Disk Usage % blank after switching from IDE to Virtio block driver

[TimL]

I installed Virtio block driver onto a Win2k3 R2 machine following the Wiki. The installation process went exactly as recorded in the Wiki however in the VE 2.0 interface the Disk % is now blank (No value) for that one specific image. All other data seems to be recording as normal.

Is there some sort of kick time before refresh? It has been about 30 minutes.

I don't know if this is a known defect since the release notes just say "Bug Fixes" and do not list out the fixed / remaining defects.

Thanks,

 

[tom]

I do not understand the issue - can you provide a screenshot?

 

[TimL]

Here is a screenshot showing the Admin UI. This started occurring after installing the virtio drivers.

 

[TimL]

Logged in from an alternate workstation with an alternate browser and had same results as screenshot above. This is definitely not a browser / cache issue. This is not a "huge" issue but would like to figure out why it happened. I most likely will update to 2.1 in the near future maybe that will fix it.

 

[tom]

just to note, the disk usage is not really reliable as the host does not see the real usage inside the KVM guest.
in future version, a agent will report the usage inside. additionally, this only shows the usage of the boot disk.

 

[udo]

...additionally, this only shows the usage of the boot disk.

Hi,
perhaps Tim hasn't switch the bootdisk also to virtio0?

Udo

 

[TimL]

Hi,
perhaps Tim hasn't switch the bootdisk also to virtio0?

Udo

I only have one disk allocated to each image (not including mapped shares). I performed the following steps to set this up:

1) Shut down image.
2) Created 1gb virtio disk
3) Booted to windows. Selected Virtio driver from ISO
4) Confirmed Virtio drive could format
5) Shut down. Removed both disks. Configured (Raw?) labeled disk to be virtio
6) Booted back into windows.
7) Added virtio driver to the now system/boot disk.
8) Performed one more reboot just because it's windows and windows likes reboots.

As I stated before this is mainly just a display issue. I have not noticed any functional impact. If there is no immediate solution I am not very concerned.

 

[vcp_ai]

Just one point:
On pve 1.9 same problem happened: virtio disk sizes did not show on Virtual machines List ..
On attachment, Vms 205, 206 (win XP) and 901 (linux) are using virtio drivers.

By the way, would it be difficult to add Disk Size and Memoy Size columns to Virtual Machine List ???

Regards

 

[snowman66]

Here is a screenshot showing the Admin UI. This started occurring after installing the virtio drivers.

View attachment 926

Expand list of VMs in Server View. Selet the VM and click Options tab. Under Boot order select Boot device X: Disk 'ide0' (if you have IDE).