Server2003R2 has only 1 Core

[riedochs]

Hi,

i have a problem with my guest: I have only 1 core in my guest, but 2 cores are activated in virtualbox.

here my config:

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VirtualBox Command Line Management Interface Version 3.1.2
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All rights reserved.

Name:            cisco_sim
Guest OS:        Windows 2003
UUID:            a0c820b9-8538-4af2-bdad-6d7b94442231
Config file:     /mnt/md0_raid5/virtuel_machines/cisco_sim/cisco_sim.xml
Hardware UUID:   a0c820b9-8538-4af2-bdad-6d7b94442231
Memory size:     1024MB
VRAM size:       32MB
Number of CPUs:  2
Synthetic Cpu:   off
CPUID overrides: None
Boot menu mode:  message and menu
Boot Device (1): DVD
Boot Device (2): HardDisk
Boot Device (3): Not Assigned
Boot Device (4): Not Assigned
ACPI:            on
IOAPIC:          on
PAE:             on
Time offset:     0 ms
Hardw. virt.ext: on
Hardw. virt.ext exclusive: on
Nested Paging:   on
VT-x VPID:       on
State:           running (since 2009-12-21T00:57:39.130000000)
Monitor count:   1
3D Acceleration: off
2D Video Acceleration: on
Teleporter Enabled: off
Teleporter Port: 0
Teleporter Address:
Teleporter Password:
Storage Controller Name (0):            cisco_sim
Storage Controller Type (0):            ICH6
Storage Controller Instance Number (0): 0
Storage Controller Max Port Count (0):  2
Storage Controller Port Count (0):      2
cisco_sim (1, 0): /mnt/md0_raid5/virtuel_machines/xp_sp2/cisco_sim.vdi (UUID: 7e0139bf-44d9-425d-b5d1-92ae2eda31e6)
cisco_sim (1, 1): /mnt/md0_raid5/virtuel_machines/cd-images/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso (UUID: 8963f78a-8aa2-4c99-b589-502c43a88df8)
NIC 1:           MAC: 080027C50FD4, Attachment: Bridged Interface 'eth0', Cable connected: on, Trace: off (file: none), Type: 82543GC, Reported speed: 0 Mbps
NIC 2:           disabled
NIC 3:           disabled
NIC 4:           disabled
NIC 5:           disabled
NIC 6:           disabled
NIC 7:           disabled
NIC 8:           disabled
UART 1:          disabled
UART 2:          disabled
Audio:           disabled
Clipboard Mode:  Bidirectional
Video mode:      1280x1024x32
VRDP:            enabled (Address 0.0.0.0, Ports 3389, MultiConn: off, ReuseSingleConn: off, Authentication type: null)
VRDP port:       3389
USB:             enabled

USB Device Filters:

<none>

Available remote USB devices:

<none>

Currently Attached USB Devices:

<none>

Shared folders:

Name: 'VM-Shared', Host path: '/mnt/md0_raid5/virtuel_machines/shared_folders/cisco_sim' (machine mapping), writable

My operating System is Debian Lenny AMD64 running on an AMD Athlon II X4 605e with 8GB memory. The Guest has the AMD CPU driver installed.

Any idea what the problem is?

greetz

riedochs

[vbox4me2]

With what did you determine it only sees one core?

[xasx]

Did you set the CPU number to 2 after the installation of Windows Server? In this case it is possible that windows is not using the appropriate hal (appearantly it may use the single-processor one).
Imagine this as some kind of a different kernel: If you compile your Linux kernel without SMP/multi-cpu support you will only be able to use one core/cpu.

[riedochs]

I forgot to activate IO APCI. After activated, i installed the virtual machine again and it works.