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Disk controller type
Hello,
I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type (ATA) does anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them with the VirtIO scsi controller?
Thanks
Adam
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
That didn’t format correctly
Set this is the user_vm_details table
Id vm_id name value display
3625 201 rootDiskController virtio 1
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From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
Sent: 21 September 2018 10:59
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Subject: RE: Disk controller type
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Ok, I have found were to force the controller type for a VM
Set this is the user_vm_details table
idvm_idnamevaluedisplay
3625201rootDiskControllervirtio1
My issue now is slipstreaming the windows ISO and the operating system
bcdedit /set detecthal Boolean 1 isnt working for me
Thanks
Adam
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Sent: 21 September 2018 09:31
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Subject: RE: Disk controller type
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Andrija,
I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before hal can be redetected
Thanks
Adam
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From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
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Sooo... here is my experience:
if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8), then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO again...
In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an deployed&&stopped
instance)
In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
Let me know if more help needed
Cheers
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks like I can just add
>
> rootDiskController virtio
>
> To the templates settings tab?
>
> Can anyone confirm?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
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>
> Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
>
> чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> > not sure if that works or not.
> >
> > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > (ATA)
> > does
> > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > > with
> > the
> > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
Ok, I have found were to force the controller type for a VM
Set this is the user_vm_details table
idvm_idnamevaluedisplay
3625201rootDiskControllervirtio1
My issue now is slipstreaming the windows ISO and the operating system
bcdedit /set detecthal Boolean 1 isnt working for me
Thanks
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
Sent: 21 September 2018 09:31
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: Disk controller type
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Andrija,
I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before hal can be redetected
Thanks
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
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Sooo... here is my experience:
if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8), then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO again...
In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an deployed&&stopped
instance)
In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
Let me know if more help needed
Cheers
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks like I can just add
>
> rootDiskController virtio
>
> To the templates settings tab?
>
> Can anyone confirm?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
>
> чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> > not sure if that works or not.
> >
> > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > (ATA)
> > does
> > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > > with
> > the
> > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
Andrija,
It seems to be an issue with windows, it won't correctly add the driver for virtio until a device exists.
I tried may times right clicking on the inf files, and selecting install then rebooting, in safe mode etc, with different BCDedit values, all failed to boot windows.
But hot-adding a virtio disk (and controller) and then installing the drivers worked repeatedly.
The old tricks of the XP days changing from IDE to SATA controllers no longer seem to work ;)
Thanks
Adam
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From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 26 September 2018 13:50
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
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Hi Adam,
Glad you solved the problem! But I need to say this work sounds "crazy" in a sense that this is not (per my knowledge) how it should be done "properly".
Im wondering if this is something in 4.11 that makes you make such workaround...
Anyway, glad you worked it out.
Cheers
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 04:39 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
> Ok Guys, I have cracked it - this is for 4.11 but should work on most
> versions
>
> To change the controller type of an existing windows 2012 and 2016
> server from IDE ATA to virtio do the following
>
>
> On the Host
>
> Create an empty disk
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/user/blank.img bs=1M count=4096
>
> Create a device xml file for a virtio disk /home/user/virtodisk.xml
> with the following contains
>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
> <source file='/home/user/blank.img'/>
> <backingStore/>
> <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
> <readonly/>
> <alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
> </disk>
>
> Attach this disk to the running VM
>
> Virsh
> attach-device <VM internal name> /home/user/virtodisk.xml exit
>
> insert the Virtio Driver iso and install drivers on VM
>
> Shutdown VM using cloudstack control (stop instance)
>
> Add the following to the “user_vm_detail” table in the database, where
> XXX is the 3 digits in the internal VM name i-83-XXX-VM
>
> INSERT INTO `user_vm_details` (`vm_id`, `name`, `value`, `display`)
> VALUES (xxx, 'rootDiskController', 'virtio', 1);
>
> Start the VM and all is good
>
>
> Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
>
> Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 September 2018 16:50
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
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>
> Or in other words, again based on ACS 4.8, simply use Windows PV as
> the OS type, but make sure that you have a clean driver install
> process in your head - if install windows from zero - that is simple,
> just detach win.iso,attach virtidrivers ISO file and load scsi
> drivers... later install network Virtio etc :)
>
> But if converting existing IDE version of Windows, make some tests
> with /detecthal to avoid long downtime :)
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 16:14 Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Your two options are virtio blk or virtio-scsi. If your imported VM
> > doesn't have the correct controller specified, you're going to have
> > to modify it before enabling virtio in libvirt.
> >
> > Check out this guide:
> > https://access.redhat.com/articles/2470791#installing-the-kvm-window
> > s-
> > virtio-drivers-5
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:28 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: Disk controller type
> >
> > Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk
> > performance is rubbish if we don’t
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in
> > newer version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
> >
> > Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with
> > 'virsh dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
> >
> > I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by
> > default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by
> > default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock
> > Linux kernel for some tome now :) )
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Andrija,
> > >
> > > I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type
> > > of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack
> > > and this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template
> > > that was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server
> > > 2016
> > > (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
> > >
> > > I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the
> > > disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
> > > Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well
> > > before hal can be redetected
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > > Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > >
> > > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> > >
> > > Sooo... here is my experience:
> > >
> > > if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> > > 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0
> > > or
> > > 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS
> > > 4.8), then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives
> > > should be
> > attached as VirtIO.
> > >
> > > BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG
> > > new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default
> > > behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will
> > > become VirtIO again...
> > >
> > > In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be
> > > careful to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is
> > > inherited from TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be
> > > changed on an deployed&&stopped
> > > instance)
> > >
> > > In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> > > VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail
> > > to boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal
> > > boolean (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after
> > > which Windows will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
> > >
> > > Let me know if more help needed
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki
> > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It looks like I can just add
> > > >
> > > > rootDiskController virtio
> > > >
> > > > To the templates settings tab?
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone confirm?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > > > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > > >
> > > > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > > > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> > > >
> > > > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless
> > > > XML
> > > configs.
> > > >
> > > > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> > > ><<http://>www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> > > >:
> > > >
> > > > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the
> > > > > VM but not sure if that works or not.
> > > > >
> > > > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller
> > > > > > type
> > > > > > (ATA)
> > > > > does
> > > > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > > > them with
> > > > > the
> > > > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
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> > > > > > Adam
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
Hi Adam,
Glad you solved the problem! But I need to say this work sounds "crazy" in
a sense that this is not (per my knowledge) how it should be done
"properly".
Im wondering if this is something in 4.11 that makes you make such
workaround...
Anyway, glad you worked it out.
Cheers
On Wed, Sep 26, 2018, 04:39 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
> Ok Guys, I have cracked it - this is for 4.11 but should work on most
> versions
>
> To change the controller type of an existing windows 2012 and 2016 server
> from IDE ATA to virtio do the following
>
>
> On the Host
>
> Create an empty disk
> dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/user/blank.img bs=1M count=4096
>
> Create a device xml file for a virtio disk
> /home/user/virtodisk.xml with the following contains
>
> <disk type='file' device='disk'>
> <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
> <source file='/home/user/blank.img'/>
> <backingStore/>
> <target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
> <readonly/>
> <alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
> </disk>
>
> Attach this disk to the running VM
>
> Virsh
> attach-device <VM internal name> /home/user/virtodisk.xml
> exit
>
> insert the Virtio Driver iso and install drivers on VM
>
> Shutdown VM using cloudstack control (stop instance)
>
> Add the following to the “user_vm_detail” table in the database, where XXX
> is the 3 digits in the internal VM name i-83-XXX-VM
>
> INSERT INTO `user_vm_details` (`vm_id`, `name`, `value`, `display`) VALUES
> (xxx, 'rootDiskController', 'virtio', 1);
>
> Start the VM and all is good
>
>
> Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
>
> Adam
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 September 2018 16:50
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat
> hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Or in other words, again based on ACS 4.8, simply use Windows PV as the OS
> type, but make sure that you have a clean driver install process in your
> head - if install windows from zero - that is simple, just detach
> win.iso,attach virtidrivers ISO file and load scsi drivers... later install
> network Virtio etc :)
>
> But if converting existing IDE version of Windows, make some tests with
> /detecthal to avoid long downtime :)
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 16:14 Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com.invalid> wrote:
>
> > Your two options are virtio blk or virtio-scsi. If your imported VM
> > doesn't have the correct controller specified, you're going to have to
> > modify it before enabling virtio in libvirt.
> >
> > Check out this guide:
> > https://access.redhat.com/articles/2470791#installing-the-kvm-windows-
> > virtio-drivers-5
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:28 AM
> > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> > Subject: RE: Disk controller type
> >
> > Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk
> > performance is rubbish if we don’t
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
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> >
> > Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer
> > version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
> >
> > Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with
> > 'virsh dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
> >
> > I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by
> > default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by
> > default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux
> > kernel for some tome now :) )
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
> >
> > > Andrija,
> > >
> > > I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> > > Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and
> > > this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that
> > > was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016
> > > (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
> > >
> > > I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the
> > > disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
> > > Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before
> > > hal can be redetected
> > >
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > > Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > >
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> > >
> > > Sooo... here is my experience:
> > >
> > > if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> > > 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0
> > > or
> > > 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8),
> > > then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should
> > > be
> > attached as VirtIO.
> > >
> > > BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG
> > > new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default
> > > behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will
> > > become VirtIO again...
> > >
> > > In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful
> > > to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from
> > > TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an
> > > deployed&&stopped
> > > instance)
> > >
> > > In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> > > VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to
> > > boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean
> > > (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows
> > > will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
> > >
> > > Let me know if more help needed
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki
> > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > It looks like I can just add
> > > >
> > > > rootDiskController virtio
> > > >
> > > > To the templates settings tab?
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone confirm?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > > > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > > >
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> > > >
> > > > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> > > configs.
> > > >
> > > > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> > > ><<http://>www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> > > >:
> > > >
> > > > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM
> > > > > but not sure if that works or not.
> > > > >
> > > > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > > > >
> > > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Hello,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller
> > > > > > type
> > > > > > (ATA)
> > > > > does
> > > > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > > > them with
> > > > > the
> > > > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Thanks
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Adam
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
Ok Guys, I have cracked it - this is for 4.11 but should work on most versions
To change the controller type of an existing windows 2012 and 2016 server from IDE ATA to virtio do the following
On the Host
Create an empty disk
dd if=/dev/zero of=/home/user/blank.img bs=1M count=4096
Create a device xml file for a virtio disk
/home/user/virtodisk.xml with the following contains
<disk type='file' device='disk'>
<driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='none'/>
<source file='/home/user/blank.img'/>
<backingStore/>
<target dev='vdc' bus='virtio'/>
<readonly/>
<alias name='virtio-disk1'/>
</disk>
Attach this disk to the running VM
Virsh
attach-device <VM internal name> /home/user/virtodisk.xml
exit
insert the Virtio Driver iso and install drivers on VM
Shutdown VM using cloudstack control (stop instance)
Add the following to the “user_vm_detail” table in the database, where XXX is the 3 digits in the internal VM name i-83-XXX-VM
INSERT INTO `user_vm_details` (`vm_id`, `name`, `value`, `display`) VALUES (xxx, 'rootDiskController', 'virtio', 1);
Start the VM and all is good
Thanks for everyone's help and suggestions
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 21 September 2018 16:50
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
Or in other words, again based on ACS 4.8, simply use Windows PV as the OS type, but make sure that you have a clean driver install process in your head - if install windows from zero - that is simple, just detach win.iso,attach virtidrivers ISO file and load scsi drivers... later install network Virtio etc :)
But if converting existing IDE version of Windows, make some tests with /detecthal to avoid long downtime :)
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 16:14 Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com.invalid> wrote:
> Your two options are virtio blk or virtio-scsi. If your imported VM
> doesn't have the correct controller specified, you're going to have to
> modify it before enabling virtio in libvirt.
>
> Check out this guide:
> https://access.redhat.com/articles/2470791#installing-the-kvm-windows-
> virtio-drivers-5
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:28 AM
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Disk controller type
>
> Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk
> performance is rubbish if we don’t
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer
> version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
>
> Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with
> 'virsh dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
>
> I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by
> default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by
> default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux
> kernel for some tome now :) )
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
> > Andrija,
> >
> > I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> > Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and
> > this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that
> > was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016
> > (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
> >
> > I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the
> > disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
> > Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before
> > hal can be redetected
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Sooo... here is my experience:
> >
> > if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> > 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0
> > or
> > 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8),
> > then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should
> > be
> attached as VirtIO.
> >
> > BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG
> > new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default
> > behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will
> > become VirtIO again...
> >
> > In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful
> > to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from
> > TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an
> > deployed&&stopped
> > instance)
> >
> > In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> > VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to
> > boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean
> > (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows
> > will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
> >
> > Let me know if more help needed
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki
> > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > It looks like I can just add
> > >
> > > rootDiskController virtio
> > >
> > > To the templates settings tab?
> > >
> > > Can anyone confirm?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > >
> > > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> > >
> > > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> > configs.
> > >
> > > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> > ><<http://>www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> > >:
> > >
> > > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM
> > > > but not sure if that works or not.
> > > >
> > > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller
> > > > > type
> > > > > (ATA)
> > > > does
> > > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > > them with
> > > > the
> > > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Adam
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
Or in other words, again based on ACS 4.8, simply use Windows PV as the OS
type, but make sure that you have a clean driver install process in your
head - if install windows from zero - that is simple, just detach
win.iso,attach virtidrivers ISO file and load scsi drivers... later install
network Virtio etc :)
But if converting existing IDE version of Windows, make some tests with
/detecthal to avoid long downtime :)
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 16:14 Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com.invalid> wrote:
> Your two options are virtio blk or virtio-scsi. If your imported VM
> doesn't have the correct controller specified, you're going to have to
> modify it before enabling virtio in libvirt.
>
> Check out this guide:
> https://access.redhat.com/articles/2470791#installing-the-kvm-windows-virtio-drivers-5
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:28 AM
> To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
> Subject: RE: Disk controller type
>
> Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk
> performance is rubbish if we don’t
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat
> hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer
> version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
>
> Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with 'virsh
> dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
>
> I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by
> default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by
> default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux
> kernel for some tome now :) )
>
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
> > Andrija,
> >
> > I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> > Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and
> > this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that
> > was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016
> > (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
> >
> > I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk
> > template always select the VirtIO controller.
> > Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before
> > hal can be redetected
> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> > Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Sooo... here is my experience:
> >
> > if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> > 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or
> > 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8),
> > then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be
> attached as VirtIO.
> >
> > BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new
> > drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior
> > during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO
> > again...
> >
> > In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to
> > which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from
> > TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an
> > deployed&&stopped
> > instance)
> >
> > In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> > VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to
> > boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean
> > (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows
> > will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
> >
> > Let me know if more help needed
> >
> > Cheers
> >
> > On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > It looks like I can just add
> > >
> > > rootDiskController virtio
> > >
> > > To the templates settings tab?
> > >
> > > Can anyone confirm?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> > >
> > > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> > >
> > > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> > configs.
> > >
> > > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> > ><<http://>www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> > >:
> > >
> > > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM
> > > > but not sure if that works or not.
> > > >
> > > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > > > (ATA)
> > > > does
> > > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > > them with
> > > > the
> > > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Adam
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Simon Weller <sw...@ena.com.INVALID>.
Your two options are virtio blk or virtio-scsi. If your imported VM doesn't have the correct controller specified, you're going to have to modify it before enabling virtio in libvirt.
Check out this guide: https://access.redhat.com/articles/2470791#installing-the-kvm-windows-virtio-drivers-5
________________________________
From: Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2018 5:28 AM
To: users@cloudstack.apache.org
Subject: RE: Disk controller type
Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk performance is rubbish if we don’t
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with 'virsh dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux kernel for some tome now :) )
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
> Andrija,
>
> I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and
> this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that
> was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016
> (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
>
> I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk
> template always select the VirtIO controller.
> Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before
> hal can be redetected
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Sooo... here is my experience:
>
> if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or
> 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8),
> then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
>
> BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new
> drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior
> during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO
> again...
>
> In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to
> which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from
> TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an
> deployed&&stopped
> instance)
>
> In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to
> boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean
> (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows
> will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
>
> Let me know if more help needed
>
> Cheers
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It looks like I can just add
> >
> > rootDiskController virtio
> >
> > To the templates settings tab?
> >
> > Can anyone confirm?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> configs.
> >
> > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> ><<http://>www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> >:
> >
> > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM
> > > but not sure if that works or not.
> > >
> > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > > (ATA)
> > > does
> > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > them with
> > > the
> > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
Win 2016 doesn’t use Virtio by default, but we need too as disk performance is rubbish if we don’t
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 21 September 2018 11:25
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with 'virsh dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux kernel for some tome now :) )
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
> Andrija,
>
> I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and
> this template uses a VirtIO controller I have another template that
> was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016
> (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
>
> I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk
> template always select the VirtIO controller.
> Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before
> hal can be redetected
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Sooo... here is my experience:
>
> if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu
> 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or
> 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8),
> then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
>
> BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new
> drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior
> during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO
> again...
>
> In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to
> which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from
> TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an
> deployed&&stopped
> instance)
>
> In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to
> VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to
> boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean
> (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows
> will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
>
> Let me know if more help needed
>
> Cheers
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It looks like I can just add
> >
> > rootDiskController virtio
> >
> > To the templates settings tab?
> >
> > Can anyone confirm?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> configs.
> >
> > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh
> ><www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> >:
> >
> > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM
> > > but not sure if that works or not.
> > >
> > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > > (ATA)
> > > does
> > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start
> > > > them with
> > > the
> > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
Hrm... Im mot aware of Windows 2016 OS type, that is probably in newer
version of ACS, so far, up to Windows 2012 OS type, it was all IDE...
Can you do silly check with either 'ps aux | grep VMNAME' or with 'virsh
dumpxml VMNAME' so we see what controller type is used.
I have hard time believing that Win 2016 OS type would use Virtio by
default, since afaik no Virtio drivers are builtin inaide Windows by
default (in contrast to Hype-V drivers being available in stock Linux
kernel for some tome now :) )
On Fri, Sep 21, 2018, 10:31 Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
> Andrija,
>
> I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of
> Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and this
> template uses a VirtIO controller
> I have another template that was created from a disk also with OS type of
> Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
>
> I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk
> template always select the VirtIO controller.
> Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before hal
> can be redetected
>
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat
> hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Sooo... here is my experience:
>
> if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu 14.04,
> Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or 7.0 - these
> "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8), then when VM is
> STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
>
> BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new
> drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior
> during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO
> again...
>
> In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to
> which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from TEMPLATE, if
> you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an deployed&&stopped
> instance)
>
> In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to VirtIO -
> be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to boot - but there
> is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean (where boolean is one of
> 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows will detect HAL again and boot
> just fine.
>
> Let me know if more help needed
>
> Cheers
>
> On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > It looks like I can just add
> >
> > rootDiskController virtio
> >
> > To the templates settings tab?
> >
> > Can anyone confirm?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> > Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> > To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> > Subject: Re: Disk controller type
> >
> > ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> > Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
> >
> > Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML
> configs.
> >
> > чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <www.rakeshv.com@gmail.com
> >:
> >
> > > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> > > not sure if that works or not.
> > >
> > > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> > >
> > > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > > wrote:
> > >
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > > (ATA)
> > > does
> > > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > > > with
> > > the
> > > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > >
> > > > Adam
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
Andrija,
I have something weird, I have a template which uses the OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit), this was imported into Cloudstack and this template uses a VirtIO controller
I have another template that was created from a disk also with OS type of Windows Server 2016 (64-bit) but has an ID controller.
I am trying to work out why this happened and now I can make the disk template always select the VirtIO controller.
Setting the instance to windows PV causes BSOD on boot, well before hal can be redetected
Thanks
Adam
-----Original Message-----
From: Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>
Sent: 20 September 2018 11:18
To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
Subject: Re: Disk controller type
** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
Sooo... here is my experience:
if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu 14.04, Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or 7.0 - these "dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8), then when VM is STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO again...
In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from TEMPLATE, if you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an deployed&&stopped
instance)
In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to VirtIO - be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to boot - but there is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean (where boolean is one of 1, on, yes or true) " after which Windows will detect HAL again and boot just fine.
Let me know if more help needed
Cheers
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks like I can just add
>
> rootDiskController virtio
>
> To the templates settings tab?
>
> Can anyone confirm?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network.
> Treat hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
>
> чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> > not sure if that works or not.
> >
> > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > (ATA)
> > does
> > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > > with
> > the
> > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Disclaimer Notice:
> > > This email has been sent by Oakford Technology Limited, while we
> > > have checked this e-mail and any attachments for viruses, we can
> > > not guarantee that they are virus-free. You must therefore take
> > > full responsibility for virus checking.
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> > > be read by those to whom they are addressed. If you are not the
> > > intended
> > recipient,
> > > please contact us, delete the message from your computer and
> > > destroy any copies. Any distribution or copying without our prior
> > > permission is prohibited.
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> > > for this
> message.
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> > Limited.
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> > > Court, Devizes, Wiltshire. SN10 2RT.
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> >
> > --
> > Thanks and regards
> > Rakesh venkatesh
> >
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
Sooo... here is my experience:
if using correct VirtIO OS TYPE (set on template/VM) - i.e. ubuntu 14.04,
Centos 6.x or 7.x, Windows PV, other PV (but NOT centos 6.0 or 7.0 - these
"dot zero" versions are NOT virtio at least in ACS 4.8), then when VM is
STARTED FROM ACS (power on VM) - all drives should be attached as VirtIO.
BUT if you do same as above, then additionally create and HOTPLUG new
drives/volumes to KVM - it will be IDE - some strange default behavior
during hotplug action.... just stop VM/start and it will become VirtIO
again...
In order to "troubleshoot" these instances - you need to be careful to
which OS TYPE was the instance set to (this is inherited from TEMPLATE, if
you used some template - but it CAN be changed on an deployed&&stopped
instance)
In case you plan to i.e. move your Windows instances from IDE to VirtIO -
be aware that it might fail miserably, and OS will fail to boot - but there
is a fix with *"* bcdedit /set detecthal boolean (where boolean is one of 1,
on, yes or true) " after which Windows will detect HAL again and boot just
fine.
Let me know if more help needed
Cheers
On Thu, 20 Sep 2018 at 11:22, Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com> wrote:
>
>
> It looks like I can just add
>
> rootDiskController virtio
>
> To the templates settings tab?
>
> Can anyone confirm?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>
> Sent: 20 September 2018 10:20
> To: users <us...@cloudstack.apache.org>
> Subject: Re: Disk controller type
>
> ** This mail originated from OUTSIDE the Oakford corporate network. Treat
> hyperlinks and attachments in this email with caution. **
>
> Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
>
> чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
>
> > I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> > not sure if that works or not.
> >
> > virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> > virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> > change the controller type, save and start the vm again
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> > <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > > (ATA)
> > does
> > > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > > with
> > the
> > > VirtIO scsi controller?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Adam
> > >
> > >
> > >
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RE: Disk controller type
Posted by Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>.
It looks like I can just add
rootDiskController virtio
To the templates settings tab?
Can anyone confirm?
Thanks
Adam
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Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
> I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but
> not sure if that works or not.
>
> virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> change the controller type, save and start the vm again
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki
> <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type
> > (ATA)
> does
> > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them
> > with
> the
> > VirtIO scsi controller?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
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Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>.
Controler depends on setyings, specified in template or os family used. So
Windows guests don't receive virtio for network and storagr, thus they can
be deployed without additional drivers.
чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:19 Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>:
> Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
>
> чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
>
>> I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but not
>> sure if that works or not.
>>
>> virsh dumpxml <vm name>
>> virsh edit <vm name|domain>
>> change the controller type, save and start the vm again
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Hello,
>> >
>> > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type (ATA)
>> does
>> > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them with
>> the
>> > VirtIO scsi controller?
>> >
>> > Thanks
>> >
>> > Adam
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
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>> Thanks and regards
>> Rakesh venkatesh
>>
>
Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Ivan Kudryavtsev <ku...@bw-sw.com>.
Rakesh, It doesn't work like that for CS as it uses stateless XML configs.
чт, 20 сент. 2018 г., 16:12 Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>:
> I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but not
> sure if that works or not.
>
> virsh dumpxml <vm name>
> virsh edit <vm name|domain>
> change the controller type, save and start the vm again
>
> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type (ATA)
> does
> > anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them with
> the
> > VirtIO scsi controller?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Adam
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> --
> Thanks and regards
> Rakesh venkatesh
>
Re: Disk controller type
Posted by Rakesh Venkatesh <ww...@gmail.com>.
I think you can change the controller type in XML file of the VM but not
sure if that works or not.
virsh dumpxml <vm name>
virsh edit <vm name|domain>
change the controller type, save and start the vm again
On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 9:59 AM Adam Witwicki <aw...@oakfordis.com>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a number of of instances using the wrong controller type (ATA) does
> anyone know where this is set in the database so I can start them with the
> VirtIO scsi controller?
>
> Thanks
>
> Adam
>
>
>
>
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> author and do not necessarily represent those of Oakford Technology Limited.
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> Registered in England and Wales No. 5971519
>
>
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Thanks and regards
Rakesh venkatesh