Any VM ware/ experts out there

k123456

In work , have some new hi spec pc's 2 or 3gb ram win 7.

Everything works v quickly on PC, except VM

When we open the VM session (which opens a win2000 session), takes 3 mins to get to logon prompt !

Have increased mem avail to VM, to 1gb, no real improvment.

Any suggestons :

Some googling has brought up vm tools, does that need be installed on the physical pc or on the virtual, and for anyone that is familar with tools, will it help our response times ?


Thanks

JDxtra

What exactly are you running on the PCs? 2 or 3Gb of RAM is very low for a Win 7 host with VMs running inside it.

k123456

Most running 2gb some 3 gb on win 7
Dont have the exact spec of the processor , but the machines are just weeks old, so not ancient

We have same hardware running XP 3gb physical mem

When VM is opened on XP it opens a win2000 session, takes approx 30-40 sec

When VM is opened on Win7 it opens a win2000 session, takes approx 3 mins

Have increased the mem allocated to VM to 1gb , no real difference

Rambo

k123456 wrote: »

Some googling has brought up vm tools, does that need be installed on the physical pc or on the virtual, and for anyone that is familar with tools, will it help our response times ?


Thanks

1. Vm Tools should be installed on the Virtual machine (win2000)
This loads up the vm drivers Network,VGA,SCSI Disk
also make sure DNS is ok on Physical and check the vIrtural Network DHCP
is running.
From Vmware workstation /Edit/VIrtual Network Editor [DHCP]

CreepingDeath

Have you got hyperthreading / virtualisation enabled in the BIOS ?
You should.

pool123

I've had simalar problems with vmware myself.
On my dell laptop I get a memory mismatch error:

VMware Workstation has measured your CPU speed to be 1795 MHz, but Windows reports that it is 1800 MHz. This may mean that your computer has a power-saving feature that varies the processor speed. As a result, the clock in your virtual machine may run too fast or too slow. For a workaround, please refer to the VMware knowledge base article at: http://vmware.com/info?id=97.

It messes up the speed of any vm's i try to use. The knowledge base it show is dead, so thats no help.

Only a sugestion as this vmware problem cripples my system.

hope it helps..

k123456

Thanks folks for all the replies and keep em comin please

k123456

Is this on the physical machine or virtual :

Have you got hyperthreading / virtualisation enabled in the BIOS ?
You should.

FruitLover

k123456 wrote: »

In work , have some new hi spec pc's 2 or 3gb ram win 7

Not that high-spec if they've only got 2 or 3 gigs of RAM. I'd have thought 2 gigs would barely be enough for Windows 7, never mind running VMs on top of it.

Is there any chance your company will shell out for a dedicated system to run something like VMWare ESX on? If VMs are that important, it could be a worthy investment.

Jumpy

k123456 wrote: »

Is this on the physical machine or virtual :

Have you got hyperthreading / virtualisation enabled in the BIOS ?
You should.

Physical.

Jumpy

What version of Workstation are you running? Also is your windows 7 being installed as 64bit?

Jumpy

Also you need to identify where the speed issue is occurring.

Turn on UserEnv logging and use Policy Reporter (google it, its a freeware userenv log compiler) to make sense of the logs.

The part that takes the longest to process may shed light on your speed issue.

Edit: Do this on the virtual machine.

hefty_langer

Could do with more specific information before anyone can diagnose what's going on?

- Are you using VMware Workstation or VMPlayer? Which version?
- Are you opening the same W2K VM from the both Windows 7 and XP host or are they two different W2K VM's?
- As others have said, do you have the virtualization extensions enabled in the BIOS of the Physical machine?
- What are the resources you have provided to the VM? (RAM #CPU's etc)