Re: windows 2008 "falling asleep" under KVM

[Gleb Natapov <gleb@redhat.com>]

On Mon, Jul 15, 2013 at 10:56:41AM +0200, Nikola Ciprich wrote:
> Hello Gleb,
> 
> please note, it's windows 2008, not windows8, not sure whether there's
> some significant difference, though..
> 
Heh, indeed. I wonder where I get this windows8 thing from. Windows 2008
is a server OS so much less tuned to save power, so probably it is not
power related after all.

> > Disable device powersave:
> > - Control Panel -> Network & Internet -> Network Connections
> > - Right-click on desired interface, and select "Properties"
> > - Click the "Configure" button on the interface properties
> > - Under the "Advanced" tab, look for power-saving related options and
> >   set to "Disabled"
> > - Under the "Power Management" tab, uncheck "Allow computer to turn off
> >   this device to save power"
> > - Save & Reboot
> 
> I forgot to mention that, I'm using virtio network driver, and it
> doesn't seem to support any power managemt (which is not surprising
> I guess)
> 
> 
> > 
> > In addition:
> > - Control Panel -> Hardware & Sound -> Power Options
> there's no sound card there..
It is sound and _hardware_ not sure why MS separated sound from HW :)

> 
> > - Select "High performance"
> done already.
> 
> > - By the selected power profile, select "Change Plan Settings"
> > - In the "Edit Plan Settings", select "Change advanced power settings"
> > - See if there is something relevant to network connection there and if
> >   yes change it to not sleep
> everything was already disabled...
> > - Save & Reboot
> 
> 
> maybe I should try using realtek network device instead of virtio?
> 
Try it and see if it changes anything. When you say it becomes
unreachable over network what does it mean? Network share disappears or
you could ping it before but cannot any more?

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			Gleb.