the day, mind telling when did you managed to get one?
@fan you need to follow their twitter https://twitter.com/#!/ovh
Every day they announce which hour, then 15 mins ahead, and then the actual launch.
I got the activation code, but there is no way to create an account
You have to create an account in advance via https://www.ovh.com/fr/cgi-bin/nic/newNic.cgi
Already did that here https://www.ovh.ie/cgi-bin/nic/newNic.cgi and is giving me errors when i try to enter nickhandle and pass. What a waste!
Make one using ovh.com, copy and paste the text into Google Translate if need be. The NICHandle(s) I created with ovh.ie didn't work, but when I entered the one I created with ovh.com, it worked fine.
That was for dedi, not vKS, but I suspect their lack of competence extends to the vKS form as well.
@ihatetony I have no issues with french language. I already made an account on ovh.com and i have the same problem. (
Yea, I've made one on both .ie and .com and both did not work. The vKS site says "An error occurred when registering your information. Please try again."
I get the same error message! I emailed support from client area. Here is their response
"Hello,
Unfortunately we are unable to help you here as this is the Irish office.
Send an email to [email protected] and someone from OVH Canada will respond to you.
Regards,
Linda
OVH Support
"
The email provided is coming back with failure notice.