VPC 2004 SP1 - Hangs or Get "An error has occurred"
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From: ohaya on 16 Jul 2006 18:55 Hi, I've been using VPC for awhile now, but I've been starting to use VPC more frequently for testing. This is on a machine with Win2K Server and 2.5GB of memory. I've noticed that I'm frequently getting situations where VPC (and the guest hosts) will either freeze completely, or I get a popup error saying "An error has occurred" (and asking if I want to send something to MS). This happens frequently when I try to run the following guests: Guest1: Win2K Server SP4, 900MB memory allocated Guest2: Win2K Server SP4, 700MB memory allocated Guest3: Win2K Server SP4, 512MB memory allocated I especially notice this happening when more than one of the guests happen to be trying to start simultaenously, but it'll happen even when I start the guests one at a time. The total memory allocated for the guests is about 2.1GB, and I'm wondering if the ~400MB that is left for the host might not be enough and causing these problems? Thanks, Jim
From: Colin Barnhorst on 16 Jul 2006 22:37 One way to find out is to reduce the ram allocated until the problem dissappears. "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:O8nzZrSqGHA.4508(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > Hi, > > I've been using VPC for awhile now, but I've been starting to use VPC more > frequently for testing. This is on a machine with Win2K Server and 2.5GB > of memory. > > I've noticed that I'm frequently getting situations where VPC (and the > guest hosts) will either freeze completely, or I get a popup error saying > "An error has occurred" (and asking if I want to send something to MS). > This happens frequently when I try to run the following guests: > > Guest1: Win2K Server SP4, 900MB memory allocated > Guest2: Win2K Server SP4, 700MB memory allocated > Guest3: Win2K Server SP4, 512MB memory allocated > > I especially notice this happening when more than one of the guests happen > to be trying to start simultaenously, but it'll happen even when I start > the guests one at a time. > > The total memory allocated for the guests is about 2.1GB, and I'm > wondering if the ~400MB that is left for the host might not be enough and > causing these problems? > > Thanks, > Jim
From: ohaya on 17 Jul 2006 08:48 Colin, Unless I'm misunderstanding your suggestion, I don't think that I can do that, because if I reduce the memory allocated for the guest hosts, as I posted originally, the apps that I'm running in the guest hosts (in particular, two instances of BEA WebLogic in the larger guests) won't run. I've increased the pagefile size on the larger guests to over 2.5GB, but am still having the problem. I have an additional 2GB of RAM on order and will try that when it gets here, but if anyone has any other suggestions, please post. Also FYI, I have VM Additions installed on all 3 guests. Jim Colin Barnhorst wrote: > One way to find out is to reduce the ram allocated until the problem > dissappears. > > "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message > news:O8nzZrSqGHA.4508(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> Hi, >> >> I've been using VPC for awhile now, but I've been starting to use VPC more >> frequently for testing. This is on a machine with Win2K Server and 2.5GB >> of memory. >> >> I've noticed that I'm frequently getting situations where VPC (and the >> guest hosts) will either freeze completely, or I get a popup error saying >> "An error has occurred" (and asking if I want to send something to MS). >> This happens frequently when I try to run the following guests: >> >> Guest1: Win2K Server SP4, 900MB memory allocated >> Guest2: Win2K Server SP4, 700MB memory allocated >> Guest3: Win2K Server SP4, 512MB memory allocated >> >> I especially notice this happening when more than one of the guests happen >> to be trying to start simultaenously, but it'll happen even when I start >> the guests one at a time. >> >> The total memory allocated for the guests is about 2.1GB, and I'm >> wondering if the ~400MB that is left for the host might not be enough and >> causing these problems? >> >> Thanks, >> Jim > >
From: ohaya on 19 Jul 2006 22:45 Hi, I just got the additional 2GB in today, and installed it. Unfortunately, my mobo apparently only can handle ~3.3GB, even with 4 sticks of 1GB RAM. Anyway, it's about 700MB more than I had before, and the guest hosts STILL hang occasionally. I'm running a memory test now, to see if that could be the problem, but does anyone have any other ideas about what the problem might be? I've also increased the swap disk size on each guest to about 2.5GB, but still the same problem :(!! Jim ohaya wrote: > > Colin, > > Unless I'm misunderstanding your suggestion, I don't think that I can do > that, because if I reduce the memory allocated for the guest hosts, as I > posted originally, the apps that I'm running in the guest hosts (in > particular, two instances of BEA WebLogic in the larger guests) won't run. > > I've increased the pagefile size on the larger guests to over 2.5GB, but > am still having the problem. > > I have an additional 2GB of RAM on order and will try that when it gets > here, but if anyone has any other suggestions, please post. Also FYI, I > have VM Additions installed on all 3 guests. > > Jim > > Colin Barnhorst wrote: > > One way to find out is to reduce the ram allocated until the problem > > dissappears. > > > > "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message > > news:O8nzZrSqGHA.4508(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > >> Hi, > >> > >> I've been using VPC for awhile now, but I've been starting to use VPC more > >> frequently for testing. This is on a machine with Win2K Server and 2.5GB > >> of memory. > >> > >> I've noticed that I'm frequently getting situations where VPC (and the > >> guest hosts) will either freeze completely, or I get a popup error saying > >> "An error has occurred" (and asking if I want to send something to MS). > >> This happens frequently when I try to run the following guests: > >> > >> Guest1: Win2K Server SP4, 900MB memory allocated > >> Guest2: Win2K Server SP4, 700MB memory allocated > >> Guest3: Win2K Server SP4, 512MB memory allocated > >> > >> I especially notice this happening when more than one of the guests happen > >> to be trying to start simultaenously, but it'll happen even when I start > >> the guests one at a time. > >> > >> The total memory allocated for the guests is about 2.1GB, and I'm > >> wondering if the ~400MB that is left for the host might not be enough and > >> causing these problems? > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Jim > > > >
From: Colin Barnhorst on 19 Jul 2006 23:19
That is normal on XP x86. "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message news:44BEEE64.E165BAD3(a)cox.net... > Hi, > > I just got the additional 2GB in today, and installed it. > Unfortunately, my mobo apparently only can handle ~3.3GB, even with 4 > sticks of 1GB RAM. Anyway, it's about 700MB more than I had before, and > the guest hosts STILL hang occasionally. > > I'm running a memory test now, to see if that could be the problem, but > does anyone have any other ideas about what the problem might be? > > I've also increased the swap disk size on each guest to about 2.5GB, but > still the same problem :(!! > > Jim > > > > ohaya wrote: >> >> Colin, >> >> Unless I'm misunderstanding your suggestion, I don't think that I can do >> that, because if I reduce the memory allocated for the guest hosts, as I >> posted originally, the apps that I'm running in the guest hosts (in >> particular, two instances of BEA WebLogic in the larger guests) won't >> run. >> >> I've increased the pagefile size on the larger guests to over 2.5GB, but >> am still having the problem. >> >> I have an additional 2GB of RAM on order and will try that when it gets >> here, but if anyone has any other suggestions, please post. Also FYI, I >> have VM Additions installed on all 3 guests. >> >> Jim >> >> Colin Barnhorst wrote: >> > One way to find out is to reduce the ram allocated until the problem >> > dissappears. >> > >> > "ohaya" <ohaya(a)cox.net> wrote in message >> > news:O8nzZrSqGHA.4508(a)TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> >> Hi, >> >> >> >> I've been using VPC for awhile now, but I've been starting to use VPC >> >> more >> >> frequently for testing. This is on a machine with Win2K Server and >> >> 2.5GB >> >> of memory. >> >> >> >> I've noticed that I'm frequently getting situations where VPC (and the >> >> guest hosts) will either freeze completely, or I get a popup error >> >> saying >> >> "An error has occurred" (and asking if I want to send something to >> >> MS). >> >> This happens frequently when I try to run the following guests: >> >> >> >> Guest1: Win2K Server SP4, 900MB memory allocated >> >> Guest2: Win2K Server SP4, 700MB memory allocated >> >> Guest3: Win2K Server SP4, 512MB memory allocated >> >> >> >> I especially notice this happening when more than one of the guests >> >> happen >> >> to be trying to start simultaenously, but it'll happen even when I >> >> start >> >> the guests one at a time. >> >> >> >> The total memory allocated for the guests is about 2.1GB, and I'm >> >> wondering if the ~400MB that is left for the host might not be enough >> >> and >> >> causing these problems? >> >> >> >> Thanks, >> >> Jim >> > >> > |