Tip: Installing Windows Server 2012 (Evaluation) in OpenNebula 4 with KVM

Hi,
I’d like to evaluate Windows Server 2013 so I’ve decide to create a VM in my OpenNebula 4 lab. I’ve read in this page that I’d need VirtIO signed drivers for Windows in order to detect the virtual hard disk which will store the OS.

I’ve created a template with the following storage (DISKS):

  1. A CDROM (PREFIX hd) with the Windows Server 2012 ISO
  2. A CDROM (PREFIX hd) with the Windows stable drivers ISO from Fedora
  3. A OS HDD virtual disk: DRIVER: raw and PREFIX: vd

After instantiating the template, Windows starts the installation. When Windows warns you that no disk is found you can load the driver from the second CDROM.

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Then you have to browse the CDROM and select the SCSI RedHat VirtIO SCSI controller (WLH/AMD64 folder). Now the Virtual Hard Disk has been detected and you can install the Operating System.

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Enjoy!

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2 thoughts on “Tip: Installing Windows Server 2012 (Evaluation) in OpenNebula 4 with KVM”

  1. Bui Manh Tien says:
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    Hello,
    I have a problem when I completed install virto driver:
    windows is unable to install to the selected location. Error: 0x80300001.
    Can you help me?

    Thank you

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    • n40lab says:
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      Hi,
      I’m afraid I haven’t found that error. When I created the virtual disk in OpenNebula Sunstone GUI I also specified that the datablock FS type should be raw maybe there’s a problem with that 😦

      Regards,

      Miguel

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