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Posted to users@cloudstack.apache.org by Maurice Lawler <ma...@me.com> on 2013/04/10 01:25:02 UTC
KVM | CentOS | Windows
Hello Team,
My present setup is as follows:
KVM | CentOS | CS 4.0.1
1st Issue:
Attempting to utilizing Windows Server 2012, the ISO does not find the virtual drive. Even provisioning a secondary one, it will allow me to attach it, yet and still I cannot install to the secondary or first drive.
2nd Issue:
Attempting to provision and attach a secondary virtual drive to an existing Windows Server 2008R2 instance, seems to not allow that. When I go to attach the volume, it lists my linux instances and my windows 2012 (which doesn't matter because that's nt working) but not the window 2008 instance.
Does anyone out there have any experience on either flavour of windows and utilizing CS on KVM.
Please assist me if you can.
Thank you,
Maurice
Re: KVM | CentOS | Windows
Posted by Maurice Lawler <ma...@me.com>.
Actually, I figured it out. Odd, I mounted the ISO in linux and extracted the files for 2008 R2. Now I am going to play with getting 2012 up and working (getting the drive to show up) during installation.
On Apr 11, 2013, at 9:54 PM, Maurice Lawler <ma...@me.com> wrote:
> I do now see data drives to be attached to windows 2008 r2, however, I am not sure how to install the drivers provided by the ISO.
>
> Can you please tell me how to make windows 2008 see the secondary attached drives by installing these drivers?
>
> - Maurice
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Kirk Kosinski <ki...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi, Maurice.
>>
>> 1. Server 2012 is not supported in CS 4.0.1 so there is no guarantee it
>> will work. If the installer is not seeing any drives, it probably means
>> the drives are using the VirtIO SCSI controller, so try loading the
>> drivers for the VirtIO SCSI adapter [1], or try using a different OS
>> Type that provides an IDE drive to the VM. You can switch the OS Type
>> after the install is done if you need the root disk on VirtIO.
>>
>> As I test, I uploaded a Server 2012 ISO configured with the Windows
>> Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) OS Type to my CS 4.0.1 setup with KVM hosts
>> (Ubuntu 12.04.2). The OS installed and booted without a problem, and
>> data disks are detected after installing VirtIO drivers [2]. I then
>> changed the OS Type to Windows PV successfully [3].
>>
>> 2. While logged in as a user in the account that owns the VM, create a
>> new virtual disk and see if you can attach it to the VM. It works fine
>> in my CS 4.0.1 setup with a test VM with the Windows Server 2008 R2
>> (64-bit) OS Type. Data disks are detected by the OS without a problem
>> [4]. Other than an account mismatch I can't think of anything else that
>> would cause this.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Kirk
>>
>> [1] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
>> [2] http://i.imgur.com/99FOhBg.png
>> [3] http://i.imgur.com/lEwTYvp.png
>> [4] http://i.imgur.com/DgurKin.png
>>
>> On 04/09/2013 04:25 PM, Maurice Lawler wrote:
>>> Hello Team,
>>>
>>> My present setup is as follows:
>>>
>>> KVM | CentOS | CS 4.0.1
>>>
>>> 1st Issue:
>>>
>>> Attempting to utilizing Windows Server 2012, the ISO does not find the
>>> virtual drive. Even provisioning a secondary one, it will allow me to
>>> attach it, yet and still I cannot install to the secondary or first drive.
>>>
>>> 2nd Issue:
>>>
>>> Attempting to provision and attach a secondary virtual drive to an
>>> existing Windows Server 2008R2 instance, seems to not allow that. When I
>>> go to attach the volume, it lists my linux instances and my windows 2012
>>> (which doesn't matter because that's nt working) but not the window 2008
>>> instance.
>>>
>>> Does anyone out there have any experience on either flavour of windows
>>> and utilizing CS on KVM.
>>>
>>> Please assist me if you can.
>>>
>>> Thank you,
>>>
>>> Maurice
>
Re: KVM | CentOS | Windows
Posted by Ahmad Emneina <ae...@gmail.com>.
after importing the drivers iso into cloudstack, you can then attach the
iso to the vm. from the instance section, select your vm, and you should
see an 'attach iso' icon in the icon bar.
On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:54 PM, Maurice Lawler <ma...@me.com>wrote:
> I do now see data drives to be attached to windows 2008 r2, however, I am
> not sure how to install the drivers provided by the ISO.
>
> Can you please tell me how to make windows 2008 see the secondary attached
> drives by installing these drivers?
>
> - Maurice
> On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Kirk Kosinski <ki...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi, Maurice.
> >
> > 1. Server 2012 is not supported in CS 4.0.1 so there is no guarantee it
> > will work. If the installer is not seeing any drives, it probably means
> > the drives are using the VirtIO SCSI controller, so try loading the
> > drivers for the VirtIO SCSI adapter [1], or try using a different OS
> > Type that provides an IDE drive to the VM. You can switch the OS Type
> > after the install is done if you need the root disk on VirtIO.
> >
> > As I test, I uploaded a Server 2012 ISO configured with the Windows
> > Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) OS Type to my CS 4.0.1 setup with KVM hosts
> > (Ubuntu 12.04.2). The OS installed and booted without a problem, and
> > data disks are detected after installing VirtIO drivers [2]. I then
> > changed the OS Type to Windows PV successfully [3].
> >
> > 2. While logged in as a user in the account that owns the VM, create a
> > new virtual disk and see if you can attach it to the VM. It works fine
> > in my CS 4.0.1 setup with a test VM with the Windows Server 2008 R2
> > (64-bit) OS Type. Data disks are detected by the OS without a problem
> > [4]. Other than an account mismatch I can't think of anything else that
> > would cause this.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Kirk
> >
> > [1] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
> > [2] http://i.imgur.com/99FOhBg.png
> > [3] http://i.imgur.com/lEwTYvp.png
> > [4] http://i.imgur.com/DgurKin.png
> >
> > On 04/09/2013 04:25 PM, Maurice Lawler wrote:
> >> Hello Team,
> >>
> >> My present setup is as follows:
> >>
> >> KVM | CentOS | CS 4.0.1
> >>
> >> 1st Issue:
> >>
> >> Attempting to utilizing Windows Server 2012, the ISO does not find the
> >> virtual drive. Even provisioning a secondary one, it will allow me to
> >> attach it, yet and still I cannot install to the secondary or first
> drive.
> >>
> >> 2nd Issue:
> >>
> >> Attempting to provision and attach a secondary virtual drive to an
> >> existing Windows Server 2008R2 instance, seems to not allow that. When I
> >> go to attach the volume, it lists my linux instances and my windows 2012
> >> (which doesn't matter because that's nt working) but not the window 2008
> >> instance.
> >>
> >> Does anyone out there have any experience on either flavour of windows
> >> and utilizing CS on KVM.
> >>
> >> Please assist me if you can.
> >>
> >> Thank you,
> >>
> >> Maurice
>
>
Re: KVM | CentOS | Windows
Posted by Maurice Lawler <ma...@me.com>.
I do now see data drives to be attached to windows 2008 r2, however, I am not sure how to install the drivers provided by the ISO.
Can you please tell me how to make windows 2008 see the secondary attached drives by installing these drivers?
- Maurice
On Apr 10, 2013, at 6:14 PM, Kirk Kosinski <ki...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, Maurice.
>
> 1. Server 2012 is not supported in CS 4.0.1 so there is no guarantee it
> will work. If the installer is not seeing any drives, it probably means
> the drives are using the VirtIO SCSI controller, so try loading the
> drivers for the VirtIO SCSI adapter [1], or try using a different OS
> Type that provides an IDE drive to the VM. You can switch the OS Type
> after the install is done if you need the root disk on VirtIO.
>
> As I test, I uploaded a Server 2012 ISO configured with the Windows
> Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) OS Type to my CS 4.0.1 setup with KVM hosts
> (Ubuntu 12.04.2). The OS installed and booted without a problem, and
> data disks are detected after installing VirtIO drivers [2]. I then
> changed the OS Type to Windows PV successfully [3].
>
> 2. While logged in as a user in the account that owns the VM, create a
> new virtual disk and see if you can attach it to the VM. It works fine
> in my CS 4.0.1 setup with a test VM with the Windows Server 2008 R2
> (64-bit) OS Type. Data disks are detected by the OS without a problem
> [4]. Other than an account mismatch I can't think of anything else that
> would cause this.
>
> Best regards,
> Kirk
>
> [1] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
> [2] http://i.imgur.com/99FOhBg.png
> [3] http://i.imgur.com/lEwTYvp.png
> [4] http://i.imgur.com/DgurKin.png
>
> On 04/09/2013 04:25 PM, Maurice Lawler wrote:
>> Hello Team,
>>
>> My present setup is as follows:
>>
>> KVM | CentOS | CS 4.0.1
>>
>> 1st Issue:
>>
>> Attempting to utilizing Windows Server 2012, the ISO does not find the
>> virtual drive. Even provisioning a secondary one, it will allow me to
>> attach it, yet and still I cannot install to the secondary or first drive.
>>
>> 2nd Issue:
>>
>> Attempting to provision and attach a secondary virtual drive to an
>> existing Windows Server 2008R2 instance, seems to not allow that. When I
>> go to attach the volume, it lists my linux instances and my windows 2012
>> (which doesn't matter because that's nt working) but not the window 2008
>> instance.
>>
>> Does anyone out there have any experience on either flavour of windows
>> and utilizing CS on KVM.
>>
>> Please assist me if you can.
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Maurice
Re: KVM | CentOS | Windows
Posted by Kirk Kosinski <ki...@gmail.com>.
Hi, Maurice.
1. Server 2012 is not supported in CS 4.0.1 so there is no guarantee it
will work. If the installer is not seeing any drives, it probably means
the drives are using the VirtIO SCSI controller, so try loading the
drivers for the VirtIO SCSI adapter [1], or try using a different OS
Type that provides an IDE drive to the VM. You can switch the OS Type
after the install is done if you need the root disk on VirtIO.
As I test, I uploaded a Server 2012 ISO configured with the Windows
Server 2008 R2 (64-bit) OS Type to my CS 4.0.1 setup with KVM hosts
(Ubuntu 12.04.2). The OS installed and booted without a problem, and
data disks are detected after installing VirtIO drivers [2]. I then
changed the OS Type to Windows PV successfully [3].
2. While logged in as a user in the account that owns the VM, create a
new virtual disk and see if you can attach it to the VM. It works fine
in my CS 4.0.1 setup with a test VM with the Windows Server 2008 R2
(64-bit) OS Type. Data disks are detected by the OS without a problem
[4]. Other than an account mismatch I can't think of anything else that
would cause this.
Best regards,
Kirk
[1] http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/virtio-win/latest/images/bin/
[2] http://i.imgur.com/99FOhBg.png
[3] http://i.imgur.com/lEwTYvp.png
[4] http://i.imgur.com/DgurKin.png
On 04/09/2013 04:25 PM, Maurice Lawler wrote:
> Hello Team,
>
> My present setup is as follows:
>
> KVM | CentOS | CS 4.0.1
>
> 1st Issue:
>
> Attempting to utilizing Windows Server 2012, the ISO does not find the
> virtual drive. Even provisioning a secondary one, it will allow me to
> attach it, yet and still I cannot install to the secondary or first drive.
>
> 2nd Issue:
>
> Attempting to provision and attach a secondary virtual drive to an
> existing Windows Server 2008R2 instance, seems to not allow that. When I
> go to attach the volume, it lists my linux instances and my windows 2012
> (which doesn't matter because that's nt working) but not the window 2008
> instance.
>
> Does anyone out there have any experience on either flavour of windows
> and utilizing CS on KVM.
>
> Please assist me if you can.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Maurice