Creating Appliances › Distribution Installations › Windows Installation Reference › Windows Server 2008 VDS Installation Reference

Windows Server 2008 VDS Installation Reference

Versions of CA 3Tera AppLogic later than 2.9.1 include support for Windows Server 2008 appliances and applications, and, in this case, the CA 3Tera AppLogic software includes several VDS reference template applications:

• VDS_Win08S_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08E_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08DC_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08W_rX: "Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Web Edition SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win0864S_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS_Win0864E_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS_Win0864DC_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS_Win0864W_rX: Virtual Dedicated Server - Based on Windows Server 2008 Web Edition R2 64-bit

Each of the template applications includes a singleton which is missing its boot volume. The boot volume is created using WIN08y as a basis. Before creating a VDS application you must first create the Windows Server 2008 appliance WIN08y as described here.

Please follow the instructions in this topic to create Windows Server 2008 based VDS applications. The data sheet for these applications is here.

Notes:

• In the following instructions, the y placeholder in WIN08y and VDS_Win08y_rX represents the Windows Server 2008 edition that the appliance or application is based upon (S for Standard, E for Enterprise, DC for DataCenter, W for Web).
• In the following instructions, the X placeholder in VDS_Win08y_rX represents the VDS application version for the platform edition. The available VDS application version for the platform and edition for this release may be found on the BFC server in /root/applogic/<release> by doing an ls VDS* and finding the number between the last "_" and first "-". For example, for the file VDS_Win03S_r17-1.2.4-1.tar, X would be 17".

1. Make a new singleton from WIN08y:
   • Create a new application. Include an instance of WIN08y and branch the class.
   • Start the application.
   • SSH into the singleton by accessing the SSH/text console of the singleton in one of the following ways:
     • Select the application within the application list in the CA 3Tera AppLogic GUI and click on the icon for Login (ssh).
     • Open the application in the CA 3Tera AppLogic editor and select the singleton WIN08y. Use the pull-down Appliance menu to select Login (ssh).
   • Set a new Administrator password (net user administrator password - select a password).
   • Access the graphic console of the singleton in one of the following two ways:
     • Select the application within the application list in the CA 3Tera AppLogic GUI and click on the icon for Login (graphic).
     • Open the application in the CA 3Tera AppLogic editor and select the singleton WIN08y. Use the pull-down Appliance menu to select Login (graphic).
2. If you are installing on a 64-bit version of Windows, please verify that the executable chcp.com exists in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ directory. If it does not, copy it to this directory from C:\Windows\System32\.
3. Install the Windows VDS msi. This self-executing installer can be downloaded from the grid controller through the internal interface. This interface has already been properly configured through DHCP.
   • To find the internal IP address of the controller, in a command line shell execute the following command and note the IP address of the DHCP server for the last enumerated interface (for example, Local Area Connection 5):

     ipconfig /all
     

   • Point IE at http://IP-address:8080/download/ and download the current Windows VDS msi (for example, VDS_Windows-1.0.0-1.msi):
     • Right-click on the msi file and select Save Target As to download the file to the desktop.
   • Double-click on the msi file on the desktop to perform the installation.
   • Delete the msi file and empty the Recycle Bin.
4. Within SSH session Bash shell:
   • Set a new complex password (for example, net user administrator pq398hpaowht0293j^LWOIFH9htfw9jfe).
   • Exit the SSH session.
   • SSH into the singleton and execute rm -f ~/.bash_history so the password is cleared from the bash history.
5. Stop the application and copy the boot volume of the WIN08y singleton to the boot volume of the VDS_Win03y_rX application, for example:

   vol copy my-app:WIN08y.boot VDS_Win08y_rX:VDS_WIN08y.boot 
   

6. The VDS_Win08y_rX template application is now ready for use.