Our physical server running windows server 2008R2 was hit by Ransomware.
While it only had few files encrypted were deleted and while the server was running I converted the disks to VHDX format using disk2vhd application. There were 2 drives C: and E: where the data resided. Later on I converted them to qcow2 using starwind convert tool. It converted successfully.
The physical server had 2 NIC cards and there was a bond created.
So I created a VM with 2 IDE drives 2 Network interface using E100. The machine took like 20 minutes to boot.
Then it took 10 minutes to login. Any mouse action I use, it is very sluggish. It takes 3 to 4 minutes to respond. But the VM seems to run perfectly, but so slow, that it is unusable. When I checked the adapter setting, I saw 2 NIC cards with a bond present just like the p[hysical server.
What could be the issue for it being so slow. I have had sleepless nights.
Dont know what could be the underlying cause of it to be soooo slow.
Is it something to do with Disk bus, I chose IDE for both. Then I chose IDE for C: and SATA for E: with same results. I don't think I can use virtio. (Or can I?) I dont know how, the disk will not be recognized.
Should I convert it to vmdk and then use? Will that be more responsive?
I would really appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.
While it only had few files encrypted were deleted and while the server was running I converted the disks to VHDX format using disk2vhd application. There were 2 drives C: and E: where the data resided. Later on I converted them to qcow2 using starwind convert tool. It converted successfully.
The physical server had 2 NIC cards and there was a bond created.
So I created a VM with 2 IDE drives 2 Network interface using E100. The machine took like 20 minutes to boot.
Then it took 10 minutes to login. Any mouse action I use, it is very sluggish. It takes 3 to 4 minutes to respond. But the VM seems to run perfectly, but so slow, that it is unusable. When I checked the adapter setting, I saw 2 NIC cards with a bond present just like the p[hysical server.
What could be the issue for it being so slow. I have had sleepless nights.
Dont know what could be the underlying cause of it to be soooo slow.
Is it something to do with Disk bus, I chose IDE for both. Then I chose IDE for C: and SATA for E: with same results. I don't think I can use virtio. (Or can I?) I dont know how, the disk will not be recognized.
Should I convert it to vmdk and then use? Will that be more responsive?
I would really appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance.