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Windows VDS Installation Reference

The CA 3Tera AppLogic software includes several VDS reference template applications:

• VDS_Win03S_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Standard R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03E_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Enterprise R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03DC_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server DataCenter R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03W_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Web Edition
• VDS_Win0364S_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Standard R2 Edition (64-bit)
• VDS_Win0364E_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Enterprise R2 Edition (64-bit)
• VDS_Win0364DC_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server DataCenter R2 Edition (64-bit)

These applications include a singleton which is missing its boot volume. The boot volume is created using WIN03y as a basis. Please first create the Windows Server appliance WIN03y as described here.

Note: In the following instructions, the y placeholder in WIN03y and VDS_Win03y_rX is for the Windows edition that the appliance/app is based upon (S for Standard, E for Enterprise, DC for DataCenter, W for Web).

1. Make a new singleton from WIN03y:
   1. Create a new application. Include an instance of WIN03y and branch the class.
   2. Start the application and access the graphic console of the singleton.
2. 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.
   1. 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
      

   2. 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.
   3. Double-click on the msi file on the desktop to perform the installation.
   4. Delete the msi file and empty the Recycle Bin.
3. Prevent system shutdown dialogs from popping up (reason for system shutdown)
   1. Open the Start menu and run gpedit.msc
   2. Go under Computer Configuration, Administrative Templates
   3. Click on System
   4. On the right pane double-click on Display Shutdown Event Tracker
   5. Choose Disabled and click Apply
4. Stop the application and copy the boot volume to the singleton in the VDS_Win03y_rX application, for example:
   • vol copy my-app:WIN03.boot VDS_Win03y_rX:VDS_WIN03y.boot
5. The VDS_Win03y_rX template application is now ready for use.