Virtual Server & processor allocation

10-31-2008

Hi All,

I am trying to install a virtual machine on to my "windows server 2003"
application server. I use Virtual Server 2005 SP1. The box is a dell
poweredge 1425c on with dual core processor in it.

I saw options to allocated % of CPU usage to virtual machines. But I really
want to dedicate one processor to the virtual machine. In that way I can make
sure it always have a fixed processing power.

I wonder if it is possible?

10-31-2008

On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:09:02 -0700, Maani
<Maani@xxxxxx> wrote:

	Quote:
	>Hi All, > >I am trying to install a virtual machine on to my "windows server 2003" >application server. I use Virtual Server 2005 SP1. The box is a dell >poweredge 1425c on with dual core processor in it. > >I saw options to allocated % of CPU usage to virtual machines. But I really >want to dedicate one processor to the virtual machine. In that way I can make >sure it always have a fixed processing power. > >I wonder if it is possible?

You can dedicate 100% of 1 cpu, which would be 50% of your dual core
systems processing power.
If you reserve 100% of the cpu power for your VM, then you'll get 100%
of one core.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

11-03-2008

But how do I select on processor from dual core? My dual core is showing as
one single processor in virtual machine resorce allocation section!

"Steve Jain [MVP]" wrote:

Quote:

> On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 10:09:02 -0700, Maani
> <Maani@xxxxxx> wrote:
>

	Quote:
	> >Hi All, > > > >I am trying to install a virtual machine on to my "windows server 2003" > >application server. I use Virtual Server 2005 SP1. The box is a dell > >poweredge 1425c on with dual core processor in it. > > > >I saw options to allocated % of CPU usage to virtual machines. But I really > >want to dedicate one processor to the virtual machine. In that way I can make > >sure it always have a fixed processing power. > > > >I wonder if it is possible?

>
> You can dedicate 100% of 1 cpu, which would be 50% of your dual core
> systems processing power.
> If you reserve 100% of the cpu power for your VM, then you'll get 100%
> of one core.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> http://vpc.essjae.com/
>

10-31-2008	#1 (permalink)
Maani Guest n/a posts	Virtual Server & processor allocation Hi All, I am trying to install a virtual machine on to my "windows server 2003" application server. I use Virtual Server 2005 SP1. The box is a dell poweredge 1425c on with dual core processor in it. I saw options to allocated % of CPU usage to virtual machines. But I really want to dedicate one processor to the virtual machine. In that way I can make sure it always have a fixed processing power. I wonder if it is possible?
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