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7 Replies Last post: Nov 4, 2009 2:58 PM by BladeR1

Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008) posted: Nov 1, 2009 4:06 PM

BladeR1

14 posts since
Oct 4, 2009

Hi,

I have so far setup one VM using VMWare Workstation. However, the guest OS (Windows Server 2008 x64 R2 Standard - I have the supporting hardware for 64 bit) is far too jerky.

I believe my PC is more than powerful to handle one VM which has nothing yet installed on it. However, given how I plan to install several VMs with various stuff (Sharepoint, MS CRM, etc), this is a little worrying.

The specs of my PC are:

2.4GHZ Quad Core Intel Pentium

4GB DDRAM

Vista Home Premium

7200RPM HDD 2TB HD w/ 64MB cache (the guests sit on this HD)

The VM configuration is:

2 processors

2880MB memory dedicated to it (recommended maximum limit is 2992MB)

Auto detect for CD, floppy (PC actually has no floppy) and USB drives

I am also using virtual disk with pre-allocate checked.

These are all the important settings I can remember. What should I look into changing? Even during installation, the guest VM is too slow. VMWare Tools says it is installed I believe, but I have not manually done this. It's the mouse pointer which is actuall jerky and I will look into the hardware acceleration thing (though I am sure I wouldn't be naive enough to set this to anything other than full).

Thanks

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

1. Nov 1, 2009 4:18 PM

in response to: BladeR1

Liz

3,321 posts since
Dec 2, 2004

Server by default tends not to set it to max (havent checked if they fixed that in 2008 yet), which maybe the issue. If it says tools is installed it probably is, normally you get a systray icon, but you can hide it so check for the service.

Only other issue could be disk activity, if your host and guests share a disk you could have a disk bottle neck. Performance monitoring should assist with this.

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

2. Nov 2, 2009 1:36 PM

in response to: Liz

BladeR1

14 posts since
Oct 4, 2009

How do I check the hardware acceleration setting?

Also, how do I setup rdp so I can rdp to the VM from Vista (my host OS)?

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

3. Nov 2, 2009 3:43 PM

in response to: BladeR1

Liz

3,321 posts since
Dec 2, 2004

Dont have 2008 to hand, but, as its roughly the same as win7

control panel->appearence and personalisation->display->adjust screen resolution->advanced settings->troubleshoot->change settings

to setup rdp

right click my computer->properties->remote settings->remote desktop->allow...

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

4. Nov 2, 2009 5:50 PM

in response to: BladeR1

thro

26 posts since
Jun 8, 2009

There is no video driver for 2008 R2 in the vmware tools yet. This will be making the screen slow.

If you RDP to it, the perfromance should be fine. Once a driver update is available for R2, normal console access should speed up as well.

I have a couple of R2 VMs in my test environment at the moment, and have the same issue... problem should go away when new vmware tools come out.

I use/administer: ESX 3.5 | VirtualCenter 2.5 | Workstation 6.5 | Vmware Server 2.0 | Windows 2003 | FreeBSD | Redhat EL

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

5. Nov 4, 2009 1:38 PM

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BladeR1

14 posts since
Oct 4, 2009

How do I setup RDP from Vista (my host OS) to a VM in VMWare?

I have installed the RDP services feature in Server 2008 and disabled the firewall (temporarily). I try to RDP to the computer name from Vista but it says it can't find the computer. I am using Bridged network adapter with "replicate physical state" set to on, as the VM setting.

I have also enabled Remote Display. Does getting RDP to work depend on Terminal Server/Services? Because when I RDP from Vista (host) and I click Browse For More, it says no terminal servers found.

Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

6. Nov 4, 2009 1:34 PM

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continuum

12,624 posts since
Dec 18, 2003

use IP-address instead - or add the guest to your Vista's hosts -file

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Re: Jerky performance with one VM (Windows Server 2008)

7. Nov 4, 2009 2:58 PM

in response to: continuum

BladeR1

14 posts since
Oct 4, 2009

Thanks for that, contiuum. I can RDP now.

BUT this is still slow, too. When RDPing, should I just put the VM I have powered on into suspend? What are the best practises from a performance perspective?

Also, the session dropped due to network connectivity issues. What are the differences in bridged/NAT/Host Only in the network adapter settings for the VM (this may have something to do with the drop)?

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