Sent: 12/29/2005
From: Kevin K
Message:Yes I am using a SCSI Disk. I didn't think about F6-ing it and installing
the driver at that point.
But would that cause CPU to max out? We've built VM's this way on GSX
before and disk I/O might be a bit slower, but it doesn't bring everything to
a screeching halt for the high CPU.
"Kaj S. Laursen" wrote:
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>
> "Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > We have 5 VMWare GSX servers and are trying to decide whether to go with
> > ESX
> > or Virtual Server.
> >
> > Just installed VS2005 R2 on a Windows 2003 EE server (HP DL360 -- 1 CPU
> > 3Ghz, 2GB RAM). Yes the RAM and CPU are low but we only want to play with
> > one or two VM's at a time.
> >
> > I am installing Windows 2003 Server on a VM from an ISO image. It has
> > been
> > running for 2 hours and is only 30% complete. I realize that VM Additions
> > haven't been installed yet, but it doesn't take this long to install an OS
> > from an ISO on VMWare GSX before you install VMWare Tools on the VM.
>
> Are you using virtual IDE or SCSI disk? If you use SCSI disk you should use
> the SCSI driver you can load during install, found on a virtual floppy. That
> makes a big difference in speed.
>
> Regards,
>
> Kaj
>
>
>
Sent: 12/29/2005
From: "Kaj S. Laursen" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:
"Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Are you using virtual IDE or SCSI disk? If you use SCSI disk you should use
the SCSI driver you can load during install, found on a virtual floppy. That
makes a big difference in speed.
Regards,
Kaj
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> We have 5 VMWare GSX servers and are trying to decide whether to go with
> ESX
> or Virtual Server.
>
> Just installed VS2005 R2 on a Windows 2003 EE server (HP DL360 -- 1 CPU
> 3Ghz, 2GB RAM). Yes the RAM and CPU are low but we only want to play with
> one or two VM's at a time.
>
> I am installing Windows 2003 Server on a VM from an ISO image. It has
> been
> running for 2 hours and is only 30% complete. I realize that VM Additions
> haven't been installed yet, but it doesn't take this long to install an OS
> from an ISO on VMWare GSX before you install VMWare Tools on the VM.
Sent: 12/31/2005
From: "@Amp@@" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:It is still slow here - I thought about switching from VMWare GSX to VS R2
but the install is still forever! Using SCSI everything - adapter and shim
driver....
"JDMils" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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> I've just started with VS2005, but I have found that "out-of-the-box", it
> is configured to use 100% of one CPU on the host. I changed this in the
> Admin panel (Virtual Server\Resource Allocation). Set the "Maximum
> Capacity) to say 25%.
>
> --
> |
> +-- Julian
> |
>
> "Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Yes I am using a SCSI Disk. I didn't think about F6-ing it and
>> installing
>> the driver at that point.
>>
>> But would that cause CPU to max out? We've built VM's this way on GSX
>> before and disk I/O might be a bit slower, but it doesn't bring
>> everything to
>> a screeching halt for the high CPU.
>>
>>
>> "Kaj S. Laursen" wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> "Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>>> > We have 5 VMWare GSX servers and are trying to decide whether to go
>>> > with
>>> > ESX
>>> > or Virtual Server.
>>> >
>>> > Just installed VS2005 R2 on a Windows 2003 EE server (HP DL360 -- 1
>>> > CPU
>>> > 3Ghz, 2GB RAM). Yes the RAM and CPU are low but we only want to play
>>> > with
>>> > one or two VM's at a time.
>>> >
>>> > I am installing Windows 2003 Server on a VM from an ISO image. It has
>>> > been
>>> > running for 2 hours and is only 30% complete. I realize that VM
>>> > Additions
>>> > haven't been installed yet, but it doesn't take this long to install
>>> > an OS
>>> > from an ISO on VMWare GSX before you install VMWare Tools on the VM.
>>>
>>> Are you using virtual IDE or SCSI disk? If you use SCSI disk you should
>>> use
>>> the SCSI driver you can load during install, found on a virtual floppy.
>>> That
>>> makes a big difference in speed.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Kaj
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
Sent: 12/31/2005
From: "JDMils" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:I've just started with VS2005, but I have found that "out-of-the-box", it is
configured to use 100% of one CPU on the host. I changed this in the Admin
panel (Virtual Server\Resource Allocation). Set the "Maximum Capacity) to
say 25%.
--
|
+-- Julian
|
"Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
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> Yes I am using a SCSI Disk. I didn't think about F6-ing it and installing
> the driver at that point.
>
> But would that cause CPU to max out? We've built VM's this way on GSX
> before and disk I/O might be a bit slower, but it doesn't bring everything
> to
> a screeching halt for the high CPU.
>
>
> "Kaj S. Laursen" wrote:
>
>>
>> "Kevin K" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > We have 5 VMWare GSX servers and are trying to decide whether to go
>> > with
>> > ESX
>> > or Virtual Server.
>> >
>> > Just installed VS2005 R2 on a Windows 2003 EE server (HP DL360 -- 1 CPU
>> > 3Ghz, 2GB RAM). Yes the RAM and CPU are low but we only want to play
>> > with
>> > one or two VM's at a time.
>> >
>> > I am installing Windows 2003 Server on a VM from an ISO image. It has
>> > been
>> > running for 2 hours and is only 30% complete. I realize that VM
>> > Additions
>> > haven't been installed yet, but it doesn't take this long to install an
>> > OS
>> > from an ISO on VMWare GSX before you install VMWare Tools on the VM.
>>
>> Are you using virtual IDE or SCSI disk? If you use SCSI disk you should
>> use
>> the SCSI driver you can load during install, found on a virtual floppy.
>> That
>> makes a big difference in speed.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Kaj
>>
>>
>>
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