bhyve server 2016 lockup

[Jakub Chromy]

Dave,

you got working Windows guest with virtio-blk?

I thought it was still unstable. I've tested virtio storage (on bhyve) + 
virtio storage drivers on several windows guest  ~ 2 months ago and they 
were crashing all the time.

So I use ahci-hd with every windows guest we run (from 7 to Win Server 
2012).

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    regards


Jakub Chromy


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On 6.7.2018 12:51, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
> On Fri, 6 Jul 2018, at 10:22, Matt Churchyard wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a server 2016 virtual machine which I only created for testing
>> and don't use much. Booting it up recently I've found that it locks up
>> consistently within a few minutes of booting. What can I do to try and
>> figure out what's causing the problem?
>>
>> Host was recently updated to 11.2
>> # uname -a
>> FreeBSD dev.--- 11.2-RELEASE FreeBSD 11.2-RELEASE #0 r335510: Fri Jun 22
>> 04:32:14 UTC 2018     root at releng2.nyi.freebsd.org:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/
>> GENERIC  amd64
>>
>> Bhyve command is as follows
>> # bhyve -c 2 -m 2G -Huwl bootrom,/usr/local/share/uefi-firmware/
>> BHYVE_UEFI.fd
>>    -U 841e8764-75f4-11e8-b2e3-50e549369bc6 -l com1,stdio
>>    -s 0,hostbridge -s 31,lpc -s 3:0,ahci-cd,/vm/.config/null.iso -s
>> 4:0,ahci-hd,/vm/w2016/disk0.img -s 5:0,e1000,tap1,mac=58:9c:fc:08:8e:70
>>    -s 6:0,fbuf,tcp=0.0.0.0:5900 -s 7:0,xhci,tablet w2016
> Hi Matt,
>
> try using virtio for nic & storage to start with. I've used specifically these drivers https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.96/virtio-win-0.1.96.iso and had trouble with both later and earlier drivers, YMMV, and I sadly forget where I got this advice.
>
> Also, it’s possible to install virtio drivers directly from the CD without pointy-clicky stupidness. Just add the CD to your bhyve command, in a later "PCI slot" than the existing “hard disk”, as the lowest numbered slot is what’s used to boot from AFAICT.
>
> - open an elevated command prompt
> - run for /d %i in (d:\*) do @pnputil -a %i\w7\amd64\*.inf (you may need a different driver than w7 here)
> - some of those will fail but just carry on
> - reboot FTW
>
> more notes here on my bhyve setup https://hackmd.io/s/rJvJuE-CW#
>
> A+
> Dave
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