
Raw file format provides slightly better performance while qcow2 offers advanced features such as copy on write and Live_Snapshots.Pacman -S mingw-w64-x86_64-qemu-guest-agent 📋 File: SHA256: b27f09552c631d6f005e4b02076f8c2c11996060e14d4e0382518550e5e79380 Last Packager: CI (msys2/msys2-autobuild/95ab14df/5527632991) Build Date: 04:53:11 Signed By: Christoph Reiter Signature Date: 15:45:59 Package Size: 0.28 MB Installed Size: 0. To your config file at /etc/pve/qemu-server/.conf, see the vfio blog Further information Disk-Image Format: raw vs qcow2 If you are using a GPU via PCI(e) passthrough, you might need to add Make sure to set your processor to 'host' if you already set up your VM and did not select 'host' as processor, you can change it in the 'Hardware' section of your VM in the web interface. To run WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) you need to enable Nested Virtualization.
#Qemu agent install
#Qemu agent drivers
Go to the Device Manager to see if there are any drivers missing. The installer is located on the driver CD under guest-agent\qemu-ga-x86_64.msi. The Fedora Project is maintained and driven by the community and sponsored by Red Hat. To remedy this install the "Qemu Guest Agent". If you enabled the Qemu Agent option for the VM the mouse pointer will probably be off after the first boot. Install Guest Agent and Services Guest Agent
#Qemu agent windows
HINT: There is a video showing the process for a Windows Server 2016 installation which is the same as for Windows Server 2022.

With these three drivers you should be good covered to run a fast virtualized Windows Server 2022 system. Enable/disable communication with the QEMU Guest Agent and its properties.

tcg gui vm virtualbox virtual-machine virtualization hypervisor guest qemu hax hyperv whpx haxm qemu-guest-agent qemu-gui qtemu. Follow the installer steps until you reach the installation type selection where you need to select "Custom (advanced)" The QEMU guest agent is a daemon that runs on the virtual machine. Graphical Interface for QEMU system virtualization/emulation on Windows.After starting your VM launch the noVNC console.

#Qemu agent iso
Load the Virtio Drivers ISO in the new virtual CDROM drive. Not the optimal fix, but at least we dont have to wait 10 minutes for terraform even if the VM is already running after <60s.
#Qemu agent download

You likely need to shut down and restart the guest. This is a set of best practices to follow when installing a Windows Server 2022 guest on a Proxmox VE server 7.x. For everyone else struggling with this - make sure to enable the Qemu agent support on the host node first so that the appropriate device is created in the guest.
