Changing os type to "Windows PV" looks better. The nic will use virtio device instead of default e1000 device
-Wei On Thursday, May 23, 2024, Alexandru Stan <[email protected]> wrote: > Did that and I'm not really sure that the situation is improved. Right > after booting I started installing the latest CU for May and it was done in > 1 hour and 30 minutes. I know that these things sometimes take a while to > install but this seems way too much... > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jayanth Babu A <[email protected]> > Sent: 23 May, 2024 21:55 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Hello Alexandru, > Thanks for sharing. The reason could be that the VM is using IDE instead > of virtio. Please stop the VM and add the key "rootDiskController" with > value "virtio" and see the difference. You'll have to ensure that virtio > drivers are installed on the VM so that it would be able to detect the > disks. > > Thanks, > Jayanth > > ________________________________ > From: Alexandru Stan <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, May 24, 2024 12:21:03 am > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Hi Jayanth, > > I don't have that key. In the settings section of the vm there are 2 keys, > Message.ReservedCapacityFreed.Flag and rootdisksize. > I don't have a template yet, actually this vm was installed from a Windows > ISO (that is registered as Windows PV in ACS) and I was hoping to transform > it into a template with cloudbase-init, but since the performance is so bad > I didn't get past the updates phase... > > Alex > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jayanth Babu A <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 4:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Hello Alexandru, > I’m not able to see the image. Would you please check the value for the > key “rootDiskController” in both template and the Windows VM if the > template OS type is “Windows PV” already? You’ll find it in the settings > section. > > Regards, > Jayanth Reddy > > From: Alexandru Stan <[email protected]> > Date: Thursday, 23 May 2024 at 5:53 PM > To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Windows VM performance in ACS Yes, I installed the guest > tools right at first boot. > > [cid:[email protected]] > > From: Gary Dixon <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 2:32 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Have you checked in the VM's device manager that all devices are using > virtio drivers (disk, disk controller, nic adapter etc) > [cid:[email protected]] > Gary Dixon > Quadris Cloud Manager > [cid:[email protected]] > +44 (0) 161 537 4980<tel:+44%20(0)%20161%20537%204980> > +44 (0) 7989 717661<tel:+44%20(0)%207989%20717661> > [cid:[email protected]] > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > [cid:[email protected]] > https://checkpoint.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=www.quadris.com&g= > OWQ3Y2VjYjI5MzFmMDhlYQ==&h=ODIxMzViOWYyNWQ3YzFhMTNhYmJiY2 > FjNWFjM2NlMTQxYzA0OTkxZmIxNzlkMTI0ZDQ4NWQ3ZjZhY2E2ZTVmNg==&p= > Y3AxZTpueHRnZW5pbmZpbml0ZWRhdGFjZW50ZXI6YzpvOmEzMTc5ZmM5MjI1 > ZTc3NTIxOGEyMTUwOTlhZWE2NGNhOnYxOnA6VA==<https://checkpoint. > url-protection.com/v1/url?o=http%3A//www.quadris.com&g= > NjRjMmNhNWQxNWIyNTc5YQ==&h=Yzc1OTFlZWZiYjA5ZThkYzZkYzVkNz > AzZGVkOWE5NGViZTliZGRhODBiYmM2ZGZhNDg1OTNmN2VjNThhYmJhNA==&p= > Y3AxZTpueHRnZW5pbmZpbml0ZWRhdGFjZW50ZXI6YzpvOjdlOWE2YmVlMWZl > MDUxZjU5YTM1MWZkYzc2YTVlOThmOnYxOmg6VA==> > [cid:[email protected]] > Innovation House, 12‑13 Bredbury Business Park Bredbury Park Way, > Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN -----Original Message----- > From: Alexandru Stan <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]>> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 11:17 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Hi Gary, > > That’s what I used when registering the ISO. Doesn’t seem to help at all > unfortunately. > > > From: Gary Dixon <[email protected]<mailto:Gary.Dixon@ > quadris.co.uk.INVALID>> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 1:14 PM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: RE: Windows VM performance in ACS > > HI Alexandru > > We use "Windows PV" OS type on our Windows VM's - this provides the > Hyper-V enlightenments. > > BR > > Gary > > [cid:[email protected]] > Gary Dixon > Quadris Cloud Manager > [cid:[email protected]] > +44 (0) 161 537 4980<tel:+44%20(0)%20161%20537%204980> > +44 (0) 7989 717661<tel:+44%20(0)%207989%20717661> > [cid:[email protected]] > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]%3cmailto:[email protected]>> > [cid:[email protected]] > https://checkpoint.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=http% > 3A//www.quadris.com/&g=N2M5MzIzZDYzMzk1YzU1ZA==&h= > NTIwNzczY2E1ZjI5MGJkNzY4YmYyYzhlMmJmMmRhZjI2ZTU2N2E5MmQxMThm > ZDM1NTE5YWQwNjU2NTBkODZiYQ==&p=Y3AxZTpueHRnZW5pbmZpbml0ZWRhdG > FjZW50ZXI6YzpvOmEzMTc5ZmM5MjI1ZTc3NTIxOGEyMTUwOTlhZWE2NGNhOnYxOnA6VA==< > https://checkpoint.url-protection.com/v1/url?o= > http%3A//www.quadris.com/&g=MjI3YTZlZjZhNTJhYzNlZg==&h= > NzE1OTIyZGVhOWE3MmRiYjI4YTE0YWQ4MDI3NWZhMjg3NmQ2MGU3MzBhNzZi > OGI1NmQyMDllZmU2MWEwMjJiNg==&p=Y3AxZTpueHRnZW5pbmZpbml0ZWRhdG > FjZW50ZXI6YzpvOmEzMTc5ZmM5MjI1ZTc3NTIxOGEyMTUwOTlhZWE2NGNhOnYxOnA6VA==< > https://checkpoint.url-protection.com/v1/url?o=http%3A//www.quadris.com/% > 253chttp%3A/www.quadris.com/&g=ZjQ2Y2VhYzY0YzMzM2NmZA==&h= > MTY1YzQ3YTMwMDBmNmNhMjQzZGZhNDk0MGU0ZTdkM2FmMmFhMmEyNzkwY2Y1 > MWM3YjU0OGFlODY2MjgzZTAwNw==&p=Y3AxZTpueHRnZW5pbmZpbml0ZWRhdG > FjZW50ZXI6YzpvOjdlOWE2YmVlMWZlMDUxZjU5YTM1MWZkYzc2YTVlOThmOnYxOmg6VA==>> > [cid:[email protected]] > Innovation House, 12‑13 Bredbury Business Park Bredbury Park Way, > Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN -----Original Message----- > From: Alexandru Stan <[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]<mailto:alexandru.stan@ > lifeincloud.com.INVALID%3cmailto:[email protected]>>> > Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2024 10:40 AM > To: [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]<mailto: > [email protected]%3cmailto:[email protected]>> > Subject: Windows VM performance in ACS > > Hi everyone, > > Is there anything that must be done to improve the performance of Windows > VMs in ACS? I tried to deploy a W10 instance, with the virtio drivers, and > the performance is very, very poor (for example it took almost 3 hours to > install a CU, the actual setup took about 50 minutes and so on). The > hypervisor kvm on a HP server, with ssd's for storage. In other apps there > are those hyper-v enlightments that can be enabled for Windows guests and > it really makes a difference, but I have no idea if this is a thing in ACS > too. If someone has some info on this, please share. > > Thank you! > Disclaimer *** This e-mail contains PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL > INFORMATION intended solely for the use of the addressee(s). If you are not > the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and delete the > original message. Further, you are not authorised to copy, disclose, or > distribute this e-mail or its contents to any other person and any such > actions are unlawful and strictly prohibited. This e-mail may contain > viruses. 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