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    Hyper-V - PFsense 2.0.1 - Some tips.

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      cicero44bc
      last edited by

      Thanks Janneb. Fortunately the drivers are already released (I foolishly hadn't thought to check until you posted this!) http://blogs.technet.com/b/openness/archive/2012/08/09/available-today-freebsd-support-for-windows-server-hyper-v.aspx which links to building the kernel with the new drivers here - https://github.com/FreeBSDonHyper-V/freebsd/wiki/Build-the-kernel-with-the-HyperV-drivers I'm yet to try it but it sounds exciting.

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        ericsche
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        Hello,

        drivers are for FreeBSD 8.2 and beyond so we need to use PFSense 2.1

        I've been trying for a few days with no luck :(
        Any idea how to patch the kernel ?

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          jimp Rebel Alliance Developer Netgate
          last edited by

          Even if you manage to get it to work, they still have a lot of work to do before it would be useful on a firewall.

          See http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2012-August/069148.html

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            cicero44bc
            last edited by

            Thanks for the heads up jimp.

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              iskull
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              I'm trying to use pfSense w/ Hyper-v on Windows 2008 R2, but I'm not getting  :-\

              My pfsense version:

              [2.0.1-RELEASE][admin@maybach.prosperi.local]/root(30): uname -a
FreeBSD maybach.prosperi.local 8.1-RELEASE-p6 FreeBSD 8.1-RELEASE-p6 #0: Mon Dec 12 18:15:35 EST 2011     root@FreeBSD_8.0_pfSense_2.0-AMD64.snaps.pfsense.org:/usr/obj./usr/pfSensesrc/src/sys/pfSense_SMP.8  amd64

              I'm getting this messagens in dmesg:

              calcru: runtime went backwards from 5 usec to 2 usec for pid 17 (vmdaemon)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 166 usec to 92 usec for pid 16 (pagedaemon)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 435 usec to 247 usec for pid 9 (pfpurge)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 36 usec to 19 usec for pid 8 (sctp_iterator)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 7720 usec to 4033 usec for pid 7 (fdc0)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 8496 usec to 4631 usec for pid 14 (yarrow)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 1121396 usec to 603195 usec for pid 4 (g_down)
calcru: runtime went backwards from 818454 usec to 429006 usec for pid 3 (g_up)

              And searching on the web I found this:

              http://xtravirt.com/disabling-virtual-machine-guest-host-time-synchronization-multiple-hypervisors
              http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#calcru-negative-runtime
              http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/faq/troubleshoot.html#COMPUTER-CLOCK-SKEW

              I tried all solutions above, but no success yet :( any suggestions?

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                tester_02
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                @iskull:

                I tried all solutions above, but no success yet :( any suggestions?

                Move on for now.  I've moved on to vmware until hyper-v on freebsd gets sorted out.  I'd love to come back and run hyper-v as I would not have to install other software on the windows machines I am running it on.
                  Oracle solution seems good too.

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                  iskull
                  last edited by

                  @tester_02:

                  @iskull:

                  I tried all solutions above, but no success yet :( any suggestions?

                  Move on for now.   I've moved on to vmware until hyper-v on freebsd gets sorted out.   I'd love to come back and run hyper-v as I would not have to install other software on the windows machines I am running it on.
                    Oracle solution seems good too.

                  :(

                  If somebody runs pfsense with successful on Hyper-V - Windows 2008 r2, please, share with us :D

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                    kobedexter
                    last edited by

                    Hi I'm new in PFsense, but i found this blog in google

                    http://www.zomers.eu/knowledge/pfSense/Pages/Install-pfSense-on-Windows-2008-Hyper-V-server.aspx

                    with this guide I have instaled the PFsense in the hyper-v, but I have a Problem, when y restart PFsense these loss conection to internet.

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                      msi
                      last edited by

                      Just as JimP said: The support for FreeBSD inside Hyper-V is still far from complete.

                      My general (and painful experience) with Linux was: It took MS ages to support it correctly, now it's ok.
                      Everything that MS does not support with integration drivers is slow or even crashy, I wouldn't even remotely consider pfSense for any production use on Hyper-V yet. Sorry to say :-/

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                        tester_02
                        last edited by

                        Anyone try pfsense under 2012 hyper-v?  I am just starting to test 2012, so I plan to give it a shot.

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                          peterclark4
                          last edited by

                          They seem to run pretty much the same, I have migrated a few from 2008 to 2012.

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                            tester_02
                            last edited by

                            booo.  Guess it's wait for freebsd 10 or 11.  Hopefully by then we can have better support :)

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                              thesystem
                              last edited by

                              I'm installing pfSense 2.1 Beta0 on Hyper-V 2008R2. The live cd worked for as far as I tested (with legacy nics), however a install to disk failed with the error:
                              Execution of the command
                              /sbin/fdisk -v -f /tmp/format.fdisk ad0
                              FAILED with a return code of 1

                              This was because I used a Dynamically Expanding disk. After changing it to a Fixed Size disk, the install continued.

                              As mentioned before, the nics don't receive data after first boot. To fix this I did the following:
                              Go to the shell
                              vi /usr/local/etc/rc.d/interfaces.sh

                              Press INSERT and start typing the following (watch out for typos as these are difficult to correct in VI):

                              ifconfig de0 down
                              ifconfig de0 up
                              ifconfig de1 down
                              ifconfig de1 up
                              dhclient de0

                              When done, press INSERT and type:

                              :wq

                              Followed by pressing ENTER

                              Type:

                              chmod +x /usr/local/etc/rc.d/interfaces.sh

                              Followed by pressing ENTER. This will allow the script to run.

                              This makes pfSense work in Hyper-V.

                              I'm also looking at loadbalancing multiple nics to see if I can increase the throughput. Anybody got experience with this?

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                                elementalwindx
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                                Has this issue of the legacy adapters not being gigabit been solved?

                                Seriously thinking of doing this with my server.

                                Wish it was stable for production as I have several R710 servers with multiple nics that would be nice to combine into windows/pfsense box.

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                                  msi
                                  last edited by

                                  Nope, with 2012 R2 there will be an additional new hardware model using UEFI (+ SecureBoot) and even no
                                  more legacy hardware so pfSense will only boot on the same hardware model as Linux VMs did.

                                  The legacy NIC has just been there for compatibility but I'v not seen MS being interested in improving this.
                                  It's been slow crap (but it worked even in early days), but that's about it.

                                  You'd have to go with KVM or VMware instead as they both do either good e1000 emulation or bring their FreeBSD compatible paravirt NIC.

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                                    zootie
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                                    I didn't see anybody mention the "Hyper-V integration installed with pfSense 2.0.1" thread, so I'm posting on this thread for the benefit of anybody watching it. In essence, we've been doing custom pfSense 2.0.x and 2.1 ISO builds with Chris Knight's Hyper-V patches (plus a couple fixes). YMMV depending on your environment, but it is working great for several (many?) Hyper-V users.

                                    I just did a new build with the Hyper-V aware kernel and pfSense 2.1 Release. See http://forum.pfsense.org/index.php/topic,56565.msg362435.html#msg362435 and following posts (check out the complete thread for troubleshooting tips and issues others have found).

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                                      iloy
                                      last edited by

                                      pfSense 2.1 RELEASE under Hyper-V 2008R2

                                      setting

                                      http://knowledge.zomers.eu/pfsense/Pages/Install-pfSense-on-Windows-2008-Hyper-V-server.aspx

                                      ifconfig de0 down
                                      ifconfig de0 up
                                      ifconfig de1 down
                                      ifconfig de1 up
                                      dhclient de0

                                      script
                                      /usr/local/etc/rc.d/interfaces.sh

                                      executed at boot, but does not work, we have to start it manually …

                                      after obtain

                                      ....
                                      DHCPACK from (Gateway provider)
                                      bound to XX.XX.XX.XX (issued ip) -- renewal in 300 seconds

                                      every 5 min. is updated by DHCP from the ISP connection and falls off to re-launch /usr/local/etc/rc.d/interfaces.sh

                                      how to overcome it or remove renewal in 300 seconds?

                                      thank's a lot

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