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Windows 8 VDI

You can create a VDI application by first creating a Windows 8 appliance WIN8y. Each template application includes a singleton with no boot volume. The boot volume is created using WIN8y.

The following VDI reference template applications are available:

• VDI_Win8E_rX: Windows 8 Enterprise Edition SP1 32-bit
• VDI64_Win8E_rX: Windows 8 Enterprise Edition SP1 R2 64-bit

Import the VDI Template Application

Perform these steps:

1. Go to the Download Directory on the BFC server.

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

2. Copy the file VDI_WIN8<Edition>_r<Version>.tar file to the grid controller using the following command:

   scp VDI_WIN8<Edition>_r<Version>.tar <controller IP>:/vol/_impex/
   

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

   tar -xf VDI_WIN8<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

4. Import the application as follows:

   3t app import VDI_WIN8<Edition>_r<Version> VDI_WIN8<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

   You can create:

   • VDI for SCSI-based Windows server appliances
   • VDI applications based on Windows 8

SCSI-based Windows Server Appliances

Follow these steps:

1. Select the VDI 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 VDI Applications based on Windows 8

Each template application includes a singleton which is has no boot volume. The boot volume is created using WIN8y as a basis. Before creating a VDI application, you must first create the Windows 8 appliance WIN7y.

In WIN8y and VDI_Win8y_rX

• y placeholder represents the Windows 8 Enterprise Edition that the appliance or application is based on
• X placeholder in VDI_Win8y_rX represents the VDI application version for the platform edition.

You can verify the version for the platform and edition on the BFC server in /root/applogic/<release>. Perform an ls VDI* and locate the number after the r. For example, for the file VDI_Win8E_r17-1.2.4-1.tar, X would be 17.

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

Follow these steps:

1. Create a new singleton using WIN8y:
   • Create a new application that includes an instance of WIN8y 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 Infrastructure Editor and select the singleton WIN8y, 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 Infrastructure Editor and select the singleton WIN8y, 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 the Grid 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 appliance WIN8y.
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 WIN8y singleton to the boot volume of the VDI_Win8y_rX application.

   For example:

   vol copy my-app:WIN8y.boot VDI_Win8y_rX:VDI_WIN8y.boot 
   

   The template application is now ready for use.