High CPU load for windows 2000 server

[jhammer]

I recently migrated a Windows 2000 Server from a physical host to proxmox. The "System Idle Process" is often running at 98% to 99% of the CPU. I would think that is normal except that the load for one of the processors on the proxmox host is always maxed out around 100% because of that virtual machine. Here is what the config looks like:

name: reports
ide2: none,media=cdrom
bootdisk: virtio0
ostype: l26
memory: 1024
onboot: 1
sockets: 1
boot: cad
freeze: 0
cpuunits: 1000
acpi: 1
kvm: 1
virtio0: REPORTS:vm-109-disk-1
vlan0: virtio=7A:AE:B94:53:6B

I'm using LVM over iscis for the disk.

A Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 do not have the same problem. They are using qcow2 over NFS for disk.

Any ideas why the processor is actually being loaded down by the "System Idle Process"?

 

[jhammer]

I noticed my ostype was wrong. Switched to ostype: w2k. That had no effect on load.

 

[alain]

The "System Idle Process" is often running at 98% to 99% of the CPU.
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Any ideas why the processor is actually being loaded down by the "System Idle Process"?

If I am correct, the 'Idle Process' is just meaning that the system is doing nothing for 98% or 99% of the load of the CPU. That is, the load is very low.

See for example :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/System_Idle_Process

Alain

 

[dietmar]

I recently migrated a Windows 2000 Server from a physical host to proxmox. The "System Idle Process" is often running at 98% to 99% of the CPU.

Idle ==> The system does not do anything.