RE: [Xen-users] Getting Windows 2003 to run in multiple cores ???

["Madhu Venugopal (vmadhu)" <vmadhu@xxxxxxxxx>]

Windows 2003 server. As you suggested it does support SMP.

I checked the device manager.. & it says the computer as a "Standard
PC".
Looks like that is incorrect. How can I run a different HAL ?
Can I update the device settings ?

-Madhu

> -----Original Message-----
> From: James Harper [mailto:james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Tuesday, August 04, 2009 12:33 AM
> To: Madhu Venugopal (vmadhu); xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Getting Windows 2003 to run in multiple cores
> ???
> 
> It's not a version of windows that doesn't allow SMP is it (I don't
> know
> if one exists - I thought they all supported at least 2 CPU's with up
> to
> 4 cores each).
> 
> Are you running a diffent HAL?
> 
> James
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: xen-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:xen-users-
> > bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Madhu Venugopal (vmadhu)
> > Sent: Tuesday, 4 August 2009 17:23
> > To: James Harper; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Getting Windows 2003 to run in multiple
> cores
> ???
> >
> > BTW, I noticed that when I use "xm new", the VCPUs are set as 4 as
> > expected...
> >
> > [root@localhost images]# xm new -f win1.cfg
> >
> > [root@localhost images]# xm list
> > Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs
State
> > Time(s)
> > Domain-0                                     0  5503     1
r-----
> > 4129.3
> > win1                                            2048     4
> > 0.0
> >
> > But as soon as I "xm start win1", the VCPUs go back to 1.
> >
> > [root@localhost images]# xm list
> > Name                                        ID   Mem VCPUs
State
> > Time(s)
> > Domain-0                                     0  5503     1
r-----
> > 4170.8
> > win1                                        54  2048     1
r-----
> > 4.5
> >
> > Thanks,
> > -Madhu
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Madhu Venugopal (vmadhu)
> > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 11:45 PM
> > > To: 'James Harper'; xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Getting Windows 2003 to run in multiple
> cores
> > > ???
> > >
> > > Hi James,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the response.
> > > Unfortunately, "xm start" is not helping me either.
> > >
> > > Should I reboot dom0 to get this working ?
> > > I would like to keep it the last option to try as am facing
> > > other issues immediately after the dom0 reboot.
> > >
> > > Any other tricks to get multi-core working with Windows ?
> > >
> > > BTW, I could not find "xe" command in my XEN installation.
> > > Even after installing the "xe-cli" rpm file, it is failing
> > > Consistently with the error message :
> > >
> > > "Error: Connection refused (calling connect )"
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > -Madhu
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: James Harper [mailto:james.harper@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> > > > Sent: Monday, August 03, 2009 4:40 PM
> > > > To: Madhu Venugopal (vmadhu); xen-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Subject: RE: [Xen-users] Getting Windows 2003 to run in multiple
> > > cores
> > > > ???
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > Installed Windows 2003 on XEN successfully (domain name :
> win1).
> > > > > I could not get it running in multiple cores though (tried
> > > vcpus=4).
> > > > > Windows taskmanager shows only 1 CPU always :-(.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > This may not be your problem, but one thing that caught me out
> early
> > > on
> > > > is that if you make a change to the config file and then do a
'xm
> > > > reboot' (or just do shutdown->restart in windows), the change
> isn't
> > > > picked up - it runs with the old config. You need to shut down
> the
> > > DomU
> > > > and then 'xm start' it.
> > > >
> > > > Another thing, on the first startup after changing from vcpus=1
> to
> > > > vcpus=2 (or more), Windows needs to install the SMP HAL so it
> will
> > > say
> > > > something like "your hardware has changed and you need to reboot
> for
> > > > the
> > > > change to take effect".
> > > >
> > > > James
> >
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