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Posted to dev@vcl.apache.org by "Waldron, Michael H" <mw...@email.unc.edu> on 2013/02/08 19:30:22 UTC
Windows 8 on VCL?
Can VCL provision Windows 8 images? Has anyone done this?
I haven't touched Windows 8 yet, but we already have a user group requesting it on the VCL. Based on history with previous Windows versions, I suspect a new provisioning module would have to be written for this?
Mike Waldron
Systems Specialist
ITS - Research Computing Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
RE: Windows 8 on VCL?
Posted by "Waldron, Michael H" <mw...@email.unc.edu>.
Dmitri, thanks for this information. This will save me some time in doing my own testing.
Mike Waldron
Systems Specialist
ITS - Research Computing Center
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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From: Dmitri Chebotarov [dchebota@gmu.edu]
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 10:27 AM
To: dev@vcl.apache.org
Subject: Re: Windows 8 on VCL?
Hi
I've tested (somewhat) Win8 on VCL:
Win8 only works on ESXi 5.0p4 and 5.1.
During Win8 reservations VCL disables UAC and Win8 doesn't work well without UAC.
When you make a reservation you will need to enable UAC and restart reservation (using reboot option in VCL GUI).
Mouse corners are hard to use when connecting via RDP to Win8 - not sure how Win8 designed to work over RDP.
On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:25 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Not sure. Definitely something we need to test and update if needed. Maybe
> something to target for a 2.4 release?
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Waldron, Michael H
> <mw...@email.unc.edu>wrote:
>
>> Can VCL provision Windows 8 images? Has anyone done this?
>>
>> I haven't touched Windows 8 yet, but we already have a user group
>> requesting it on the VCL. Based on history with previous Windows versions,
>> I suspect a new provisioning module would have to be written for this?
>>
>>
>> Mike Waldron
>> Systems Specialist
>> ITS - Research Computing Center
>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are
> sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records
> Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
--
Thank you,
Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
Re: Windows 8 on VCL?
Posted by Dmitri Chebotarov <dc...@gmu.edu>.
Hi
I've tested (somewhat) Win8 on VCL:
Win8 only works on ESXi 5.0p4 and 5.1.
During Win8 reservations VCL disables UAC and Win8 doesn't work well without UAC.
When you make a reservation you will need to enable UAC and restart reservation (using reboot option in VCL GUI).
Mouse corners are hard to use when connecting via RDP to Win8 - not sure how Win8 designed to work over RDP.
On Feb 12, 2013, at 9:25 , Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu> wrote:
> Not sure. Definitely something we need to test and update if needed. Maybe
> something to target for a 2.4 release?
>
> -Aaron
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Waldron, Michael H
> <mw...@email.unc.edu>wrote:
>
>> Can VCL provision Windows 8 images? Has anyone done this?
>>
>> I haven't touched Windows 8 yet, but we already have a user group
>> requesting it on the VCL. Based on history with previous Windows versions,
>> I suspect a new provisioning module would have to be written for this?
>>
>>
>> Mike Waldron
>> Systems Specialist
>> ITS - Research Computing Center
>> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>>
>>
>
>
> --
> Aaron Peeler
> Program Manager
> Virtual Computing Lab
> NC State University
>
> All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are
> sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records
> Law and may be disclosed to third parties.
--
Thank you,
Dmitri Chebotarov
VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging
223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5
Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
Re: Windows 8 on VCL?
Posted by Aaron Peeler <aa...@ncsu.edu>.
Not sure. Definitely something we need to test and update if needed. Maybe
something to target for a 2.4 release?
-Aaron
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:30 PM, Waldron, Michael H
<mw...@email.unc.edu>wrote:
> Can VCL provision Windows 8 images? Has anyone done this?
>
> I haven't touched Windows 8 yet, but we already have a user group
> requesting it on the VCL. Based on history with previous Windows versions,
> I suspect a new provisioning module would have to be written for this?
>
>
> Mike Waldron
> Systems Specialist
> ITS - Research Computing Center
> University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>
>
--
Aaron Peeler
Program Manager
Virtual Computing Lab
NC State University
All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which are
sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public Records
Law and may be disclosed to third parties.