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Windows 2008 VDS

You can import a Windows Server 2008 virtual dedicated server (VDS) template from the download directory to create your appliance.

The following template applications are available:

• VDS_Win08S_rX: Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08E_rX: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08DC_rX: Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition without Hyper-v SP2 32-bit
• VDS_Win08W_rX: Windows Server 2008 Web Edition SP2 32-bit
• VDS64_Win08S_rX: Windows Server 2008 Standard Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS64_Win08E_rX: Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS64_Win08DC_rX: Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition R2 64-bit
• VDS64_Win08W_rX: Windows Server 2008 Web Edition R2 64-bit

Import VDS Template Application

Follow 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_WIN08<Edition>_r<Version>.tar file to the grid controller using the following command:

   scp VDS_WIN08<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_WIN08<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

4. Import the application as follows:

   3t app import VDS_WIN08<Edition>_r<Version> VDS_WIN08<Edition>_r<Version>.tar
   

Create the VDS for SCSI-based Windows Server Appliance

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. See application modify_acl for more information.
3. Right-click the singleton and select Modify Boundary.
4. In General tab - Advanced section, perform the following:
   1. Click the Options button for Virtualization Modes.
   2. Select Device Schema as sda|sdb|sdc|sdd.
5. Go to Volumes tab and perform the following:
   1. Select the Boot volume device as sda.
   2. Click OK.
6. Save and Close the application.

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.

Create Windows Server 2008 based VDS applications

• The user name property must be different than the host name.
• 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_Win08S_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.

Follow these steps:

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 in the application list in the GUI and click on the icon for Login (ssh).
     • Open the application in the infrastruture 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 GUI and click on the icon for Login (graphic).
     • Open the application in the infrastructure 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 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 select Save Target As to download the file to the desktop.
   • Double-click the exe file on the desktop to perform the installation.
   • Delete the exe file and empty the Recycle Bin.
4. Delete junction points on Windows volumes as described in the Windows Server appliance WIN08y.
5. 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.
6. Stop the application and copy the boot volume of the WIN08y singleton to the boot volume of the VDS_Win08y_rX application, for example:

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

   The VDS_Win08y_rX template application is now ready for use.