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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Michel Think <mi...@gmail.com> on 2020/05/11 13:04:31 UTC
ACS 4.13 : Need help to create Windows Server 2019 VM from ISO
Hello,
I run ACS 4.13 on Centos7, hypervisor KVM + virtIO drivers.
When i boot my VM with the windows server 2019 ISO,
It can't detect any disk space where to install windows (it asks me for
drivers).
From what i read, I first create an iso with Virtio drivers included in the
windows server ISO.
I load it in ACS 4.13. Then, create an instance with
OS type : other PV (64 bits) or windows PV (windows server 2019 64 bits
seems not to be the right choice).
I saw that in the VM guest XML file (virsh edit) that the disk section is
'virtio-diskxx') and when i boot windows iso in rescue mode, i can see the
rootdisk and the attach disk.
Any help would be appreciated !
If you need more details, please let me know
Thanks
Re: ACS 4.13 : Need help to create Windows Server 2019 VM from ISO
Posted by Michel Think <mi...@gmail.com>.
Hello,
Thanks you for your advices.
I tried to use the virtio-win iso attached from ACS but I am still stuck on the "select driver" window.
When I install a virtIO driver, I can see that it is added to the boot partition (windows/system32/driverstore/filerepository directory. Then I attach via ACS the Windows ISO, and I am stuck in the "select driver" window.
I can't figure out what I did it wrong !
Questions :
- What are the minimal drivers needed to start an Windows installation ? (viostor ?vioscsci? balloon?...)
-What can help me to debug or understand the problem?
- Do you know where I can find a "tested" tutorial to create Windows VM from ISO ?
Thanks very much for your help
On 2020/05/11 13:59:37, Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com> wrote:
> at the step when it says it doesn't detect any free disk space/volume (i.e.
> virtio drivers are missing inside the Windows ISO), you can then eject the
> Windows ISO from ACS (detach ISO), then attach via ACS the previously
> uploaded VirtIO drives ISO (
> https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html#virtio-win-direct-downloads),
> then inside Windows installation "look for drivers" and load the same from
> the ISO, confirm once or so, and then again detach the VirtIO ISO via ACS
> and attach the Windows ISO again - there will be one-time warning maybe in
> Windows setup, but just ask that and continue... This does work - test by
> me long time ago.
> If you want to integrate VirtIO drivers inside Windows ISO, that is a
> different story.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrija
>
Re: ACS 4.13 : Need help to create Windows Server 2019 VM from ISO
Posted by Andrija Panic <an...@gmail.com>.
at the step when it says it doesn't detect any free disk space/volume (i.e.
virtio drivers are missing inside the Windows ISO), you can then eject the
Windows ISO from ACS (detach ISO), then attach via ACS the previously
uploaded VirtIO drives ISO (
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/creating-windows-virtual-machines-using-virtio-drivers/index.html#virtio-win-direct-downloads),
then inside Windows installation "look for drivers" and load the same from
the ISO, confirm once or so, and then again detach the VirtIO ISO via ACS
and attach the Windows ISO again - there will be one-time warning maybe in
Windows setup, but just ask that and continue... This does work - test by
me long time ago.
If you want to integrate VirtIO drivers inside Windows ISO, that is a
different story.
Cheers,
Andrija
Re: ACS 4.13 : Need help to create Windows Server 2019 VM from ISO
Posted by Michel Think <mi...@gmail.com>.
Additional information : I create ISO with VirtIO drivers with NTLite
On 2020/05/11 13:04:31, Michel Think <mi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I run ACS 4.13 on Centos7, hypervisor KVM + virtIO drivers.
> When i boot my VM with the windows server 2019 ISO,
> It can't detect any disk space where to install windows (it asks me for
> drivers).
>
> From what i read, I first create an iso with Virtio drivers included in the
> windows server ISO.
> I load it in ACS 4.13. Then, create an instance with
> OS type : other PV (64 bits) or windows PV (windows server 2019 64 bits
> seems not to be the right choice).
>
> I saw that in the VM guest XML file (virsh edit) that the disk section is
> 'virtio-diskxx') and when i boot windows iso in rescue mode, i can see the
> rootdisk and the attach disk.
>
> Any help would be appreciated !
> If you need more details, please let me know
>
> Thanks
>