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Guest OS Install Hung Or Slow

Source: microsoft.public.virtualserver
Sent: 06/05/2007
From: Tony Seibel
Message:

Hi everyone,

I've been trying to install a guest OS, but it's been very slow. I've read
several posts here suggesting I use F6 to supply the installation with the
SCSI Shunt virtual floppy, which I've done. Setup runs fine for awhile, but
then hangs. I've reset it several times and seem to get a little further
each time. Currently I've been at 'saving settings/6 minutes remaining' for
about ninety minutes.

The only thing keeping me from starting over this time is that the status
page shows that the virtual disk is being written to, albeit very slowly. Is
that a good indicator that it's going to finish?

I'm looking for any advice, suggestions or reassurance that I should hang in
there and let it finish at its own pace. My fear is even if it finishes, the
performance will be horrible in production.

I'm installing Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise as a guest OS onto a host
running Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2. The machine is an
HP DL380 G5 with dual quad core 2.33 GHz processors and 16GB RAM. The
virtual hard disks are on a separate SCSI array from the host OS.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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RE: Guest OS Install Hung Or Slow

Sent: 08/13/2007
From: Tracy M.
Message:

We're seeing the same problem with the same software and hardware combination.

HP Proliant DL380 G5 quad core x64, 6 GB RAM

MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 running on Windows 2003 Server Enterprise x64
Edition

Attempting to install Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise 32 bit as a guest
operating system.

Hangs repeatedly attempting to format the system partition. The virtual
server service maxes out one processor core. The format completes after
several hours, but the full install has taken over 24 hours.

I am able to successfully install on a separate VS host with virtually
identical hardware and host OS. This system is running VS 2005 R2, but not
SP1. The problem machine is running SP1.

We're continuing to troubleshoot, but I think we're going to try wiping VS
2005 from the problem box and try reinstalling without SP1. I'll let you
know what happens.

Please post if you find any solutions.

"Tony Seibel" wrote:

Show quoted text

> Hi everyone,
>
> I've been trying to install a guest OS, but it's been very slow. I've read
> several posts here suggesting I use F6 to supply the installation with the
> SCSI Shunt virtual floppy, which I've done. Setup runs fine for awhile, but
> then hangs. I've reset it several times and seem to get a little further
> each time. Currently I've been at 'saving settings/6 minutes remaining' for
> about ninety minutes.
>
> The only thing keeping me from starting over this time is that the status
> page shows that the virtual disk is being written to, albeit very slowly. Is
> that a good indicator that it's going to finish?
>
> I'm looking for any advice, suggestions or reassurance that I should hang in
> there and let it finish at its own pace. My fear is even if it finishes, the
> performance will be horrible in production.
>
> I'm installing Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise as a guest OS onto a host
> running Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition SP2. The machine is an
> HP DL380 G5 with dual quad core 2.33 GHz processors and 16GB RAM. The
> virtual hard disks are on a separate SCSI array from the host OS.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help!

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