What is VMware Paravirtual and How to Change from LSI Logic SAS to VMware Paravirtual?
VMware Paravirtual (PV) is a virtual storage controller that offers high-performance I/O for virtual machines (VMs) running on VMware platforms. It provides optimized communication between the guest operating system and the hypervisor, resulting in improved storage performance.
The LSI Logic SAS (Serial-Attached SCSI) controller, on the other hand, is a different type of virtual storage controller commonly used in VMware environments. However, in certain scenarios, converting from LSI Logic SAS to VMware Paravirtual can offer performance benefits.
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Let’s see how you change SCSI controller LSI Logic SAS to VMware Paravirtual.
- Add a new SCSI Controller and select the type VMware Paravirtual.
- After adding controller you will see “VMware PVSCSI Controller” in the Device Manager.
- You need add a new hard disk to assign VMware Paravirtual controller. You may give 1 gb disk space for this perform and select new controller you added in the first step.
- You should add the disk previously assigned to the server.
- Shut down the machine and edit settings of virtual machine. Select the SCSI controller you want change and select VMware Paravirtual.
- Remove the hard disk and SCSI controller before you added.
- After all this you can power on your virtual machine as you see below it will boot with VMware Paravirtual controller.
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