Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

So basically everything will be much easier with the 2.6.35 kernel, as nothing would need to be done apart from simply install a Ubuntu VM in Hyper-V? It would be as simple as installing a Windows OS in Hyper-V? What about mouse integration? Thanks for your help in me trying to understand this.

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Thanks for a great article! It sounds like Ubuntu 9.04 + LIC v2.1 is the best option right now? (until kernel 2.6.35 is released and packaged for Ubuntu)

Also, is there a way to verify that the integration components are working properly? (eg. check network speed somehow? check disk performance?)

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Thanks again so much for your help Matt.

Do you think that Ubuntu with the enlightenment components is just as fast as Windows Server? (ignoring differences in operating systems; I'm wondering if they are both operating at near "native" speed, etc)

I'd think that Windows Server would perform better simply because it was created with Hyper-V in mind, etc.

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

For Ubuntu, you have to adjust /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules too. For example:
...
# PCI device 0x1011:0x0009 (tulip)
SUBSYSTEM=="net", ACTION=="add", DRIVERS=="?*", ATTR{address}=="00:1d:d8:b7:1c:c5", ATTR{dev_id}=="0x0", ATTR{type}=="1", KERNEL=="eth*", NAME="seth0"

Now Ubuntu will present "seth0" instead of "eth0".

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Will have a try with latest 2.6.35 release candidate just to see if I can get vSMP working - that + better shutdown integration are the thing I'm really waiting for. This looks ais it's going to (almost) in par with the level of integration Windows Guests have.

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

I'm trying to install Ubuntu Server 9.04 and the linux-headers are not to be found anywhere and complain that either 1. the package doesn't exist or 2. it's a broken package. I've fumbled around with it for 2-3 hours and can't seem to get things to work properly.

Are there additional steps for server that are not being described in these step-by-step instructions?

Errors:
root@UbuntuServer:/usr/src# apt-get install linux-headers-2.6.18-6-amd64
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
linux-headers-2.6.18-6-amd64: Depends: linux-kbuild-2.6.18 but it is not installable
Depends: gcc-4.1 but it is not installable
E: Broken packages

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment - Debian Etch repositories archived

I came across the same problem as Shane. Finally figured out the Etch repositories were archived earlier this year (2010), shortly around the time Matthew made this post. For method 3 and method 4, change the lines:

##Repositories which contain older versions of the linux kernel (needed for the Hyper-V Linux IC)
deb ftp.us.debian.org/debian etch main
deb security.debian.org/debian-security etch/updates main

to:

##Repositories which contain older versions of the linux kernel (needed for the Hyper-V Linux IC)
deb archive.debian.org/debian/ etch main

A note about the archiving of old Debian respositories is located at www.debian.org/distrib/archive

I successfully implemented method 4 after the repository change.

The post does not mention it but both setup Perl scripts result in errors related to udevcontrol, a tool that has been deprecated and does not exist in Ubuntu 9.04. Ignore them and continue with the instructions to modify /etc/initramfs-tools/modules as instructed.

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Is there no real distinction in regards to Windows virtualization use between Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 OSes other than one being called Windows Virtual PC and the other is getting branded Hyper-V.
I thought they both utilized the same structure under the surface being the only two MS OSes that support Intel's Virtual Technology hardware.

and if the above is some what true, then wouldn't it be feasible to be use the Linux Integration Components for Win7 VPCs without any differences of an issue that those trying to setup LIC on R2?

I managed to get Mepis 8.5 installed on Windows 7 Virtual PC, it does recognize my systems's SMP with the 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp kernel, but it does not have mouse support and the integration seems to be limited to just the Ctrl+Alt+Del button which will activate the shutdown panel in the guest OS offering to shutdown, log off, or restart.

Where I am really confused here is reading what you wrote about vmbus and the hv_vmbus modules?

So the vmbus module is the kernel compiled type? Does this mean users running dated Linux guests VMs likely have to install LinuxIC while those with more recent Linux kernels wont?

I tried that /sbin/modinfo vmbus from the Konsole of Mepis and it said modinfo: could not find the module vmbus

So I then tried the '/sbin/modfinfo hv_vmbus' next and it listed the following:

filename: /lib/modules/2.6.32-1-mepis-smp/kernel/drivers/staging/hv/hv_vmbus.ko
license: GPL
alias: pci:v00001414d00005353sv*sd*bc*sc*i*
alias: dmi*:svn*MicrosoftCorporation*:pn*VirtualMachine*:rn*VirtualMachine*:
depends:
staging: Y
vermagic: 2.6.32-1-mepis-smp SMP preempt mod_unload 686
parm: vmbus_irq:int
parm: vmbus_loglevel:int

Does this mean I am running LinuxIC 2.0?

and back to that vmbus and hv_vmbus confusion. I tried to install that inputvsc file and got the message.

Vmbus driver not installed!
Please install it and rerun.

Is this because of the whole vmbus being kernal and hv_vmbus being LinuxIC? Any idea where I should begin to correct this?

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

I've been using method one on a number of 10.04 (64bit) Ubuntu installs for the past few months. Ubuntu has proven to be rock solid and very fast on Hyper-V...until now. This morning I discovered that one of my VMs had been updated to 2.6.32-24 (the default install was 2.6.32-21), and synthetic networking (seth0) is no longer working. Fortunately I was able to boot into 2.6.32-21 until I can find a fix for this.

As a test, I installed 10.10 alpha (build 2010-08-22), and it appears that networking is also broken on 2.6.35. Any ideas?

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Jason, I'm using Ubuntu Server 10.04-1 with kernel 6.2.35-14 and my network adapter is working as eth1.

Try using ifconfig -a to see what is the name of your adapter.

Re: Ubuntu and Hyper-V: The Paths to Enlightenment

Thanks Matthew and Jurgen. I use method 1.
Instead of # update-initramfs -u I had to run # update-initramfs -k all -u
Interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces and /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules need to be labeled the same, doesn't matter whether it's eth0, seth0 or eth1.
It would be easier though if synthetic network would label itself seth0 all the time.