[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> John,
>
> I just applied your suggestion
>
> #virt-install -n solHVM1 --hvm --vnc -r 10240 -f /xvm/solHVM1/root.img 
> -s 16  -c /iso/sol-os-platform-dvd.iso --vcpus=4
>
> while this was running, on another terminal window I used virsh to 
> vcpupin the domain CPUs.  Below the ouput from xm list
>
> However, no improvement , it is actually slower, this time it stopped at 
> "Setting up Java, please wait".  After 8 minutes, it continued to the 
> "Extracting Windowing system" step.
>
> Do you know if you have this issue when using Sol10u4 instead of snv_75a 
> for the domU ??
>
> Thanks,
>
> J. Cardozo
>
> # xm vcpu-list
> Name                              ID  VCPU   CPU State   Time(s) CPU 
> Affinity
> Domain-0                           0     0     6   -b-     106.0 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     1     9   -b-      52.7 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     2     8   -b-      67.6 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     3     9   -b-      79.8 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     4     1   -b-      13.7 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     5    11   -b-      10.2 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     6     7   -b-      31.5 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     7    15   -b-      34.8 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     8    12   r--       8.7 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0     9     0   -b-      23.4 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    10    10   -b-       5.9 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    11    14   -b-       5.9 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    12    13   -b-       2.7 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    13     1   -b-      31.2 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    14     7   -b-       7.3 any cpu
> Domain-0                           0    15     7   -b-       1.8 any cpu
> solHVM1                            2     0     2   -b-     217.1 2
> solHVM1                            2     1     3   r--     260.3 3
> solHVM1                            2     2     4   r--     179.7 4
> solHVM1                            2     3     5   r--     185.5 5
>
>
> John Levon wrote:
>   
>> On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 07:42:01PM -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>   
>>     
>>> I'm running a Solaris xVM using release 75a on a Sun X4600 with 8 AMD 
>>> dual core cpus, 32 GB RAM
>>>
>>> However, if I try to create a HVM domain with parameter --vcpus=4 the 
>>> installation is really slow.  The OS boots, I can select that it is a 
>>>     
>>>       
>> See:
>>
>> 6637641 Poor Performance when booting SMP Solaris HVM Guest
>> 6624975 Solaris HVM spins in tsc_gethrtime_delta() with too many vcpus
>> 6655586 s10 HVM MP domain hangs
>>
>> If you pin the VCPUs to individual real CPUs (virsh vcpupin), does that
>> help at all?
>>
>> regards
>> john
>>   
>>     
>
>   
I don't have such a delay on my mobile Pentium 4 with B78.  Both are 
about equal to get to setup.

James
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