Cdrom drive pauses under virtual machines
I have installed both virtualbox and parallels on my macbook pro, and under both virtual machines running windows xp, the cdrom drive pauses for long periods of time (e.g. 20 secs) during the install of software.
Anyone else experience this?
Internal drives are faster than external drives, so the VM should perform better on the internal drive. If you put them on the external drive, then Firewire is faster than USB.
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Hope the links below could be helpful:
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Error when creating a database on SQL Server 2012(Virtual Machine)
Hi,
I create a virtual machine on VMWare Workstation 10, then install Windows 7(32bit), then install SQL Server 2012 Enterprise version.
Then I write a Visual C++2008 program and using ADO to connect to the local SQL Server, with the connection string below:
“Provider=sqloledb;Data Source=(local);Integrated Security=SSPI;”
The connect succeed, then I try to create a new SQL Server database by calling:
m_pConnection->Execute(_T(“create database MyDatabase on primary (name = ‘MyDatabase’, filename = ‘E:\\MyDatabase.mdf’)”), NULL, 0);
where E: is a USB drive plugged in.
When running the above statement, I can even see the MyDatabase.mdf file is being created, but finally get an error and error number is 80040e31 when checking the error from m_pConnection, after analyzing the com exception, we find it reports the error as
“IDispath error #3121”. Both errors seem to indicate a “Timeout error”.
Then I try to create the database on the local drive in the virtual machine, as follows:
m_pConnection->Execute(_T(“create database MyDatabase on primary (name = ‘MyDatabase’, filename = ‘C:\\MyDatabase.mdf’)”), NULL, 0);
Then I get error number: 80040e14 from m_pConnection, and com error is “IDispath error #3092”
What is the problem?
ThanksHello chcw,
SQL Server 2012 Enterprise doesn't support to install on Windows 7 Opeating System. For detail information, please refer to the article below:
The article shows the operating system requirements for the principal editions of SQL Server 2012:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms143506.aspx#top_principal
Here is an article for your reference, please see:
How To Create a SQL Server Database Programmatically by Using ADO.NET and Visual C# .NET:
https://support.microsoft.com/kb/307283/en-us
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Windows Pro 8.1 Hyper-V enabled - cannot connect to Virtual Machines
I'm running Windows Pro 8.1. Virtualization is enabled in BIOS. Account is in Admin, Hyper-V, RDP groups. I open Hyper-V manager. Create a new Virtual Switch (internal) and name it. Then create a new virtual machine - name it, place it in a folder under
C:, Specify Generation (tried both 1 and 2), startup memory 512mb not dynamic, Lan- select the virtual switch created earlier, create an vhdx hard disk, and install the O.S. from an ISO on C. Creates the new VM under Virtual Machines.
I select the new VM, click connect, then start. A window opens with the new VM on server and says it's connecting to it and it's status is Running. In the Hyper-V manager in the New Virtual Machine pane (bottom pane) it shows a image that
appears to have a login screen. The VM window that displays the "Connection to" eventually throws an error : Virtual machine connection: Cannot connect to the virtual machine, Try to connect again. contact your admin, Try again etc. selecting connect
eventually errors out with check integration services etc. I've read the logs, there are no errors. When I try to shut down or turn off the vm it doesn't respond. I've configured this before on different boxes. It's the work environment for the MCSA 70-462
training kit Preparation. any direction would be greatly appreciated.That is correct. This has been well documented.
The WMI namespace changed. 2008 and 2008 R2 now of the v1 virtualization namespace. 2012 knows of both v1 and v2. And 2012 R2 only knows the v2 virtualization namespace.
That said, there is more to this.
2008 management console only knows 2008 features. So if you connect it to a 2012 server to manage the 2012 server, you cannot manage any of the features released with 2008 R2 nor 2012.
So, take this second point, mix it with the first point and I recommend that your management server / client release matches the release of the Server you are managing.
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Oraclevm 3.0.2 cant shutdown Virtual Machines by cmd
hi ..
i am new to virtuallization , i try to install oraclevm 3.0.2 on my testing server as below
hp proliant g5 x 2 --> oracle vm server 3.0.2 hostname vm01 & vm02 ( x64 ) only pvm
hp proliant g5 x1 --> oracle vm manager 3.0.2 hostname vmmanager ( running on rhel 5.5 x64 )
hp proliant dl145 g3 x1 --> oracle vm server 3.0.2 hostname vm03 (x64 ) this server support hvm
i able to install oracle vm server on vm01-03 , vm manager on vmmanager , my problem as below:
1. i cant shutdown or poweroff by cmd (poweroff , shutdown -h now ) under Virtual Machines ( rhel 5.5 and rhel 6.0 x64) . the Virtual Machines keep on restart on same vmserver (vm01) , but i able to shutdown by oracle vm manager stop button . is this normal or i need to configure some thing to make the shuwdown or poweroff cmd work on Virtual Machines ?
2. i try to install solaris 10 u9 x86 on hp proliant dl145 g3 ( hvm ) but i have a error popup as below , i able install solaris 10 u9 x86 on same server withou error at oracle vm server 3.0.1
error on oracle vm server 3.0.2 as below
warning: /pci@0,0/pci1af4,1100@1,2 (uhci0): no SOF interrupts have been received , this USB UHCI host controller is unusable. NOTICE: MPO disables because memory is interleaved.
warning: BIOS microcode patch for AMD athlon(tm) 64/opteron(tm) processor erratum 131 was not detected; updating your system's BIOS to a version containing this microcode patch is Highly recommended or erroneous system operation may occur.
i assign 1gb memory for Virtual Machines ( solaris 10 u9 x86)
hp proliant dl145 g3 info as below
xm info
host : vm03
release : 2.6.32.21-41xen
version : #1 SMP Fri Sep 9 00:47:51 EDT 2011
machine : x86_64
nr_cpus : 2
nr_nodes : 1
cores_per_socket : 2
threads_per_core : 1
cpu_mhz : 2194
hw_caps : 178bf3ff:ebd3fbff:00000000:00000410:00002001:00000000:0000001f:00000000
virt_caps : hvm
total_memory : 2046
free_memory : 1481
node_to_cpu : node0:0-1
node_to_memory : node0:1481
node_to_dma32_mem : node0:1481
max_node_id : 0
xen_major : 4
xen_minor : 0
xen_extra : .2-OVM
xen_caps : xen-3.0-x86_64 xen-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_32 hvm-3.0-x86_32p hvm-3.0-x86_64
xen_scheduler : credit
xen_pagesize : 4096
platform_params : virt_start=0xffff800000000000
xen_changeset : unavailable
xen_commandline : dom0_mem=541M
cc_compiler : gcc version 4.1.2 20080704 (Red Hat 4.1.2-48)
cc_compile_by : mockbuild
cc_compile_domain : (none)
cc_compile_date : Thu Sep 22 16:11:15 EDT 2011
xend_config_format : 4
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thanks ..889759 wrote:
1. i cant shutdown or poweroff by cmd (poweroff , shutdown -h now ) under Virtual Machines ( rhel 5.5 and rhel 6.0 x64) . the Virtual Machines keep on restart on same vmserver (vm01) , but i able to shutdown by oracle vm manager stop button . is this normal or i need to configure some thing to make the shuwdown or poweroff cmd work on Virtual Machines ?If your VMs are flagged for HA, they will automatically be restarted unless you shut them down with the Manager. This is because the HA system doesn't know you issues a powerff/shutdown command. It just sees the guest disappear, so it restarts it. -
C# - Get Azure virtual machine status
Hey, how I can get virtual machines current status using C# code?
When you open Azure portal and you navigate under "Virtual Machines" you can see all your virtual machines there.
You can also see virtual machines status, example "running", "stopped", etc...
My question is that, how I can get this status using C# code? One VM is status "Running" and another VM is status "Stopped".
I have tried several different approaches:
However, none of them work...
Console.WriteLine(role.RoleName);
//Console.WriteLine(role.ResourceExtensionReferences[0].State); // returns "Enable"
//Console.WriteLine(deployment.RoleInstances[0].PowerState); // returns "Started"
//Console.WriteLine(client.Deployments.GetBySlot("demovm", DeploymentSlot.Production).Status); // returns "Running" both cases, which is wrong.
Any help, how I can get status "Running" and "Stopped", using C# ?Hi Nicolas,
We can use Get Deployment Rest API to get Azure VM status, please try below code. You must make sure that the request that is made to the management service is secure. For additional details, see
Authenticating Service Management Requests.
public static string GetDeploymentName()
string path = string.Empty;
string btn = string.Empty;
string HostServiceName = "<Azure VM name>",
SubScriptionID = "<Azure subscription>",
DeploymentType = "<Azure VM name>",
CerPath = path;
String certBase64String = "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";
X509Certificate2 certificateStore = new X509Certificate2(Convert.FromBase64String(certBase64String));
HttpWebRequest request = (HttpWebRequest)HttpWebRequest.Create(
new Uri("https://management.core.windows.net/" + SubScriptionID +
"/services/hostedservices/" + HostServiceName +
"/deployments/" + DeploymentType));
request.Method = "GET";
request.ClientCertificates.Add(certificateStore);
request.ContentType = "application/xml";
request.Headers.Add("x-ms-version", "2013-03-01");
try
using (HttpWebResponse response = (HttpWebResponse)request.GetResponse())
Stream responseStream = response.GetResponseStream();
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(responseStream);
string deployment = reader.ReadToEnd();
XmlDocument xdocument = new XmlDocument();
xdocument.LoadXml(deployment);
XmlNodeList xxList = xdocument.GetElementsByTagName("Status");
string VMStatus = xxList[0].InnerText;
responseStream.Close();
catch (WebException e)
string meg = e.Message;
if (e.Status == WebExceptionStatus.ProtocolError)
Console.WriteLine("Status Code : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusCode);
Console.WriteLine("Status Description : {0}", ((HttpWebResponse)e.Response).StatusDescription);
return btn;
the value of the string VMstatus is "running".
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Virtual Machines extemely slow to load on brand new server.
We're about to put our first virtualized Windows 2012 Hyper-V server on a small business site. Everything went fine with the installation, but I've noticed that when loading up the virtual machines, the process takes hours... For example, I created a new
virtual machine with 4GBs of RAM, and installed Windows 7 64-bit edition from an ISO file... It took about two hours. I deleted this virtual machine and tried to create another Windows 7 64-bit virtual machine, this time using the actual DVD and it was just
as slow.. EVEN with all other VMs shut down... I have another test copy of Hyper-V for Windows 8 at home that I use for learning, so I tried installing the same Windows 7 64-bit ISO on this workstation and it installed in twenty minutes. And this is just a
workstation.
The server is a HP Proliant ML350 server with 24GBs RAM. If anything I would have expected the server to install the Windows 64-bit VM in twenty minutes, NOT the workstation !! On the face of it the only differences between the two systems is:
a) The server has two 500GB SAS drives, which are mirrored. There is no mirroring on the Windows 8 workstation.
b) The server had drive is partitioned in to a C: drive (for the host O/S) and a D: drive (for the virtual machines). There is only one partition on the Windows 8 workstation, which holds the operating system and the virtual machines.
Below is a graphic I drew up which I hope helps you visualise the hard drive setup.
This is a small site, so they wont pay for additional hard drives. Is there something about the way I have the disks set up that could cause the virtual machines to load slowly? Would it be better NOT to have two partitions on the host?
Thanks in advance for any advice offered.It looks like you are trying to use 100% of your disk space. Are the VHDs fixed size or dynamic? How much free space is there on the host partition? If the host partition is 80% full and you are using fixed VHDs, the system could be thrashing
itself trying to find free space, and that free space can get highly fragmented meaning no large blocks for storing. Generally a disk is considered 'full' when it is at about 80% utilization. If you are using fixed VHDs, you have 80% utilization
even before you take into consideration what the host needs.
Partitions don't change performance characteristics. You still have the same number of read/write heads sharing the processing of the same amount of data. That's why multiple disks can improve performance - multiple read/write heads going against
multiple data blocks. So what you are describing has nothing to do with partitions versus no partitions.
Have you run any other IO load tests to see if there is a hardware problem with the RAID controller? That is not unheard of. What you are seeing is completely atypical for your environment. That's why I am wondering about hardware issues.
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Hyper V virtual machine randomly loses network connectivity
I have an extremely odd issue happening on one of my Hyper-V virtual machines. For no apparent reason and completely sporadically my virtual machine will lose all network connectivity. It is a linux Vyatta firewall image. Digging through
the logs shows nothing at all when the machine actually goes offline, but when the machine starts back up I just get a Warning stating the network driver on my virtual machine loaded but has a different version from the server. Server Version 3.2 Client
version 0.2
I've ran the integrated services setup disk and nothing has fixed this. When the VM loses connectivity it is for no apparent reason, sometimes at 1am sometimes at noon, just happens. The only solution is to reboot the VM to bring it back online.
Has anyone else seen this or know of a fix for it? Its starting to slowly drive me insane!
Hyper V Server - Windows Server 2008 R2 - Hyper V Manager Version 6.1.7601.17514
VM - Linux Vyatta Core 6.3I tried downloading new integrated services disk setup for linux, but Vyatta wouldn't work with it so I was kind of stuck there. And not sure where you are talking about changing NIC to legacy at. I did disable some TCP chimpney settings as
per an article I found, but not sure if it will fix it or not. Sometimes the machine will stay on for a month before losing network connection and sometimes it comes in spurts and happens like 3-4 times over a couple days. Its really odd -
Procedure to clean up (shrink) a Snow Leopard virtual machine under VMware Fusion 5.0.3
1. Backup your existing Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
2. Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
If there are a number of Virtual Disk files then Fusion is allocating space for the virtual machine in 2 GB segments
Close the Package Contents folder
3. If the Snow Leopard virtual machine is segmented then convert it to a single Virtual Disk.vmdk as follows:
Start VMware Fusion
Select the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Settings > Hard Disk (SCSI)
Click the Advanced options disclosure triangle
Clear 'Split into 2 GB files'
Click Apply
This process will take a few minutes to complete. After the conversion is done, continue with the next step of this procedure.
4. Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
5. Start Disk Utility
Select Macintosh HD
Click Erase
Click Erase Free Space
Select Zero Out Deleted Files
Click Erase Free Space
If a message is displayed stating: "Your startup disk is almost full", click OK
When the erasure completes, quit Disk Utility
Shut Down the Snow Leopard virtual machine
6. Quit VMware Fusion
7. Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Select the Virtual Disk.vmdk file
Click Edit > Copy "Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Select your ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder
Click Edit > Paste Item
8. Rename the "Virtual Disk.vmdk" file in your ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder to "Original Disk.vmdk"
9. Start Terminal
Change "xxxxxxxx" in the following Terminal command to your short account name.
"/Applications/VMware Fusion.app/Contents/Library/vmware-vdiskmanager" -r "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Original Disk.vmdk" -t 0 "/Users/xxxxxxxx/Documents/Virtual Machines.localized/Virtual Disk.vmdk"
Paste this Terminal command (including the leading and trailing quotation marks) into the Terminal window
Press the return (enter) key
After the process completes and the Terminal input prompt is displayed, quit Terminal
10. Right click the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine
Click Show Package Contents
Right click the Virtual Disk.vmdk file and select Move to Trash
Move the Virtual Disk.vmdk file from your ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder to the Mac OS X Snow Leopard package folder
Close the Package Contents folder
11. Start the Mac OS X Snow Leopard virtual machine to confirm that it runs correctly
12. Right click the "Original Disk.vmdk" file in your ~/Documents/Virtual Machines folder and select Move to TrashJudy Churchill wrote:
So if the vendor doesn't provide an uninstall program or instructions, we're just stuck with stuff we may no longer need?
Pretty much. You can always erase your hard drive and reinstall the OS. Some people may attempt to talk you through manually deleting files. I try very hard to avoid doing that because 100% of the time, the person I'm trying to help can't find the files and, instead, starts randomly deleting required system files. Then you have no choice but to reinstall the OS. -
Use DVD drive from Virtual Machine
Hi! I have successfully installed Oracle VM Server and Manager Template on the same machine.
I also have created and run a Virutal Machine from the OEL 5.3 Template from Edelivery.
Now I need to use the DVD ROM drive because I need to install E-Business Suite from that VM.
How can I mount the DVD ROM so thats it usable from within a VM?sumit kapila wrote:
I have installed a VM manager on one machine and a VM server on the other. I have also installed OEL4 (virtual machine) on the server through the manager. But when i open the console of the virtual machine it is not detecting the cdrom. How can it be detected??Did you even read the posts above yours? They explain exactly how to provide CD data to a guest.
Also how to open that virtual machine on some other machine or on the server??I have no idea what you mean. If you're talking about connecting to your guest over the network, you can use SSH. -
I migrated info from a hard drive to a new mac under time machine. It says I have shared files, but I don't see the old info on the new machine. Where do I look for it ? How do I make the old backup the basis for my new macbook ?
The old OS was Mac X 10.5.8. I think the new one is 10.7.2 Lion.Have a read here How do I set up a new Mac from an old one, its backups, or a PC?
Stefan -
Hi, I am attempting to see my extrenal hard drive, connected to my airport extreme base station, in time machine. I formatted the disk, backed up my mackbook pro to it via usb, and now want to be able to backup over wifi with my disk connected to my airport extreme base station. I spoke with Apple Care, and they told me Apple doens't support this. I used to be able to do this with my older MB pro and under older osx's. I do see the external hard drive connected under disks, just not in time machine preferences. Is there a workaround available that anyone is aware of?
Thank you so much,
Tabeer -
I have a 160GB Hard Drive in my MBP and use VMWare Fusion and had a 60GB Virtual Machine running Windows XP. Deleted the Virtual Machine and CANNOT find the 60GB space I desperately need! Anybody out there with a similar problem? Help!
Thanks - Of Course the first thing I checked and did.
Disc Utility reads as follows:
Capacity : 159.18 GB (159,182,127,104 Bytes)
Format : Mac OS Extended (Journaled) Available : 11.47 GB (11,472,896,000 Bytes)
Owners Enabled : Yes Used : 147.71 GB (147,709,231,104 Bytes)
Number of Folders : 139,540 Number of Files : 511,832
Activity Monitor(Disc Usage) shows something quite interesting. Mac HD and Ramanan (Main User) - My hard drive is only 160GB! Would the retired engineer gentleman please note as well. Many thanks. Rams
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