Sometimes I just need my blog as a reminder or a database to find something in a few months so this is exactly one of this blog posts. Microsoft has a TechNet article where they describe the best practices for Linux VMs running on Hyper-V 2012 or Hyper-V 2012 R2. The article is a list of recommendations for running Linux virtual machine on Hyper-V.
Right now they have 4 recommendations on the list (Source Microsoft TechNet):
- Use static MAC addresses with failover clustering.
- Use Hyper-V-specific network adapters, not the legacy network adapter.
- Use I/O scheduler NOOP for better disk I/O performance.
- Add “numa=off” if the Linux virtual machine has more than 7 virtual processors or more than 30 GB RAM.
Tags: Hyper-V, Linux, Linux on Hyper-V, Microsoft, NOOP, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, VM, Windows Server, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2 Last modified: September 2, 2018
Hey Thomas,
The overall situation of integration services changed within the past years and stepped up to a good Level.
But at the moment it seems almost of the supported Linux Systems have Problems with the hvp daemons.
They’ve almost rocky/broken (VSS) Support . (except SLES 11 SP3 and actual open Suse based on LIS 3.1)
Do you have any further real life experience to share or know someone whos virtualizing Linux based Systems on Hyper-V in a professional manner?
greetings from Berlin