Ah, so that will edit the XML, right? Did you know anywhere in the docs that the VM settings are mentioned?
On Thu, 5 Dec 2024 at 10:06, Nischal P <nischalnisc...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Muhammad > > > You can stop the VM and in the settings you can use "nicAdapter" And > value "virtio" > Start the VM and check, if the drivers are present it should have used > virtio in the Guest OS > > > > Thanks > Nischal > > > On Thu, 5 Dec, 2024, 4:21 am Muhammad Hanis Irfan Mohd Zaid, < > hanisirfan.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Okay I can edit the VM XML to use virtio NIC model instead. > > > > > https://askubuntu.com/questions/552036/where-is-the-list-of-supported-device-emulations-in-kvm > > > > But, is there an option on the UI/API to select NIC model during/after VM > > creation? If not, maybe a new feature that can be added in future > versions. > > My suggestion since CloudStack UI looks more like a public cloud use, to > > allow changing the model only by Administrators. > > > > On Wed, 4 Dec 2024, 12:36 Muhammad Hanis Irfan Mohd Zaid, < > > hanisirfan.w...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > I have a VM running Windows Server 2022 on a KVM hypervisor. Currently, > > > it's using Intel PRO/1000 MT as the network adapter. I would like for > it > > to > > > use VirtIO NIC as I've already installed the necessary drivers and QEMU > > > agent. How can I do it? Based on this ( > > > > > > https://users.cloudstack.apache.narkive.com/wDIB00YQ/how-do-you-customize-cs-vms-on-kvm > > > ): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > *Normally (at least with KVM):- The base disk (OS) will be IDE- All > extra > > > disks will be VirtIO- Networking depends on the 'OS Type' (not sure > where > > > this is defined atthe backend)- To use VirtIO Networking, select the OS > > > Type of 'Other PV (xx-bit)'* > > > > > > Any way to change the defaults? > > > > > > Another question is regarding Ceph RDB performance for primary storage. > > > We've a virtualized Ceph cluster running on vSphere (I know is not the > > best > > > setup). The underlying ESXi is running at least 10G NICs. The Ceph VMs > > are > > > using VMXNET3 for its NIC, and SCSI controller for the disks. vSphere > > > datastore is using iSCSI SAN from Dell with, maybe as I remembered, > > 7200RPM > > > HDDs. 5 Ceph nodes, 2 OSD (1 TiB) each. I'm getting around 11 MiB > Client > > > Throughput at most on Ceph. I felt quite significant slow performance > for > > > operations e.g. converting snapshot/volume to template, launching new > VMs > > > etc. > > > > > > Any thoughts? > > > > > >
