Re: [Xen-users] Windows PV drivers

[Adam Goryachev <mailinglists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

BTW, this is my xen cfg file:
builder        = 'hvm'
memory        = 32768
device_model_version    = "qemu-xen"
localtime    = 1
name        = "ptserver26"
cpus        = "6,7,8,9,10,11"
vcpus        = 6
viridian    = 1
disk = [ 'phy:/dev/mapper/mpathpt26,hda,w' ]
vif        = ['bridge=xenbr0, mac=00:16:3e:06:65:26']
boot        = 'cd'
vnc        = 1
vncdisplay    = 26
stdvga        = 1
usb        = 1
usbdevice    = 'tablet'
acpi        = 1
apic        = 1
on_reboot    = 'restart'
on_poweroff    = 'destroy'
on_crash    = 'restart'
audio        = 1
soundhw        = 'sb16'

The domU OS is MS Windows 2012R2 Server

Regards,
Adam

On 06/01/17 12:25, Adam Goryachev wrote:
> On 05/01/17 20:40, Éliás Tamás wrote:
> > Hi.
> >
> > > Are you able to advise what I might have done wrong in this process?
> > Seemes to me correct, I'm just missing a step, where the system asks for
> > wether or not to trust "Linux foundation", when installing the drivers?!
> Sorry, I had already done this previously when attempting the 
> installs, and I had set the option to always trust drivers from this 
> source.
> > Start a CMD.EXE as admin, and pls see dpinst.exe /? options. I recommend
> > to first do a complete uninstallation (and if you have older drivers
> > like glpv, uninstall them as well).
> >
> > By manually starting dpinst.exe you will have more options to see what
> > has failed. What is written in the system logs/application log? There
> > must be a reasoning there.
> Before I got this email, I decided maybe I should uninstall the GPLPV 
> drivers, so I did that, and then installed all the drivers and they 
> all worked. Except now I can't startup the VM. It boots and sits with 
> the spinning circle forever (overnight...)
> I can startup in safe mode, and tried to re-install all the drivers ( 
> version 8.1.0 ) and they were all successful, but I still can't bootup 
> in "normal mode", only safe mode will work.
> Should I start over? (I have a LV snapshot I can revert to...)
> If I start over, how should I proceed?
> a) Remove all GPLPV drivers
> b) reboot
> c) Install all 8.1.0 version of drivers
> d) reboot
>
> Or skip B, or something else?
>
> Thank you again for your help.
>
> Regards,
> Adam
>
> > > > However, as a personal experience, I recommend for you to wait till 
> > > > the
> > > > final release of
> > > >
> > > > https://xenbits.xen.org/pvdrivers/win/8.2.0/
> > > >
> > > > (logo testing is just done, so we can expect the signed version withi
> > > > 1-2 months hopefully)
> > > Do you mean because it is easier to install, or because it is more
> > > stable (fixes some bugs in 8.1.0)?
> > It is installed absolutely the same way, it has just a more mature more
> > compatible and generally better codebase.
> >
> > > Is it possible to simply install the current version of 8.2.0, and then
> > > update when the final release is done?
> > It is, but currently those drivers are not signed, which menas, you have
> > to enable testsigning if you want them to work. (BCDEDIT.EXE
> > /TESTSIGNING ON)
> >
> > > Regards,
> > > Adam
> > >
> > > > 2017-01-04 14:26 keltezéssel, Adam Goryachev írta:
> > > > > Hi all,
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm in the process of upgrading from xen 4.1 to xen 4.4 and have a
> > > > > number of windows domU's running Windows Server 2012R2 with one of 
> > > > > the
> > > > > ejb versions of the GPLPV drivers installed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Can anyone advise which are the best drivers to install for 
> > > > > production
> > > > > use today, and how they went about installing them?
> > > > >
> > > > > So far, I've managed to boot my testing domU under 4.4, but I can't
> > > > > install the drivers form
> > > > > https://xenproject.org/downloads/windows-pv-drivers.html even after
> > > > > installing the certificate.
> > > > >
> > > > > I would prefer to use debian testing, but would I perhaps be 
> > > > > better off
> > > > > switching to XenServer and using the XenServer version of the PV
> > > > > drivers? Or can I use the XenServer version of the drivers with plain
> > > > > debian + xen?
> > > > >
> > > > > Would appreciate any advice from others who have managed to get 
> > > > > this to
> > > > > work well, especially in a production environment.
> > > > >
> > > > > Regards,
> > > > > Adam


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