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Discus and support Getting almost Native performance on W10 VM running on KVM in Windows 10 Virtualization to solve the problem; Hi folks I've often mentioned using passthru on things like graphics and network cards to squeeze the maximum performance of VM's - particularly... Discussion in 'Windows 10 Virtualization' started by jimbo45, Jan 1, 2021.

  1. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User

    Getting almost Native performance on W10 VM running on KVM


    Hi folks

    I've often mentioned using passthru on things like graphics and network cards to squeeze the maximum performance of VM's - particularly Windows VM's.

    I refer you to this excellent article which explains some of the principles involved (although on a KVM Host there's no reason why the principles shouldn't be used on HYPER-V as a Host). Basically using the Native OS drivers essentially on "almost Bare metal" --- the HYPERVISOR whatever one you use is really a tiny OS so the overhead is essentially very near ZERO.

    Running Windows 10 on Linux using KVM with VGA Passthrough - Heiko's Blog

    anyway enjoy !! Nice reading if you are in a "Lockdown" so can't go out boozing / celebrating this New years eve.

    Have a good (and SAFE) new year everyone --I'm sure 2021 will be much better than 2020 !!!

    Cheers
    jimbo

    :)
     
    jimbo45, Jan 1, 2021
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  2. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User

    KVM Host --W10 VM with HYPER -V running another VM (Nesting)


    Hi there.

    It seems some CPU's will handle HYPER-V in a VM running on a Host where a HYPERVISOR (KVM in this case) is already running.
    One needs to make a few mods otherwise booting up the VM running UNDER the HYPER-V (the 2nd level VM) will freeze.

    I'm currently playing with this -- it looks like some modules from QEMU need to be updated -- and one needs to use IOMMU to get any sort of decent I/O throughput - even on SSD's.

    I'll post back when I've got some better results -- note I haven't a CLUE about AMD CPU's . I think also getting USB and SOUND on to the second level VM could be a problem. PCI passthru is pretty easy from the KVM Host to the Windows VM (ist level) but passing that to the second level VM is proving somewhat problematical.

    (HOST --CENTOS 7 with KVM, ist level VM W10 pro with HYPER-V enabled, second level VM W7 ultimate -- all x-64 machines).

    I believe also performance can be improved by switching from Full virtualisation to "Para virtualision" on the guests -- easily enough done with settings in KVM - but then passthru gets a bit ????.

    Anyway I've got some time to play with all this --when I'm done I'll post a guide. It should work also for most other common Linux distros capable of running KVM.

    Tip - don't use the libvirt manager GUI as a console for your VM's as once in Full screen you can't always get back to Windowed mode -- might be my mouse etc. Use RDP / VNC instead -- no problem connecting to VM's even if you are running the VM's on your local machine.

    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Jan 1, 2021
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  3. SAGARNIKAM
    sagarnikam Win User
    KVM Host --W10 VM with HYPER -V running another VM (Nesting)


    Hi,

    I would also like to try this on Ubuntu 14.04
    Can you please let me know how to get it working.
    You mentioned that some modules of QEMU needs to be updated.
    Any details on how to get this working will be helpful

    Regards,
    Sagar

     
    sagarnikam, Jan 1, 2021
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  4. JIMBO45
    jimbo45 Win User

    Getting almost Native performance on W10 VM running on KVM

    KVM - Windows 10 VM running with IE


    Hi there

    Here's another VM running under KVM -- W10 showing IE running on it.


    Getting almost Native performance on W10 VM running on KVM [​IMG]


    Cheers
    jimbo
     
    jimbo45, Jan 1, 2021
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