Windows xp poor performance hyper-v

Fibre Storage. Server is fully update to date wtih every firmware updated to the latest available. Hi, Actually, VMware server is not based on hypervisor. Best Regards, Vincent Hu. Monday, October 12, AM. Monday, October 12, PM. Hi, It seems that there are some misunderstanding, what I mean is to change the physical CPU for the host machine and then test whether you get the same bad performance on Windows XP VMs.

Wednesday, October 14, AM. Wednesday, October 14, PM. Best regards, Vincent Hu. Monday, October 19, AM. Hello, This is just a shot in the dark, probably already considered. Until I do that, performance sucks in regards to mouse operation on ESX.

This may have changed since R2. Perhaps the Integration Components change this setting for us, and thus my post won't help you. I don't currently have a Hyper-V running to check this out for this post. Rich P. I came upon this thread while starting a new question and saw the "Related Topics" appear. Very cool. The XP on Hyper-V just jumped out at me.

Also, line breaks in these posts sometimes get erratic when retyping into previous paragraphs. An example is the line break after the word "Settings" above, and the period after "ESX4" occurring on a separate line. Once submitted this may correct itself. I am just re-editted this to advise it did get fixed after submitting it.

Friday, December 11, PM. To prevent any confusion among people who come to this thread in the future, it is a fact that there are certain processors that are flawed. With certain older processors, it is impossible to get good performance from bit XP virtual machines. Changing Hardware Acceleration settings doesn't change the fact that certain older processors need to be replaced. Problems have been reported with both AMD and Intel processors - but limited to only a few specific models.

Please understand that the vast majority of processors are just fine. For those of you who want to delve into the details of this problem, if you want the abridged version to save time, focus on the posts from Microsoft, me, Brian Ehlert, and forums username hughescj.

Saturday, December 12, AM. Is there a definitive list of the processors exhibiting problems? Thursday, January 7, PM. I am following up on your request. Thursday, February 11, PM.

It would be nice if there is a list of processors that have been known to cause issues. Friday, March 26, PM. Tuesday, April 6, PM. I faced this problem when I using dynamic disk. After convert to fixed disk, my WinXP run as normal. Wednesday, April 28, PM. I'll try once my Hper-v machine is up.

I have a simalar problem but if i add my user account to schema admins the xp virtual pc runs nice and fast like before. I cannot find any reason why this should be the case. Monday, June 21, PM. What are your CPU power settings in the bios? I have seen an issue with the newer AMD processors running physical 32 bit OS, switching the power management to OS controlled fixed the issue.

The same slowness was not seen on similar hardware with a 64 bit OS. I wonder if there is something in how the power management translates to 32 bit that doesn't work well when set to Dynamic power management.

Edited by wm Thursday, July 22, AM spelling error. Thursday, July 22, AM. This solution worked for me!! I checked task manager and they were all using one processor!!!! I changed the config to 1 processor and ram per image. Everything is cool - thanks for the hint.

BK Bob K. Friday, July 8, PM. One of the most universally-accepted pieces of advice on this list is to install Hyper-V on Windows Server Core due to the many benefits that it can provide. As a result, fewer hardware resources are consumed and the entire system has fewer vulnerabilities. Those saved resources can now be used for provisioning VMs running in the system, which can significantly improve VM performance in a Hyper-V environment.

A performance baseline is the level of performance that your system displays in standard conditions. It is recommended that you set a performance baseline beforehand. This way, you can identify whether anything has changed in resource consumption, monitor the overall VM performance, and promptly respond to any system errors and failures that might have been detected. Decide how you want to use your Hyper-V environment, how many VMs you intend to create, and for which purposes those VMs are going to be run.

After that, you should determine how many hardware and software resources are available to you and how you can effectively allocate them to achieve the maximum VM performance. Moreover, after creating VMs and assigning available resources to them, you should carefully monitor the workload of each VM and eliminate the possibility of overprovisioning or underprovisioning, if there is any. It is recommended that you enable this feature in your production environment, especially if you are working with large amounts of data.

If a connection failure has occurred, MPIO uses an alternate path to ensure that data can still be transferred. Note that after enabling Hyper-V Dynamic Memory, it is recommended that you change default memory settings and configure Dynamic Memory values for each VM based on its current workload. For more information and recommendations, read our blog post on Hyper-V Dynamic Memory best practices. VLANs can be used to enable network communications through the available network adapters.

By adding special VLAN tags, you can identify which packet belongs to which virtual LAN and make network management within your system easier. VLAN tagging is a helpful feature because it allows you to group multiple users into the same VLAN and carefully monitor their performance.

Moreover, VLAN tagging can improve the security of your virtual environment as you can specify which users are allowed to access specific networks. Fragmentation occurs when the contents of a single file are stored in different sectors on the disk. As a result, storage space is poorly used and VM performance is affected. To prevent such issues from occurring and improve VM performance, it is recommended that you defrag virtual hard disks. This operation permits reorganizing available files and applications, identifying the amount of unused disk space, and saving available resources from overconsumption.

To guarantee that your virtual infrastructure can function without lags and interrupts, you should use hardware and software components which have been certified by Microsoft and are fully supported in a Hyper-V environment.

To verify that a selected hardware or software component is actually certified and can be used in your environment, visit the Microsoft Windows Server Catalog and locate the required information. RAID redundant array of independent disks is an approach to storing your data in different areas on several hard disks, which can improve data redundancy and fault-tolerance of your storage.

This requires a minimum of 4 disks to build RAID 10, which eventually allows you to securely protect data and easily retrieve it in case of a drive failure. In many cases, it is recommended that you choose a bit guest OS over a bit one because it can provide additional memory space.

Thus, if you want to increase the overall memory speed and improve VM performance, it is better to deploy a bit OS, although not obligatory. Moreover, it is recommended that you create Generation 2 VMs because they have been designed to be hypervisor-aware and, unlike Generation 1 VMs , they do not rely on emulated or synthetic hardware.

Generation 2 VMs can ensure a higher level of security using Secure Boot and Trusted Platform Module, provide you with more boot options, and, as a result, considerably improve your VM performance. If you have decided to build a Hyper-V environment, it is also critical that you take care of its security. For this purpose, you can install an anti-virus or any other anti-malware software, which searches for and detects any malicious activities within your infrastructure as well as prevents them from infecting your entire system.

However, if not properly configured, an anti-virus runs the risk of interfering with critical processes and operations running in your system.

Thus, you need to change default configurations of you anti-virus and exclude specific files and applications from regular virus scans. What could be the problem. To continue this discussion, please ask a new question. Anunta Followers - Follow. Kelly for Anunta. Get answers from your peers along with millions of IT pros who visit Spiceworks.

The OS on each is R2. I don't know where to start to identify the cause. Best Answer. The solution to the problem turns out to be View this "Best Answer" in the replies below ». Popular Topics in Virtualization.

Spiceworks Help Desk. The help desk software for IT. Track users' IT needs, easily, and with only the features you need. Learn More ». Greg Apr 23, at UTC. What are the specs on each of the virtual servers you built? Ghost Chili. Torrey Apr 23, at UTC. David This person is a verified professional. Verify your account to enable IT peers to see that you are a professional. Thai Pepper. Morpk86 Apr 24, at UTC. Hi Justin, is there anything worng with running 3 VM's with i hdd what would your suggestion be i'm just curious.

Paul Mek This person is a verified professional. Nothing wrong with it. Just know that if the drive fails you will lose all three vm's.

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