From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (firstgate.proxmox.com [212.224.123.68]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by lists.proxmox.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0AD6C706BD for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:59:23 +0200 (CEST) Received: from firstgate.proxmox.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTP id BA6E615A20 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:58:52 +0200 (CEST) Received: from willy.nopanicsystems.net (willy.nopanicsystems.net [37.24.231.195]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by firstgate.proxmox.com (Proxmox) with ESMTPS id 7CA7315A16 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:58:51 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by willy.nopanicsystems.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id C4A122360002 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:51:31 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at willy.nopanicsystems.net Received: from willy.nopanicsystems.net ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (willy.nopanicsystems.net [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with LMTP id 3k4xFExcpY0Q for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:51:27 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [10.100.100.13] (unknown [10.100.100.13]) (Authenticated sender: stefan@fuhrmann.homedns.org) by willy.nopanicsystems.net (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id D0A922360001 for ; Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:51:26 +0200 (CEST) To: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com References: From: Stefan Fuhrmann Message-ID: Date: Sat, 3 Apr 2021 10:51:26 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.7.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Language: en-US X-SPAM-LEVEL: Spam detection results: 1 KAM_ASCII_DIVIDERS 0.8 Spam that uses ascii formatting tricks KAM_DMARC_STATUS 0.01 Test Rule for DKIM or SPF Failure with Strict Alignment KAM_LAZY_DOMAIN_SECURITY 1 Sending domain does not have any anti-forgery methods NICE_REPLY_A -0.001 Looks like a legit reply (A) SPF_HELO_NONE 0.001 SPF: HELO does not publish an SPF Record SPF_NONE 0.001 SPF: sender does not publish an SPF Record Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Windows sever 2016 vm with very high ram usage X-BeenThere: pve-user@lists.proxmox.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Proxmox VE user list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2021 08:59:23 -0000 Ahoi,  you have to installthe drivers: https://pve.proxmox.com/wiki/Windows_VirtIO_Drivers Stefan Am 29.03.21 um 15:37 schrieb Leandro Roggerone: > Hi guys , thanks for your words , have some feedback: > > Maybe Proxmox cannot look inside the VM for the actual memory usage because > the VirtIO balloon driver is not installed or active? Or maybe the other > 90% is in use as Windows file cache? > I think so ... > Dont know about windows file cache ... > > Have you installed the VirtIO drivers for Windows? Are you assigning too > many vCPUs or memory? Can you share the VM configuration file? Can you tell > us something about your Proxmox hardware and version? > No , I have not ... now you mentioned im reading about VirtIO , I will try > to install and let you know how it goes > Should install it no my pve box or directly inside windows vm ? > I'm assigning max vCPUs abailables (24 , 4 sockets 6 cores) and 32gb for > memory. > (I really don't know about any criteria to assign vcpus) > > This is VM config file: > > root@pve:~# cat /etc/pve/nodes/pve/qemu-server/107.conf > > bootdisk: ide0 > > cores: 6 > > ide0: local-lvm:vm-107-disk-0,size=150G > > ide1: local-lvm:vm-107-disk-1,size=350G > > ide2: > local:iso/Windows_Server_2016_Datacenter_EVAL_en-us_14393_refresh.ISO,media=cdrom,size=6808810K > > memory: 32768 > > name: KAIKENII > > net0: e1000=1A:F1:10:BF:92:0A,bridge=vmbr3,firewall=1 > > numa: 0 > > ostype: win10 > > scsihw: virtio-scsi-pci > > smbios1: uuid=daf8f767-59c7-4e87-b3be-75d4a8020c38 > > sockets: 4 > > vmgenid: a7634624-1230-4a3e-9e7c-255d32ad2030 > > My PVE is: > CPU(s) 24 x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X5680 @ 3.33GHz (2 Sockets) > Kernel Version Linux 5.0.15-1-pve #1 SMP PVE 5.0.15-1 (Wed, 03 Jul 2019 > 10:51:57 +0200) > PVE Manager Version pve-manager/6.0-4/2a719255 > Total Mem = 64GB. > > That's all. > Thanks > > > > > El vie, 26 mar 2021 a las 11:40, Arjen via pve-user (< > pve-user@lists.proxmox.com>) escribió: > >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Arjen >> To: Proxmox VE user list >> Cc: >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:39:13 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Windows sever 2016 vm with very high ram usage >> On Friday, March 26th, 2021 at 15:28, Leandro Roggerone < >> leandro@tecnetmza.com.ar> wrote: >> >>> Hi guys , Just wanted to share this with you. >>> >>> After creating a VM for a windows sever 2016 with 32 GB ram I can >>> >>> see continuos high memory usage (about 99-100%). >>> >>> I have no running task , since it is a fresh server and from task manager >>> >>> can see a 10% of memory usage. >>> >>> Regarding those confusing differences, server performance is very bad. >> Maybe Proxmox cannot look inside the VM for the actual memory usage >> because the VirtIO balloon driver is not installed or active? Or maybe the >> other 90% is in use as Windows file cache? >> >>> User experience is very poor with a non fluent user interface. >>> >>> Is there something to do / check to improve this ? >> Have you installed the VirtIO drivers for Windows? Are you assigning too >> many vCPUs or memory? Can you share the VM configuration file? Can you tell >> us something about your Proxmox hardware and version? >> >>> Any advice would be welcome. >> >> Maybe search the forum for similar Windows performance questions? >> >> >> https://forum.proxmox.com/forums/proxmox-ve-installation-and-configuration.16/ >> >>> Thanks. >> best of luck, Arjen >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> From: Arjen via pve-user >> To: Proxmox VE user list >> Cc: Arjen >> Bcc: >> Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2021 14:39:13 +0000 >> Subject: Re: [PVE-User] Windows sever 2016 vm with very high ram usage >> _______________________________________________ >> pve-user mailing list >> pve-user@lists.proxmox.com >> https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user >> > _______________________________________________ > pve-user mailing list > pve-user@lists.proxmox.com > https://lists.proxmox.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pve-user