I had been installing plenty of Windows Server 2008\/R2 servers on the VMWare infrastructure as of late. The only issue I could find was after installation – the console connection would drag. It seemed like the server was very slow at responding. RDP into the server and blamo, everything slow about the console went away. I didn’t really think much of it until a fellow IT worker (Bib) brought it up after his first time using ESXi. Apparently it all comes down to a driver that doesn’t get installed by default.<\/p>\n
ESXi 4.1 patched through April 2011 (two outstanding updates slated for install next month)
\nWindows Server 2008 R2 as a test
\nVM Tools fully up to date
\nWindows Updates fully patched<\/p>\n
Here’s the fix:
\nOpen Device Manager
\nExpand Display adapters – you should see Standard VGA Graphics Adapter
\nRight-click on this and choose Update Driver
\nSelect Browse my computer for driver software
\nBrowse to C:\\Program Files\\Common Files\\VMware\\Drivers\\wddm_video
\nFinish the wizard, then reboot the guest<\/p>\n
Next time you’re in the console you should see VMware SVGA 3D driver listed for the display adapter. And you’ll notice the system seems a lot more peppy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I had been installing plenty of Windows Server 2008\/R2 servers on the VMWare infrastructure as of late. The only issue I could find was after installation – the console connection would drag. It seemed like the server was very slow at responding. RDP into the server and blamo, everything slow about the console went away. … Continue reading Console Performance Windows VMWare<\/span>