tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285970135510371565.post659233265905816579..comments2024-03-29T08:01:13.871-04:00Comments on The Dynamics GP Blogster: Microsoft Dynamics GP v10 and supported virtualization platformsMariano Gomezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13267738662239812289noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285970135510371565.post-36928351974926641202012-10-05T14:23:28.150-04:002012-10-05T14:23:28.150-04:00Scott:
There are couple things that come to mind:...Scott:<br /><br />There are couple things that come to mind:<br /><br />1. Run <b>esxtop</b> to compile some stats on your server. You will want to check for two stats in particular: %wait and %idle. If they are too high, it means there's some I/O operation that the server is waiting on.<br /><br />2. When your customer built this VM and loaded Windows on it, how many CPUs got assigned to the VM? You may have a problem with your HAL, in this case, you should be using an SMP HAL, which I can't tell if you are or aren't. Come back with an answer on that.<br /><br />Go into Device Manager, and look under the computer branch, and see what kind of kernel you are running.Mariano Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267738662239812289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285970135510371565.post-83616755112297038862012-10-05T03:46:19.995-04:002012-10-05T03:46:19.995-04:00The SQL server is pegging only when the clients ar...The SQL server is pegging only when the clients are accessing it using GP 2010. I too have other clients using VMWare & SQL/GP 10 with no problems on similar platforms to this one. <br /><br />When I go to the link you listed I cannot find "Dynamics GP", "Microsoft Dynamics GP" or a few other things I searched for. But I guess I don't need to use that, plenty of people are using vmware esx. <br /><br />This new client I set up the SQL Server Cluster, but their VAR did the GP Install. I haven't had access since. I will probably check all the standard things like recovery model, backups, index rebuilds, update statistics, DMV's (of missing indexes etc), run the sql profiler, run the windows perfmon against memory, cpu, & disk. I guess I was just looking for some kind of special caveats you might have encountered with virtual install of GP 2010. <br />Thanks for your time and if you have any more suggestions, they are welcome.<br /><br />ScottScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088445758220641064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285970135510371565.post-11250872123158174152012-10-04T20:15:22.106-04:002012-10-04T20:15:22.106-04:00Scott,
You can access the Server Virtualization V...Scott,<br /><br />You can access the Server Virtualization Validation Program site directly at:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx" rel="nofollow">http://www.windowsservercatalog.com/svvp.aspx</a> <br /><br />I did not get asked for any sign up of any kind.<br /><br />Can you confirm a couple things:<br /><br />1. Is the server pegging even with no clients accessing it? What if you launch GP directly from the server? <br /><br />2. Which server is pegging? The SQL Server or the Windows Server? It would sound like the SQL Server according to what you describe, but I just need to confirm. <br /><br />Finally, I have a number of clients running on VMware without any issues, so clearly there may be something environmental causing this problem.Mariano Gomezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267738662239812289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5285970135510371565.post-42908033643765539522012-10-04T16:46:19.565-04:002012-10-04T16:46:19.565-04:00I have access to customersource, but cannot access...I have access to customersource, but cannot access the Server Virtualization Validation Program. It wants me to sign up for something. I cannot do that at the moment. Can you give me a ballpark idea on something? We set up a sql cluster (2 node active-passive) on windows 2008 R2 enterprise & SQL 2008 R2 (x64). These are dual-core with 16 GB of ram each. With only 10 clients or some testing the system, the CPU is pegging. I know when we had physical hardware we used quad cores, but I read it is not recommended to do this in vmware. It doesn't seem correct that such light usage should cause this. All the standard indexes are present for GP 2010. Can you recommend anything? There was no blocking or deadlocks going on. Just this high CPU staying between 80 and 100%. I couldn't find anything on customer source or google about GP 2010 requirements in a vmware environment, yet I see plenty of people are running it in vmware.<br /><br />Thanks,<br />Scott Emick DBAScotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18088445758220641064noreply@blogger.com