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Windows Server 2012 VDS

You can import a Windows Server 2012 virtual dedicated server (VDS) template from the download directory to create your appliance.

The following template applications are available:

• VDS_Win12S_rX: Windows 2012 Standard Edition SP1 64-bit
• VDS_Win12DC_rX: Windows 2012 Data Center Edition SP1 64-bit

Import the VDS Template Application

Perform these steps:

1. Go to the CA 3Tera AppLogic-version Download Directory on the BFC server.

   For example, /opt/bfc/applogic-versions/<release number>.

2. Copy the file VDS_WIN12<Edition>_r<Version>.tar file to the grid controller using the following command:

   scp VDS_WIN12<Edition>_r<Version>.tar <controller IP>:/vol/_impex/
   

3. SSH to the grid controller and untar the file using the following command:

   tar -xf VDS_WIN12<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

4. Import the application as follows:

   3t app import VDS_WIN12<Edition>_r<Version> VDS_WIN12<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

SCSI-based Windows Server Appliances

Follow these steps:

1. Select the VDS template application.
2. Open the application in the Infrastructure Editor. You must have full access rights to the application. For more information, see application modify_acl.
3. Right-click the singleton and select Modify Boundary in the context menu.

   The Modify Boundary window displays.

4. In General tab - Advanced section, click the Options button for Virtualization Modes, then select Device Schema as sda|sdb|sdc|sdd.
5. Select the Volumes tab, then select the Boot volume device as sda.
6. Click OK. The Infrastructure Editor displays.
7. Save and close the application.

Create VDS Applications based on Windows Server 2012

In the following instructions:

• y placeholder in WIN12y and VDS_Win12y_rX represents the Windows 2012 Standard or DataCenter Edition that the appliance or application is based upon
• X placeholder in VDS_Win12y_rX represents the VDS application version for the platform edition.

  You can verify the VDS application version for the platform and edition on the BFC server in /root/applogic/<release>. Perform an ls VDS* and locate the number after the r. For example, for the file VDS_Win12S_r17-1.2.4-1.tar, X would be 17.

Note: In all Windows VDS, the user name property must be different than the host name.

Perform these steps:

1. Create a new singleton using WIN12y:
   • Create a new application that includes an instance of WIN12y and branch the class.
   • Start the application.
   • SSH into the singleton by accessing the SSH/text console of the singleton using one of the following methods:
     • Select the application in the application list in the GUI and click the Login (ssh) icon.
     • Open the application in the editor and select the singleton WIN12y, then select Login (ssh) in the Appliance drop down menu.
   • Set a new administrator password using net user administrator password - select a password.
   • Access the graphic console of the singleton using one of the following methods:
     • Select the application in the application list and click the Login (graphic) icon.
     • Open the application in the editor and select the singleton WIN12y, then select Login (graphic) in the Appliance drop down menu.
2. If installing on a Windows 64-bit, verify the executable chcp.com exists in the C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ directory.

   If not, copy from C:\Windows\System32\ to C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ .

3. Install the Windows VDS exe by downloading self-executing installer from the grid controller using the internal interface. This interface has been configured through DHCP.
   • To locate the internal IP address of the controller, execute the following command in a command line shell. The IP address of the DHCP server is the last enumerated interface, such as Local Area Connection 5.

     ipconfig /all
     

   • Point IE at http://IP-address:8080/download and download the current Windows VDS exe. For example: VDS_Windows-*.exe.
     • Right-click the exe file and download the file to the desktop.
   • To install, double-click the exe file.
   • Delete the exe file and empty the Recycle Bin.
4. Delete the junction points on Windows volumes as described in the Windows Server appliance WIN12y.
5. Within SSH session Bash shell:
   • Set a new complex password, such as net user administrator pq398hpaowht0293j^LWOIFH9htfw9jfe.
   • Exit the SSH session.
   • SSH into the singleton and execute rm -f ~/.bash_history. The password is cleared from the bash history.
6. Stop the application and copy the boot volume of the WIN12y singleton to the boot volume of the VDS_Win12y_rX application.

   For example:

   vol copy my-app:WIN12y.boot VDS_Win12y_rX:VDS_WIN12y.boot 
   

   The VDS_Win12y_rX template application is now ready for use.