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Is my VPS Openvz6 or Openvz7
geekyhillbilly
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I have a few vps using Solusvm. In Solusvm it only says the virtualization is VZ. How can I tell if it is running 6 or 7? If they are running on OpenVZ6 what should I do? Ask the provider to switch them to a node running OpenVZ7 or KVM, switch providers, do nothing? Most of them are already paid yearly.
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This might help:
https://serverfault.com/questions/595471/how-to-find-out-the-virtualization-type-of-an-linux-vps
If you are on OVZ6 then it would be best to move to a new node - the migration from 6 to 7 is pretty easy. Lots of docs online on how to do this, if your provider offers you a managed service they might do it all for you
Personally, KVM is better but would require more work to migrate to.
Thanks for the link. I had already come across that link but unfortunately virt-what only says it is VZ. Doesn't say if it is 6 or 7. Since I have already paid for a year for them I will probably just use them for non-critical static websites just in case they are on OpenVZ6.
The kernel version on 6 should be 2.x and on 7 3.x
Thanks @Neoon that helped a lot. Looks like all are on OpenVZ6. Need to just get KVM servers in future when finding deals I reckon.