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I've been using VMWare Workstation to play around with various OSes for a while but a few weeks ago I started over from scratch and decided to be semi serious in order to try to get more advanced with Active Directory administration. Ever since I promoted my Server 2012 R2 to be a domain controller (started from scratch with a new forest and everything) and joined my Server 2008R2, Windows 7 and Windows XP VMs to the domain, I have one big issue. No matter what Windows based VM I am in, It will randomly freeze up for about 3 or 4 minutes, and while VMWare is still active and functional the individual VMs aren't. I can toggle between the different VMs, but as soon as I perform one mouse click, everything freezes. All of the commands (ie attempt to close out a window, then attempt to click the start menu, then attempt to send a ctrl alt del command) stack and then execute one after another in a second or two after everything becomes unfrozen. I don't do anything specific to regain functionality, just wait it out for a few minutes. If I happen to have non Windows based VMs powered on, they are frozen too, just at a black screen.
Host Machine:
Windows 10 Pro
VMWare Workstation 12.1 Pro
Intel Core i7 Extreme (Hexacore 4th gen 4960X)
32 GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce 770
Intel 730 480 GB SSD/Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD (VMWare is on the SSD, all VMs live on the HDD)
Six VMs:
Windows Server 2012R2 Datacenter (Domain Controller, DNS)
Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise (SQL Server, future Sharepoint Server)
Windows 7 SP1 Pro
Windows XP SP3 Pro
Fedora Core 23
OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan
All VMs are two processors, two cores each. The two servers have 100GB SATA HDDs and 6GB of RAM each. The four workstations have 80 GB HDDs and 5 GB of RAM each, except for the XP VM which I configured with 2. All OSes at this point are still mostly stock, except for XP, which I applied the registry trick so I can still get monthly security patches.
- To my recollection this only started happening after adding those other virtual PCs to the domain
- I usually don't have more than 2 or 3 VMs powered up simultaneously.
- No events are triggered in the Event Viewers of my host PC or any of the individual VMs
Any help would be appreciated, I'm not really sure where to begin. I really don't want to demote/decommission the Server 2012R2 domain controller and put everything back in a workgroup and try it all over again.
Host Machine:
Windows 10 Pro
VMWare Workstation 12.1 Pro
Intel Core i7 Extreme (Hexacore 4th gen 4960X)
32 GB DDR3 RAM
GeForce 770
Intel 730 480 GB SSD/Seagate Barracuda 2 TB HDD (VMWare is on the SSD, all VMs live on the HDD)
Six VMs:
Windows Server 2012R2 Datacenter (Domain Controller, DNS)
Windows Server 2008R2 Enterprise (SQL Server, future Sharepoint Server)
Windows 7 SP1 Pro
Windows XP SP3 Pro
Fedora Core 23
OS X 10.11.3 El Capitan
All VMs are two processors, two cores each. The two servers have 100GB SATA HDDs and 6GB of RAM each. The four workstations have 80 GB HDDs and 5 GB of RAM each, except for the XP VM which I configured with 2. All OSes at this point are still mostly stock, except for XP, which I applied the registry trick so I can still get monthly security patches.
- To my recollection this only started happening after adding those other virtual PCs to the domain
- I usually don't have more than 2 or 3 VMs powered up simultaneously.
- No events are triggered in the Event Viewers of my host PC or any of the individual VMs
Any help would be appreciated, I'm not really sure where to begin. I really don't want to demote/decommission the Server 2012R2 domain controller and put everything back in a workgroup and try it all over again.
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Had a problem with Server '08R2 so I removed it for the time being. Installed Win 8.1 and Server '16 Preview. Booted all 7 up at the same time, logged on and 10 minutes later 100% disk usage and 80% memory usage. While all VMs are slow, not as slow as I would have thought, no freeze ups or total black screens.
Sorry for the delay. Been a fun week so far at work.
Disk usage is at 100%, or close to it on my D: drive pretty much the entire time I run VMs. Right now I have three running and it's been pegged at 100% almost the entire time. I was thinking this was normal, on second thought, I'm guessing not?
Disk usage is at 100%, or close to it on my D: drive pretty much the entire time I run VMs. Right now I have three running and it's been pegged at 100% almost the entire time. I was thinking this was normal, on second thought, I'm guessing not?
Probably you are swapping memory out to disk too much.
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/m...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008885
Read to the section:
Edit the virtual machine settings to reduce I/O usage by using more host memory
http://joshrobi.blogspot.com/2012/04/fix-for-excessive-vmware-disk-activity.html
Maybe try this first as in the second link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=vmware+100%+disk+usage&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
NOTE I am not down in the trenches as a system admin anymore and cant verify location of settings on a newer live system, but the principles are still the same.
https://kb.vmware.com/selfservice/m...nguage=en_US&cmd=displayKC&externalId=1008885
Read to the section:
Edit the virtual machine settings to reduce I/O usage by using more host memory
http://joshrobi.blogspot.com/2012/04/fix-for-excessive-vmware-disk-activity.html
Maybe try this first as in the second link:
https://www.google.com/search?q=vmware+100%+disk+usage&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
NOTE I am not down in the trenches as a system admin anymore and cant verify location of settings on a newer live system, but the principles are still the same.
Thanks, I will check out the links tomorrow. And see what changes I can make.
I Googled it as well, and came to an article where someone mentioned that decreasing the processors helped his situation. I shut down the virtual machines and edited the properties, and went down to 1 processor with 2 cores still. It did seem to help, but as you can see it's fluctuating a lot, it's just not pegged anymore. Server 2012R2, 8.1 and Server 2016 are booted up, and Server 2016 was installing what appeared to be a massive update.
After the update, and reboot with everything idle.
Never the less, I will looks into the settings you mentioned and report back. Thanks again!
I Googled it as well, and came to an article where someone mentioned that decreasing the processors helped his situation. I shut down the virtual machines and edited the properties, and went down to 1 processor with 2 cores still. It did seem to help, but as you can see it's fluctuating a lot, it's just not pegged anymore. Server 2012R2, 8.1 and Server 2016 are booted up, and Server 2016 was installing what appeared to be a massive update.
After the update, and reboot with everything idle.
Never the less, I will looks into the settings you mentioned and report back. Thanks again!
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Apple has finally released their Apple TV 4K with built-in Siri and a microphone so it can respond to your queries even if you don't have the remote. It also increases in price, to $299. I had been planning on updating my current Apple TV 4K streamers, but that's $600 for the two of them, and that's a pass at this point.
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
At $299, it had better come with 256 GB of Storage, Gigabit (or better) Ethernet, the latest HDMI tech and standards, and one year of free Apple One. But it probably won't…
Apple TV 4K
Apple TV 4K. New Siri AI and hands-free control. Stunning picture and immersive HomePod surround sound. Works with your Apple and smart home devices.
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. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
they all do that anyways.. ever notice your cell phone slows down when you come up for an upgrade..
. apple's been making money off of software and not hardware for a while
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But.....if you like Tulsa King....looks like you would probably like this as well. I don't mind spin-offs as long as they don't involve a sassy niece who moves from the big cityAnother Tulsa King spin off.
I thought I would come here and find lots of complaints about the update to the dish anywhere mobile app, but am not seeing any. It used to look just like the desktop webpage. Now you can no longer filter by sports channels or movie channels. Plus that they made it look like a big button telephone and you see fewer channels in the screen which requires more scrolling. Yes I realize you can look at sports then select which sport you want to look at, I just liked being able to see all sporting events in the guide with all other channels being filtered out. Am I alone in the wilderness on this?
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Anyone else watch this show? Any guesses as to what was in the box Gibbs gave to Abby that was on her desk? It look liked it was glowing.
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
I also heard that someone was leaving the show at the end of this season. Any guesses as to who thats going to be?
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Tony as the director.
Would you rather have LaRoche ???Tony as the director.
No. Bring in someone new.
Tony is not serious enough for me. Parker is too close to the team and Tim is too young to take over IMO.
I don't think Tim and Tony are that far apart in Age ...No. Bring in someone new.
Remember what Tony said to Tim when they first got back together ...
Tony said: I am the New Tony, Tim .... (something to that effect)
Tony has changed, he's been running his Security Business ... I'm sure he has grown up.
Give it time ... your judging the New Tony from the old Tony.
It sounds like Tim won't be around the Team much longer either.
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Might be worth a watch when it comes out. Looks like typical big corp against the little guy movie BUT....there is a reason this plot type is so oft repeated, it draws audiences.
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If you're going try to read / listen to the book (can't recommend the audio book enough) before this comes out, I'd avoid trailers.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
Trailer below, spoiling it to make sure you read the above bold message first. The book / audio book are fantastic. Go into this blind if you can IMO!
Kind of disappointed at how much they show. A lot still to see, but man, some good reveals in the book that are just served up here.
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"Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
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'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
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That's what I will be watching this weekend."Project Hail Mary" should be on Prime Video starting Friday, July 3.
'It Is Time Go!' — Project Hail Mary Is Officially Coming to Prime Video
Amazon has confirmed that Project Hail Mary will be coming to Prime Video.
