Hi, Thiago. > > > I would recommend for you to reinstall the same Windows version on top > > > of KVM, using VirtIO drivers for both HDD and NIC devices, then, > > > reinstall the applications and copy the data to the new Windows... > > > > > > To install Windows on top of VirtIO, you'll need to boot Windows ISO, > > > plus a second virtual CD-Drive, with the VirtIO drivers on it, then, > > > during Windows install, when asked, point to the second CD...
> > Thanks for the recommendation. > > > > A long time ago that I don't read about VirtIO drivers for Windows. The > > last time I did, they were experimental. > > > > I just do a little research and found this page [1] of the KVM project. > > Do you mean to one of the ISOS published here [2]? > > > > These ISOs have drivers for any version of Windows and any architecture > > (32 and 64 bit)? > > > > [1] http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers > > [2] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Windows_Virtio_Drivers > Yep, this is it! :-) Great! Thanks for confirm! :-) > I have many Windows 2008 R2 64-bit running in production, with those > drivers: > > https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso > I see that it is the Stable virtio-win iso. It is good to know that you're using it in production with good result. > I only tested Windows 2008 R2 and Windows 2012 R2, both works fine... > Boot Windows ISO as primary CD, and virtio-win.iso as secondary CD, all > good... According to what I was looking at some videos, just when starting the Windows installation CD, would I have to choose a "custom installation" option for loading drivers from a CD, right? I've seen it in a video where they use Windows 7, but maybe for other versions of Windows I would have to follow the same procedure. > Oh, also, I am using SPICE VDI, instead of ugly VNC... Super smooth > video experience for Windows guests. After all installed (don't need to > provide video drivers during Windows install), you can download SPICE > drivers from here: > > http://www.spice-space.org/download.html: > > http://www.spice-space.org/download/windows/spice-guest-tools/spice-guest-tools-0.100.exe > > > All running on OpenStack! Only diff is that I'm using Ubuntu 14.04 as a > host and now, 16.04, but Debian is just fine too, of course... =) Interesting. Thanks for the references! The first time I tried VirtManager on Jessie I have noticed that it is now using Spice as default for graphical consoles (before it was using VNC), but I have not yet tried Spice. What client are you using to connect to the guest using this protocol? Because I have not seen it, for example, in Remmina. Thanks for sharing your experience. Kind regards, Daniel
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