[one-users] Require Windows.qcow2 tarball

[Sudeep Narayan Banerjee]

Dear Sir,

Thanks a lot for the valuable steps! I am working on it.

May revert back if I fail to troubleshoot an issue.

Thanks again!

Regards,
Sudeep


On Fri, Jun 27, 2014 at 4:23 AM, Carlo Daffara <
carlo.daffara at cloudweavers.eu> wrote:

> You have to take three separate steps:
> - load the iso image as a CD within opennebula,
> - create the template for the initial installation,
> - after the installation, remove the CD from the template and you have
> your reusable windows image.
> If you already have the iso file, just upload within Sunstone, by creating
> a new image of type CDROM.
> After that, create a template with 2 storage units: the cd image you have
> uploaded, and a datablock of the desired size, marked persistent so that
> modifications
> will remain.
> Instantiate the template, and you will be guided in the installation of
> windows on the datablock; after completed (and updated, and downloaded
> service packs and whatever)
> shut down the machine, change the datastore image you created into type
> "OS", remove the cd from the template and you're set. If you use kvm, it
> may be especially worthwile to install the
> windows paravirtualized drivers for KVM, that add a substantial increase
> in speed for all io operations.
> regards,
> carlo daffara
>
> ----- Messaggio originale -----
> Da: "Sudeep Narayan Banerjee" <snbanerjee at iitgn.ac.in>
> A: users at lists.opennebula.org
> Inviato: Venerdì, 27 giugno 2014 0:50:56
> Oggetto: [one-users] Require Windows.qcow2 tarball
>
> Dear All,
>
> To install Windows OS in a VM in OpenNebula I need to create a template in
> Windows XP/7/8. For that I require the OS is qcow2 format preferably.
>
> If it is not available due to licensing issue, we have our license copy;
> could you please provide us the steps to convert that .iso file to a .qcow2
> format?
>
> Do I need to create an .img first, install that OS somewhere & then
> utilize the .qcow2 driver?
>
> Please help!
>
> --
> Thanks & Regards,
> Sudeep Narayan Banerjee
>
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Thanks & Regards,
Sudeep Narayan Banerjee
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