Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-07 Thread Simon Weller
g to use the E1000 NIC. > I do not have any exclamation points in the device manager. All of the > drivers are installed. All the other things are there such as the ballot > drivers, etc. It is still using the QEMU disk, but that's because I have > not changed it yet, since this

Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-05 Thread Marty Godsey
This worked. Thank you for the help. Marty From: Prashanth Reddy Date: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 at 5:05 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs WARNING: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments

Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-05 Thread Prashanth Reddy
Hi Marty, What Simon has mentioned below.. Use the "Windows PV" option for your template. Thanks Prashanth From: Simon Weller Sent: Wednesday, November 5, 2025 2:54 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs Mart

Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-04 Thread Simon Weller
t;> Thank you, Prashanth. >> >> I am attempting to create a template and I am having a time getting the >> NIC to be the Redhat VirtIO driver. It keeps wanting to use the E1000 NIC. >> I do not have any exclamation points in the device manager. All of the >> drivers

Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-04 Thread Marty Godsey
Thank you, Prashanth. I am attempting to create a template and I am having a time getting the NIC to be the Redhat VirtIO driver. It keeps wanting to use the E1000 NIC. I do not have any exclamation points in the device manager. All of the drivers are installed. All the other things are there

Re: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-04 Thread Prashanth Reddy
support for SR-IOV with KVM in Cloudstack AFAIK Thanks Prashanth From: Marty Godsey Sent: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 7:27 AM To: [email protected] Subject: KVM Drivers for Windows VMs Hello, I am creating my template for KVM for Windows, and I wanted to

KVM Drivers for Windows VMs

2025-11-03 Thread Marty Godsey
Hello, I am creating my template for KVM for Windows, and I wanted to ask about the virt drivers. I know I need to add things like the local disk drivers, balloon driver, NIC, etc. But what else should be included? Should I add the SR-IOV driver? The guest-agent? This is my first KVM cluster

RE: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-24 Thread marty
Hello Pierre, I found out what was going on. It was the template. Thank you for your guidance on this. Marty -Original Message- From: Pierre-Luc Dion Sent: Monday, October 23, 2023 1:59 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS Hi, I would

Re: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-24 Thread Pierre-Luc Dion
@cloudstack.apache.org Subject: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS Hello all, A few weeks back I sent a message about how my VMs created in CS do not honor the installed PV drivers. To recap, I use XCP-NG for my hypervisors, and I use a lab install to create templates that I then upload into the CS

RE: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-23 Thread marty
Yes, I tried that as well. Tried: "Other PV 32 bit" "Other PV 64 bit" "Other VirtIO PV" "Windows PV" The other pv 64 and 32 bit are trying to load a CentOS template for some reason. The Windows PV boots bit the PV drivers are still not there. I

Re: PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-23 Thread Ruben Bosch
gt; > Hello all, > > > > A few weeks back I sent a message about how my VMs created in CS do not > honor the installed PV drivers. To recap, I use XCP-NG for my hypervisors, > and I use a lab install to create templates that I then upload into the CS > console. This lab XCP-

PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-23 Thread marty
Hello all, A few weeks back I sent a message about how my VMs created in CS do not honor the installed PV drivers. To recap, I use XCP-NG for my hypervisors, and I use a lab install to create templates that I then upload into the CS console. This lab XCP-NG cluster is the same version and

PV Drivers on VMs created through CS

2023-10-20 Thread marty
Hello all, A few weeks back I sent a message about how my VMs created in CS do not honor the installed PV drivers. To recap, I use XCP-NG for my hypervisors, and I use a lab install to create templates that I then upload into the CS console. This lab XCP-NG cluster is the same version and

Re: Drivers

2022-10-12 Thread Slavka Peleva
inux VMs? > Would this provide any significant change? > On 10/12/22 17:44, Nux wrote: > > Hi, > > Make sure you have the virtio drivers installed. > > Linux has them by default, but Windows opted not to have support for it, > so you will have to do it for them. > >

Re: Drivers

2022-10-12 Thread Granwille Strauss
On 2022-10-12 17:04, Granwille Strauss wrote: Hi Nux Thank you. Is it worth installing qemu-guest-agent on our guest Linux VMs? Would this provide any significant change? On 10/12/22 17:44, Nux wrote: Hi, Make sure you have the virtio drivers installed. Linux has them by default, but Wind

Re: Drivers

2022-10-12 Thread Nux
Hi, Make sure you have the virtio drivers installed. Linux has them by default, but Windows opted not to have support for it, so you will have to do it for them. If you do not use virtio devices (ie paravirt) your IO will suffer. --- Nux www.nux.ro [11] On 2022-10-12 15:13, Granwille

Drivers

2022-10-12 Thread Granwille Strauss
Hi Guys I run KVM node via Cloudstack, and want to confirm if there are any additional guest agents & drivers that I need to install to my guest VM? For both Linux and Windows guests? -- Regards / Groete <https://www.namhost.com> Granwille Strauss  // Senior Systems

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-16 Thread Andrija Panic
gt; > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - > > From: "Simon Weller" > > To: "dev" > > Cc: "users" > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April, 2019 15:34:35 > > Subject: Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Othe

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-16 Thread Nux!
ers" > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April, 2019 15:34:35 > Subject: Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV? > Lucian, > > Windows PV also enables the KVM HyperV Enlightenment features for Windows > guests > on 4.12. > > https://www.lfasiallc.com/w

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-10 Thread Nux!
2:11:13 > Subject: Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV? > No problem - just don't run (busy) Windows Server 2008 R2 or older without > Hyper-V Enlightenments - Simon found that bringing a bit of performance > benefits were important (and of cou

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-10 Thread Andrija Panic
> > Nux! > www.nux.ro > > - Original Message - > > From: "Simon Weller" > > To: "dev" > > Cc: "users" > > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April, 2019 15:34:35 > > Subject: Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers v

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-10 Thread Nux!
Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV? > Lucian, > > Windows PV also enables the KVM HyperV Enlightenment features for Windows > guests > on 4.12. > > https://www.lfasiallc.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Use-Hyper-V-Enlightenments-to-Increase-KVM

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-09 Thread Andrija Panic
ts-to-Increase-KVM-VM-Performance_Density_Chao-Peng.pdf > > You can also change the disk controller when creating a template - > > > > -Si > > -- > *From:* Nux! > *Sent:* Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:53 AM > *To:* dev > *Cc:* users > *Subject:* Re: Wi

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-09 Thread Simon Weller
template - [cid:1f21ed36-1c9c-401a-bbf2-34bc7b4ce61a] -Si From: Nux! Sent: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 8:53 AM To: dev Cc: users Subject: Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV? Ok, turns out there's a "Windows PV" profile that sorts

Re: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-09 Thread Nux!
rs" > Sent: Tuesday, 9 April, 2019 14:26:40 > Subject: Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV? > Hi, > > I'm trying to add some Windows templates to my test cloud and by using the > "Windows Server 2016" I end up with Intel 1000 NICs inst

Windows on KVM - Windows profile with PV drivers vs Other PV?

2019-04-09 Thread Nux!
Hi, I'm trying to add some Windows templates to my test cloud and by using the "Windows Server 2016" I end up with Intel 1000 NICs instead of virtio ones; this is a bit suboptimal. When I add the template initially I can see I can specify a type of storage - virtio-scsi is what I need, however

E1000 drivers in XenServer 7

2017-03-02 Thread Marty Godsey
I am running into an issue where a system VM is not able to load the E1000 drivers on a XenServer 7 host.. I can see that it has been "removed" in XenServer 7 and there is a "hack" to make it work but its not supported.. Has anyone else seen this? Regards, Marty Godse

Re: LRO vs IXGBE 10G NIC drivers...KVM problem

2015-06-03 Thread Andrija Panic
Hi Ragael, actually I'm running 4.0.3 :) But I will check this, and let you know - there is compile flag to compile without LRO, which I did, but... :) Thanks, as usuall :) On 4 June 2015 at 00:22, Rafael Fonseca wrote: > Hi Andrija, > > I guess you're running 3.23.2.1 driver? > If so, try go

Re: LRO vs IXGBE 10G NIC drivers...KVM problem

2015-06-03 Thread Rafael Fonseca
Hi Andrija, I guess you're running 3.23.2.1 driver? If so, try going to the source dir and run: sed -i -e '/#include /a #define IXGBE_NO_LRO' src/kcompat.h recompile & test give feedback :) Good luck, Rafael On Wed, Jun 3, 2015 at 11:18 PM, Andrija Panic wrote: > Hi team, > > I'm wondering i

LRO vs IXGBE 10G NIC drivers...KVM problem

2015-06-03 Thread Andrija Panic
Hi team, I'm wondering if anyone experienced similar issue with 10G intel NICs/driver/Ubuntu 14.04 stock kernel: 2 x 10G Intel NIC,--> LACP bond -->, vlans--> bridges with vlan interface as member... (Ixgbe driver 4.0.3, latest, from Intel website, compiled withOUT LRO support - since LRO breaks

Re: Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-21 Thread Junaid Shahid
Thanks for the reply! On CS 4.1 based Xen host , specifying "Other PV" for a windows VM in which PV drivers have been installed, doesn't cause the VM to crash; the VM boots and runs OK.. Though specifying or not specifying "Other PV" doesn't have any effect on a Wi

Re: Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-20 Thread Kirk Kosinski
Hi, no, you should continue to use the applicable Windows OS Types for Windows VMs. The PV drivers will work correctly with the correct Windows OS Type. Furthermore, on XenServer hosts a Windows VM won't work at all with a PV mode OS Type such as "Other PV". Those OS Types are on

Is installing xstools.iso drivers enough for Windows VMs?

2014-03-20 Thread Junaid Shahid
Hi, If a Windows VM is spun from a template that is not marked as "Other PV", rather it is marked as "Windows R2 Std. etc", and we install Xen PV drivers in that VM by attaching xstools.iso, and reboot it, would the VM start using new PV drivers or do we have to mark it as &qu

Re: CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-30 Thread Marty Sweet
Thanks :) On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:08 AM, Nux! wrote: > On 29.10.2013 22:51, Marty Sweet wrote: > >> It appears my setup is using e1000 for networking instead of virtIO (shown >> via virsh dumpxml), how is this set through Cloudstack on KVM? >> >> e1000 drivers

Re: CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-29 Thread Nux!
On 29.10.2013 22:51, Marty Sweet wrote: It appears my setup is using e1000 for networking instead of virtIO (shown via virsh dumpxml), how is this set through Cloudstack on KVM? e1000 drivers can be found on Intels website using Google. Marty Marty, When you add the templates, add them as

Re: CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-29 Thread Marty Sweet
It appears my setup is using e1000 for networking instead of virtIO (shown via virsh dumpxml), how is this set through Cloudstack on KVM? e1000 drivers can be found on Intels website using Google. Marty On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, Nux! wrote: > On 29.10.2013 13:49, motty cruz wrote: >

Re: CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-29 Thread Nux!
On 29.10.2013 13:49, motty cruz wrote: Hi all, I am trying to install the drivers for Windows 2003 and FreeBSD any ideas how to do so? Drivers for FreeBSD are here: http://people.freebsd.org/~kuriyama/virtio/ FreeBSD 10 comes with VirtIO drivers bundled (FreeBSD's hypervisor "b

Re: CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-29 Thread Andrei Mikhailovsky
Not sure about the freebsd, but there are virtio drivers for windows: Instructions: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/viostor/installation Download: http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers Andrei - Original Message - From: "

CloudStack 4.2 KVM hypervisor - Windows, FreeBSD drivers

2013-10-29 Thread motty cruz
Hi all, I am trying to install the drivers for Windows 2003 and FreeBSD any ideas how to do so?

Re: Video drivers

2013-03-27 Thread David Nalley
On Wed, Mar 27, 2013 at 8:36 AM, Aleksey Samarin wrote: > It's a pity. Is it possible to see this feature in future releases? > > > Thanks anyway! > We'd welcome patches :) --David

RE: Video drivers

2013-03-27 Thread Edison Su
gt; Subject: Re: Video drivers > > It's a pity. Is it possible to see this feature in future releases? > > > Thanks anyway! > > > > 2013/3/27 Edison Su > > > Need to modify kvm agent code to change video adapter, as the video > > driver is hard c

Re: Video drivers

2013-03-27 Thread Aleksey Samarin
[mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:18 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Video drivers > > > > Hello everyone! > > > > Anyone tried to change video adapter in kvm vm, from cirrus to > vga/vmware? > > > > I'm using CS 4.0, Ubuntu 12.10 > > > > Thanks! >

RE: Video drivers

2013-03-26 Thread Edison Su
Need to modify kvm agent code to change video adapter, as the video driver is hard coded. > -Original Message- > From: Aleksey Samarin [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 12:18 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Video dri

Video drivers

2013-03-26 Thread Aleksey Samarin
Hello everyone! Anyone tried to change video adapter in kvm vm, from cirrus to vga/vmware? I'm using CS 4.0, Ubuntu 12.10 Thanks!