Hello, im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but have problem with gplpv. I have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processors and 16 cores togather. Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 standart first without gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors. When i installed gplpv 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash, but not boot to end. It not move past that black screen with microsoft logo. When i set vcpu less than 8 than everythink works fine. P.S. Sorry my English isnt perfect :) _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Hello, > im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but have problem withgplpv. I> have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processors and 16 corestogather.> Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 standart firstwithout> gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors. When i installedgplpv> 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash, but not boot toend. It> not move past that black screen with microsoft logo. When i set vcpuless than> 8 than everythink works fine. >Are you able to test a Windows 2003 server with 16 cores? Microsoft made some changes to the way processors are reported under 2008 and I suspect that I''m not doing something right there, but I need to know if it affects 2003 as well - it''s easier for me to test 2003 if the problem is there. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
2009/12/1 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au>> > Hello, > > im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but have problem with > gplpv. I > > have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processors and 16 cores > togather. > > Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 standart first > without > > gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors. When i installed > gplpv > > 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash, but not boot to > end. It > > not move past that black screen with microsoft logo. When i set vcpu > less than > > 8 than everythink works fine. > > > > Are you able to test a Windows 2003 server with 16 cores? > > Microsoft made some changes to the way processors are reported under > 2008 and I suspect that I''m not doing something right there, but I need > to know if it affects 2003 as well - it''s easier for me to test 2003 if > the problem is there. > > James >I tested with windows 2003 R2, same problem. Maximum i can get work with 8 cores. Andris Have a nice day! _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
Hello, Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problem possible to solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switch one of guests to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. Andris 2009/12/2 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au>> > 2009/12/1 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> > > > > > Hello, > > > im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but have problem > with > > gplpv. I > > > have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processors and 16 > cores > > togather. > > > Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 > standart first > > without > > > gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors. When i > installed > > gplpv > > > 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash, but not > boot to > > end. It > > > not move past that black screen with microsoft logo. When i > set vcpu > > less than > > > 8 than everythink works fine. > > > > > > > > > Are you able to test a Windows 2003 server with 16 cores? > > > > Microsoft made some changes to the way processors are reported > under > > 2008 and I suspect that I''m not doing something right there, but > I need > > to know if it affects 2003 as well - it''s easier for me to test > 2003 if > > the problem is there. > > > > James > > > > > > > > I tested with windows 2003 R2, same problem. Maximum i can get work > with 8 > > cores. > > > > I did some reading - Windows 2003 only supports 8 CPU''s anyway, so my > suggestion to test that wasn''t a good one. > > I''ll try and test on 2008. > > James >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> Hello, > Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problempossible to> solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switch one ofguests> to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. >The biggest system I can easily test with has 4 cores. I can configure it with more vcpu''s than that but it''s slow, and I haven''t had time yet. I can''t think of a reason why this wouldn''t work though... James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Andris <spameris@gmail.com> wrote:> Hello, > Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problem possible > to solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switch one of > guests to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. >Have you tried fiddling with CPUID? There''s some example on /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm. I''m wondering whether it''d work if you tell windows it''s a one-CPU-with-8-core instead of 8-cpus-with-one-core (the default) -- Fajar _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
> > On Tue, Dec 8, 2009 at 12:06 AM, Andris <spameris@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hello, > > Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problempossible> > to solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switchone of> > guests to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. > > > > Have you tried fiddling with CPUID? There''s some example on > /etc/xen/xmexample.hvm. > I''m wondering whether it''d work if you tell windows it''s a > one-CPU-with-8-core instead of 8-cpus-with-one-core (the default) >The OP tells me that it works fine with a standard windows HVM domU, but not once GPLPV is loaded, so at this stage I think it is a GPLPV problem. I can''t remember if it was Vista or 7 that made some changes to the CPU related structures in Windows. If it was Vista then that may be the problem. James _______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I think I have fixed it. I''ll be uploading a fix either tonight or tomorrow. James> -----Original Message----- > From: Andris [mailto:spameris@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 04:06 > To: James Harper > Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV and vcpu more than 8 > > Hello, > Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problempossible to> solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switch one ofguests> to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. > > Andris > > > 2009/12/2 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> > > > > 2009/12/1 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> > > > > > Hello, > > > im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but haveproblem> with > > gplpv. I > > > have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processorsand 16> cores > > togather. > > > Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 > standart first > > without > > > gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors.When i> installed > > gplpv > > > 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash,but not> boot to > > end. It > > > not move past that black screen with microsoft logo.When i> set vcpu > > less than > > > 8 than everythink works fine. > > > > > > > > > Are you able to test a Windows 2003 server with 16cores?> > > > Microsoft made some changes to the way processors arereported> under > > 2008 and I suspect that I''m not doing something rightthere, but> I need > > to know if it affects 2003 as well - it''s easier for meto test> 2003 if > > the problem is there. > > > > James > > > > > > > > I tested with windows 2003 R2, same problem. Maximum i can getwork> with 8 > > cores. > > > > > I did some reading - Windows 2003 only supports 8 CPU''s anyway,so my> suggestion to test that wasn''t a good one. > > I''ll try and test on 2008. > > James > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users
I have just uploaded 0.10.0.142 which should fix this problem. please test. James> -----Original Message----- > From: Andris [mailto:spameris@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 8 December 2009 04:06 > To: James Harper > Cc: xen-users@lists.xensource.com > Subject: Re: [Xen-users] GPLPV and vcpu more than 8 > > Hello, > Any news regarding this problem? I want only know is this problempossible to> solve sooner or later. Probably somtimes later i need to switch one ofguests> to more cores, currently it can handle with 8 cores. > > Andris > > > 2009/12/2 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> > > > > 2009/12/1 James Harper <james.harper@bendigoit.com.au> > > > > > Hello, > > > im testing possiblity to move server to xen, but haveproblem> with > > gplpv. I > > > have server 4 x Xeon quad core, so i have 4 processorsand 16> cores > > togather. > > > Xen version 3.4.1. I installed Windows 2008 server x64 > standart first > > without > > > gplpv and in task manager i can see 16 processors.When i> installed > > gplpv > > > 0.10.0.138 it not starts anymore. Server not crash,but not> boot to > > end. It > > > not move past that black screen with microsoft logo.When i> set vcpu > > less than > > > 8 than everythink works fine. > > > > > > > > > Are you able to test a Windows 2003 server with 16cores?> > > > Microsoft made some changes to the way processors arereported> under > > 2008 and I suspect that I''m not doing something rightthere, but> I need > > to know if it affects 2003 as well - it''s easier for meto test> 2003 if > > the problem is there. > > > > James > > > > > > > > I tested with windows 2003 R2, same problem. Maximum i can getwork> with 8 > > cores. > > > > > I did some reading - Windows 2003 only supports 8 CPU''s anyway,so my> suggestion to test that wasn''t a good one. > > I''ll try and test on 2008. > > James > >_______________________________________________ Xen-users mailing list Xen-users@lists.xensource.com http://lists.xensource.com/xen-users