VM management on web ui

[Samuel Tai]

Yes, this reflects the web state. By the way, where do you have your system dataset?

 

[Chavell3]

with system dataset you mean boot/system installation?
I've installed the system on 2x USB 3.0 Stick in mirrored mode.

 

[Samuel Tai]

No, System->System Dataset. If this is still on the boot stick, the database will be too slow to keep up. This should be set on the main storage pool.

 

[Chavell3]

ah okay, I was wrong the system dataset is on my general data pool that consists of 3x HDD and 2x SDD as a cache.

 

[c77dk]

I'm experiencing the same behavior (Ubuntu 18.04 UEFI guest), but haven't been digging deeper yet. Had a 1TB replication via IPsec and ssh to wait for, before messing too much with the system

 

[Chavell3]

is the VM feature really usable or is it more a paper feature? It's on the papers but not really usable?

 

[Patrick M. Hausen]

I use it @work in production having replaced 3 ESXi servers and @home in semi-production, i.e. serious applications, but occasional downtime because I try new things is ok. Various Ubuntu and Windows VMs.

Takeaways for me:

Don't expect the VNC console to be usable beyond installation and troubleshooting.
Use serial consoles for everything Unixy, i.e. Linux.
Use RDP for Windows.
VirtIO everything.

 

[Samuel Tai]

bhyve is a type 2 hypervisor, and it's still pretty immature compared to type 1 hypervisors like ESX, Hyper-V, or Xen. Even compared to other type 2 hypervisors like VirtualBox, it's about 3 years behind in terms of feature set and stability. It's usable and stable enough in production, but only if you understand its limitations.