Vmware very slow

[feroz201110141]

Hi,

i have two windows server 2008 r2 x64bit Enterprise edition each Os have 1.5GB of ram allocated one server act as domain controller another one is Forefront TMG,when i start the server it take 20mins to boot after boot i cant work smoothly start menu and mmc console are damn slow.i reinstall Vmware with vmtools nothing happen as same result. Any suggestion would be great appreciate.

[MarekZdrojewski]

Hi,

Could you provide us with more information about the host that is hosting your W2k8 R2 servers? This sounds like a memory issue, how much RAM do you have in the host?

Regards.

[feroz201110141]

sorry i forget that's  main piont to notice.

Here is my configuration:

Physical machine:

OS:- Windows Xp

Processor :-Core 2 Duo @2.93Ghz (E7500)

Ram:-4GB DDR3

Hard drive :- 500GB

1.Virtual Machine:-

OS:- Windows server r2 x64 (Domain controller)

Processor :-Core 2 Duo @2.93Ghz (E7500)

RAM:- 1.5GB

Hard Drive :-20GB

2.Virtual Machine:-

OS:- Windows server r2 x64 (Member of DC) Forefront TMG

Processor :-Core 2 Duo @2.93Ghz (E7500)

Ram:-1.5GB

Hard Drive :-20GB

[MarekZdrojewski]

OK, thanks for posting.

I suggest you try the following to improve the speed of your VMs:

1. Add more RAM to your physical machine
2. Configure the W2k8 servers with 1024 MB and one virtual CPU
3. Move one VM to a different physical disk

From my experience, adding more RAM solves this issue in most cases.

- hth

Cheers!

[feroz201110141]

Thnaks for your useful tips.

3.Move one VM to a different physical disk

i hope this would be slove and i have only two RAM slots in physical machinei can't add more. so im going to try third option.