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diff --git a/doc/manual/en_US/user_KnownIssues.xml b/doc/manual/en_US/user_KnownIssues.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e7e3c633 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/manual/en_US/user_KnownIssues.xml @@ -0,0 +1,464 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN" +"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd"[ +<!ENTITY % all.entities SYSTEM "all-entities.ent"> +%all.entities; +]> +<chapter id="KnownIssues"> + + <title>Known Limitations</title> + + <sect1 id="ExperimentalFeatures"> + + <title>Experimental Features</title> + + <para> + Some &product-name; features are labeled as experimental. Such + features are provided on an "as-is" basis and are not formally + supported. However, feedback and suggestions about such features + are welcome. A comprehensive list of experimental features is as + follows: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Hardware 3D acceleration support for Windows, Linux, and + Oracle Solaris guests + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Hardware 2D video playback acceleration support for Windows + guests + </para> + </listitem> + +<!-- <listitem> + <para> + PCI passthrough (Linux hosts only) + </para> + </listitem>--> + + <listitem> + <para> + Mac OS X guests (Mac OS X hosts only) + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + ICH9 chipset emulation + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + EFI firmware + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Host CD/DVD drive passthrough + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Support of iSCSI using internal networking + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Using &product-name; and Hyper-V on the same host + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect1> + + <sect1 id="KnownProblems"> + + <title>Known Issues</title> + + <para> + The following section describes known problems with this release + of &product-name;. Unless marked otherwise, these issues are + planned to be fixed in later releases. + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Poor performance when using &product-name; and + <emphasis role="bold">Hyper-V</emphasis> on the same host. To + fix this, certain Windows features like "Hyper-V Platform", + "Virtual Machine Platform" and "Windows Hypervisor Platform" + must be turned off, followed by a host reboot. + </para> + + <para> + Additionally, the Microsoft Device Guard and Credential Guard + hardware readiness tool might have to be used in order to turn + off more features. For example, by running the following + command: + </para> + +<screen>.\DG_Readiness_Tool_vX.X.ps1 -Disable -AutoReboot</screen> + + <note> + <para> + Disabling Device Guard and Credential Guard features will + have an impact on the overall security of the host. Please + contact your Administrator beforehand regarding this. + </para> + </note> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + The following <emphasis role="bold">Guest SMP (multiprocessor) + limitations</emphasis> exist: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Poor performance</emphasis> with + 32-bit guests on AMD CPUs. This affects mainly Windows and + Oracle Solaris guests, but possibly also some Linux kernel + revisions. Partially solved for 32-bit Windows NT, 2000, + XP, and 2003 guests. Requires the Guest Additions to be + installed. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Poor performance</emphasis> with + 32-bit guests on certain Intel CPU models that do not + include virtual APIC hardware optimization support. This + affects mainly Windows and Oracle Solaris guests, but + possibly also some Linux kernel revisions. Partially + solved for 32-bit Windows NT, 2000, XP, and 2003 guests. + Requires the Guest Additions to be installed. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">NX (no execute, data execution + prevention)</emphasis> only works for guests running on 64-bit + hosts and requires that hardware virtualization be enabled. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Guest control.</emphasis> On Windows + guests, a process started using the guest control execute + support will not be able to display a graphical user interface + <emphasis>unless</emphasis> the user account under which it is + running is currently logged in and has a desktop session. + </para> + + <para> + Also, to use accounts without or with an empty password, the + guest's group policy must be changed. To do so, open the group + policy editor on the command line by typing + <command>gpedit.msc</command>, open the key <literal>Computer + Configuration\Windows Settings\Security Settings\Local + Policies\Security Options</literal> and change the value of + <literal>Accounts: Limit local account use of blank passwords + to console logon only</literal> to Disabled. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Compacting virtual disk images is + limited to VDI files.</emphasis> The <command>VBoxManage + modifymedium --compact</command> command is currently only + implemented for VDI files. At the moment the only way to + optimize the size of a virtual disk images in other formats, + such as VMDK or VHD, is to clone the image and then use the + cloned image in the VM configuration. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">OVF import/export:</emphasis> + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + OVF localization, with multiple languages in a single OVF + file, is not yet supported. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Some OVF sections like StartupSection, + DeploymentOptionSection, and InstallSection are ignored. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + OVF environment documents, including their property + sections and appliance configuration with ISO images, are + not yet supported. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Remote files using HTTP or other mechanisms are not yet + supported. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Neither <emphasis role="bold">scale mode</emphasis> nor + <emphasis role="bold">seamless mode</emphasis> work correctly + with guests using OpenGL 3D features, such as with + Compiz-enabled window managers. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + The RDP server in the &product-name; extension pack supports + only audio streams in format 22.05kHz stereo 16-bit. If the + RDP client requests any other audio format there will be no + audio. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Preserving the aspect ratio in scale mode works only on + Windows hosts and on Mac OS X hosts. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + On <emphasis role="bold">Mac OS X hosts,</emphasis> the + following features are not yet implemented: + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Numlock emulation + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + CPU frequency metric + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Memory ballooning + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Mac OS X guests:</emphasis> + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + Mac OS X guests can only run on a certain host hardware. + For details about license and host hardware limitations. + See <xref linkend="intro-macosxguests" /> and check the + Apple software license conditions. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + &product-name; does not provide Guest Additions for Mac OS + X at this time. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + The graphics resolution currently defaults to 1024x768 as + Mac OS X falls back to the built-in EFI display support. + See <xref linkend="efividmode" /> for more information on + how to change EFI video modes. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Mac OS X guests only work with one CPU assigned to the VM. + Support for SMP will be provided in a future release. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Depending on your system and version of Mac OS X, you + might experience guest hangs after some time. This can be + fixed by turning off energy saving. Set the timeout to + "Never" in the system preferences. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + By default, the &product-name; EFI enables debug output of + the Mac OS X kernel to help you diagnose boot problems. + Note that there is a lot of output and not all errors are + fatal. They would also show when using a physical Apple + Macintosh computer. You can turn off these messages by + using the following command: + </para> + +<screen>$ VBoxManage setextradata <replaceable>VM-name</replaceable> "VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs" " "</screen> + + <para> + To revert to the previous behavior, use the following + command: + </para> + +<screen>$ VBoxManage setextradata <replaceable>VM-name</replaceable> "VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs" ""</screen> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + It is currently not possible to start a Mac OS X guest in + safe mode by specifying the <option>-x</option> option in + <literal>VBoxInternal2/EfiBootArgs</literal> extradata. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Oracle Solaris hosts:</emphasis> + </para> + + <itemizedlist> + + <listitem> + <para> + USB support on Oracle Solaris hosts requires Oracle + Solaris 11 version snv_124 or later. Webcams and other + isochronous devices are known to have poor performance. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Host Webcam passthrough is restricted to 640x480 frames at + 20 frames per second due to limitations in the Oracle + Solaris V4L2 API. This may be addressed in a future Oracle + Solaris release. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + No ACPI information, such as battery status or power + source, is reported to the guest. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + No support for using wireless adapters with bridged + networking. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Crossbow-based bridged networking on Oracle Solaris 11 + hosts does not work directly with aggregate links. + However, you can use <command>dladm</command> to manually + create a VNIC over the aggregate link and use that with a + VM. This limitation does not exist in Oracle Solaris 11u1 + build 17 and later. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Neither virtio nor Intel PRO/1000 drivers for + <emphasis role="bold">Windows XP guests</emphasis> support + segmentation offloading. Therefore Windows XP guests have + slower transmission rates comparing to other guest types. + Refer to MS Knowledge base article 842264 for additional + information. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + <emphasis role="bold">Guest Additions for OS/2.</emphasis> + Seamless windows and automatic guest resizing will probably + never be implemented due to inherent limitations of the OS/2 + graphics system. + </para> + </listitem> + + <listitem> + <para> + Some guest operating systems predating ATAPI CD-ROMs may + exhibit long delays or entirely fail to boot in certain + configurations. This is most likely to happen when an + IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM exists alone on a primary or secondary IDE + channel. + </para> + + <para> + Affected operating systems are MS OS/2 1.21: fails to boot + with an error message referencing COUNTRY.SYS and MS OS/2 1.3: + long boot delays. To avoid such problems, disable the emulated + IDE/ATAPI CD-ROM. The guest OS cannot use this device, anyway. + </para> + </listitem> + + </itemizedlist> + + </sect1> + +</chapter> |