Can I somehow identify the physical machine from inside an OpenVZ container?

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I am using some VPSes in OpenVZ containers. As I can see, our hosting provider somes moves them between his physical machines. It also means unwaited (and unexpected) reboots.



I have no technical contact with the VPS provider (there is a... complex company structure ;-) ), but I would like to know, what is happening and why.



I checked the /proc/cpuinfo, yes it sometimes changes. But it is not enough.



Can I somehow extract some ID about the host machine, while I have only a root access to the VPS (and zero access to the host)?










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  • As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
    – Henrik
    Sep 16 at 17:32










  • @Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
    – peterh
    Sep 16 at 17:45














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I am using some VPSes in OpenVZ containers. As I can see, our hosting provider somes moves them between his physical machines. It also means unwaited (and unexpected) reboots.



I have no technical contact with the VPS provider (there is a... complex company structure ;-) ), but I would like to know, what is happening and why.



I checked the /proc/cpuinfo, yes it sometimes changes. But it is not enough.



Can I somehow extract some ID about the host machine, while I have only a root access to the VPS (and zero access to the host)?










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  • As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
    – Henrik
    Sep 16 at 17:32










  • @Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
    – peterh
    Sep 16 at 17:45












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I am using some VPSes in OpenVZ containers. As I can see, our hosting provider somes moves them between his physical machines. It also means unwaited (and unexpected) reboots.



I have no technical contact with the VPS provider (there is a... complex company structure ;-) ), but I would like to know, what is happening and why.



I checked the /proc/cpuinfo, yes it sometimes changes. But it is not enough.



Can I somehow extract some ID about the host machine, while I have only a root access to the VPS (and zero access to the host)?










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I am using some VPSes in OpenVZ containers. As I can see, our hosting provider somes moves them between his physical machines. It also means unwaited (and unexpected) reboots.



I have no technical contact with the VPS provider (there is a... complex company structure ;-) ), but I would like to know, what is happening and why.



I checked the /proc/cpuinfo, yes it sometimes changes. But it is not enough.



Can I somehow extract some ID about the host machine, while I have only a root access to the VPS (and zero access to the host)?







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  • As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
    – Henrik
    Sep 16 at 17:32










  • @Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
    – peterh
    Sep 16 at 17:45
















  • As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
    – Henrik
    Sep 16 at 17:32










  • @Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
    – peterh
    Sep 16 at 17:45















As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
– Henrik
Sep 16 at 17:32




As far as I remember openvz: only if the hosting provider has set something up that allows you to.
– Henrik
Sep 16 at 17:32












@Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
– peterh
Sep 16 at 17:45




@Henrik Thanks! I've tought on rdtsc to read the cpu cycles since the last poweron from the host cpu; and maybe somehow some cpuid is also available. I think the OpenVZ may have some intentional mechanism to avoid it, but it is not sure.
– peterh
Sep 16 at 17:45















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