Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2016 09:30:05 +0000 From: Matt Churchyard <matt.churchyard@userve.net> To: Peter Grehan <grehan@freebsd.org>, Randy Terbush <randy@terbush.org> Cc: "freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org" <freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Installing SQL Server on Windows 2012 bhyve guests Message-ID: <4febd210b57742b780eefc0132709be2@SERVER.ad.usd-group.com> In-Reply-To: <212f161a-d2d1-d164-3910-eeb256ae68ec@freebsd.org> References: <CALmWkDZvFPgmub5x_rAu_S3Ksf6xxn3pcQM3z22wr%2BbgMEpLQA@mail.gmail.com> <212f161a-d2d1-d164-3910-eeb256ae68ec@freebsd.org>
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-----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Peter Grehan Sent: 25 October 2016 19:19 To: Randy Terbush Cc: freebsd-virtualization@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Installing SQL Server on Windows 2012 bhyve guests >Hi Randy, > I've followed the info provided here > https://wiki.freebsd.org/bhyve/Windows > to create a Windows Server 2012 image that I successfully installed on > the bhyve hypervisor. After getting a working Win2012 image running, > applying updates, etc. I attempted to install SQL Server 2014. In the > late stages of that install, the process attempts to start the SQL server engine and fails. > There have been some reports of this previously. What might be happening is that SQL Server has stricter requirements on the underlying block >size than NTFS itself has. > Since you are using a file-backed image, the reported block size from the emulated storage controller may be 8KB or even higher, depending on >the underlying filesystem type. > A suggestion is to force the block size to 4KB (has to be done during install as well), and if the problem persists, try 512 bytes. This is done by using >the 'sectorsize=<bsz>' parameter to the disk configuration e.g. > -s 4,ahci-hd,/path/to/disk.img,sectorsize=4096 Just to add, if you're using vm-bhyve you should be able to add this with the diskX_opts template/config option disk0_opts="sectorsize=4096" I may adjust the sample templates to include a sectorsize option for Windows guests, although I'm not 100% clear on what exact OS versions or applications require specific settings. I do know that SQL Server has been reported to suddenly fall over unless a valid block size is used (although I believe it did install and run), but again I'm not sure exactly what the "correct" settings are. Also note that you shouldn't need any grub_* template options if you're using UEFI. Those options only apply to grub-bhyve. Matt >later, >Peter.
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