diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt.phx2.fedoraproject.org
index 897ad784e3..a32531dd55 100644
--- a/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt.phx2.fedoraproject.org
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -1,17 +1,22 @@
 ---
+# this box is not mission critical
+freezes: false
+
+# this box mounts a large share from the netapp to store combined http
+# logs from the proxies.
+
+nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
+
+# general configs
+nrpe_procs_warn: 900
+nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
 nm: 255.255.255.0
 gw: 10.5.126.254
 dns: 10.5.126.21
 
-ks_url: http://10.5.126.23/repo/rhel/ks/kvm-fedora-23
-ks_repo: http://10.5.126.23/pub/fedora/linux/releases/23/Server/x86_64/os/
-
 eth0_ip: 10.5.126.123
 eth1_ip: 10.5.127.198
 
-volgroup: /dev/vg_guests
-vmhost: virthost21.phx2.fedoraproject.org
-
 datacenter: phx2
 
 autocloud_specialization: libvirt
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt2.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt2.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3ff050fa4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-libvirt2.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+# this box is not mission critical
+freezes: false
+
+# this box mounts a large share from the netapp to store combined http
+# logs from the proxies.
+
+nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
+
+# general configs
+nrpe_procs_warn: 900
+nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.125.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+
+eth0_ip: 10.5.125.178
+eth1_ip: 10.5.127.179
+
+datacenter: phx2
+
+autocloud_specialization: libvirt
diff --git a/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-vbox2.phx2.fedoraproject.org b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-vbox2.phx2.fedoraproject.org
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b64c918f68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/inventory/host_vars/autocloud-backend-vbox2.phx2.fedoraproject.org
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+# this box is not mission critical
+freezes: false
+
+# this box mounts a large share from the netapp to store combined http
+# logs from the proxies.
+
+nfs_mount_opts: "rw,hard,bg,intr,noatime,nodev,nosuid,nfsvers=3"
+
+# general configs
+nrpe_procs_warn: 900
+nrpe_procs_crit: 1000
+nm: 255.255.255.0
+gw: 10.5.125.254
+dns: 10.5.126.21
+
+eth0_ip: 10.5.125.179
+eth1_ip: 10.5.127.178
+
+datacenter: phx2
+
+autocloud_specialization: virtualbox