Windows 2000 KVM VM, more or less idle, but a processor on the proxmox host is always maxed out around 100%
1 CPU, 1 core assigned, ACPI enabled in Proxmox, ACPI multiprocessor HAL
CPU was set to host, changing it to Pentium 3 had no effect.
Have modified registry as per Microsoft KB
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;919521
No effect.
Have read these threads:
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3667-High-CPU-load-for-windows-2000-server
High CPU load for windows 2000 server
and
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3861-kvm-high-cpu-load-running-a-Windows-2000-VM
kvm high cpu load running a Windows 2000 VM
Config:
Questions:
1. I don't see any acpi: 1 line in the config with ACPI support disabled in the web GUI.
When disabling ACPI in the web GUI, I do see acpi: 0
I suppose that is how it is supposed to be?
(Manually setting acpi: 1 in the config file doesn't seem to have any effect on CPU usage)
2. I suppose I could try and disable ACPI, and change the HAL in Windows from ACPI multiprocessor to something else (MPS uniprocessor?); would that have any effect?
Any tips on getting the CPU usage down?
Thanks!
1 CPU, 1 core assigned, ACPI enabled in Proxmox, ACPI multiprocessor HAL
CPU was set to host, changing it to Pentium 3 had no effect.
Have modified registry as per Microsoft KB
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;919521
No effect.
Code:
pveversion -v
pve-manager: 2.2-24 (pve-manager/2.2/7f9cfa4c)
running kernel: 2.6.32-16-pve
proxmox-ve-2.6.32: 2.2-80
pve-kernel-2.6.32-14-pve: 2.6.32-74
pve-kernel-2.6.32-16-pve: 2.6.32-80
lvm2: 2.02.95-1pve2
clvm: 2.02.95-1pve2
corosync-pve: 1.4.4-1
openais-pve: 1.1.4-2
libqb: 0.10.1-2
redhat-cluster-pve: 3.1.93-1
resource-agents-pve: 3.9.2-3
fence-agents-pve: 3.1.9-1
pve-cluster: 1.0-28
qemu-server: 2.0-62
pve-firmware: 1.0-21
libpve-common-perl: 1.0-36
libpve-access-control: 1.0-25
libpve-storage-perl: 2.0-34
vncterm: 1.0-3
vzctl: 4.0-1pve2
vzprocps: 2.0.11-2
vzquota: 3.1-1
pve-qemu-kvm: 1.2-7
ksm-control-daemon: 1.1-1Have read these threads:
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3667-High-CPU-load-for-windows-2000-server
High CPU load for windows 2000 server
and
http://forum.proxmox.com/threads/3861-kvm-high-cpu-load-running-a-Windows-2000-VM
kvm high cpu load running a Windows 2000 VM
Config:
Code:
boot: cd
bootdisk: ide0
cores: 1
cpu: host
cpuunits: 1000
freeze: 0
kvm: 1
memory: 512
name: win2k
ide0: <disk on LVM>
ide2: <IDE CDROM>
net0: rtl8139=<mac address>,bridge=<bridge no>
onboot: 1
ostype: w2k
sockets: 1
startup: order=900Questions:
1. I don't see any acpi: 1 line in the config with ACPI support disabled in the web GUI.
When disabling ACPI in the web GUI, I do see acpi: 0
I suppose that is how it is supposed to be?
(Manually setting acpi: 1 in the config file doesn't seem to have any effect on CPU usage)
2. I suppose I could try and disable ACPI, and change the HAL in Windows from ACPI multiprocessor to something else (MPS uniprocessor?); would that have any effect?
Any tips on getting the CPU usage down?
Thanks!
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