[libvirt-users] shutdown a windows guest take ages..... (20- 34 minutes here)

[weber at zackbummfertig.de]

Hello Peter,

i will give that a try.
But why arent the updates written after first shutdown?
on a normal pc the updates are down after one reboot.
i will do some start - shutdowns like u suggested and message you.

marko



Am 2013-02-04 10:38, schrieb Peter Krempa:
> On 02/02/13 18:34, weber at zackbummfertig.de wrote:
>>
>> hi,
>
> Hi Marko,
>>
>> i use libvirt 1.0.2 (-r1 , gentoo linux).
>> when i create a vm with win7 guest, virtio nic, virtio hdd, all is
>> running fine.
>> but when i shutdown the windows guest, it takes somestimes 20-34 
>> minutes
>> !!!
>> iotop shows me in the whole time writing with 2,xxmb/sec.
>> is the complete machine "rewritten" to disk?
>>
>> i use disk.images on a raid6, but hey, dd shows me it can writes 
>> there
>> with 26mb/sec.
>>
>> any ideas what causes these long shutdown times?
>
> just a quick idea. Wasn't the machine updating? Windows 7 is pulling
> in quite a lot updates during the first few boots and spends ages
> installing them. This would explain the delays and constant disk
> writes.
>
> Please watch the shutdown sequence of the guest to see what it's
> doing at that time. After say 10 start-shutdown cycles the machine
> should be up to date and shut down quickly.
>
>>
>>
>> thanks for any hints,
>>
>> marko
>
>
> Peter