I tried following this link: http://www.virtualmin.com/documentation/cloudmin/windows without any real success. The VM seems to startup. When I use a VNC client on my laptop to connect, I get a solid black screen. I resize the window, I get all sorts of weird remnants but never the desktop.
My host is CentOS 6. plenty of RAM and HDD.
I changed the vnc=0 as it said but no matter what I did, VNC was always on for the other guests. I eventually shut them down just to be safe.
Following the rest of the guide, I merged their instructions with my existing files. This is what I came up with.
memory = 8192 maxmem = 8192 shadow_memory = 8 name = 'win-server-2008-dev-com' address = '65.39.x.x' netmask = '255.255.255.224' kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder = 'hvm' vif = [ 'type=ioemu,ip=65.39.x.x,mac=00:16:3e:01:80:33' ] cdrom = 'file:/images/en_windows_server_2012_r2_vl_x64_dvd_3319595.iso' disk = ['phy:/dev/vg_hosting1/fms,hdc,w', 'file:/images/en_windows_server_2012_r2_vl_x64_dvd_3319595.iso,hdb:cdrom,r' ] device_model = '/usr/lib/xen/bin/qemu-dm' # boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d) # default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy #### boot must be dc to install windows after that you change it to c or cd boot = "dc" #boot = "c" #vfb = ['type=vnc,vncunused=1,vncpasswd=mypass,vnclisten=0.0.0.0'] vnc = 1 vnclisten = "0.0.0.0" vncunused = 1 vncpasswd = "mypass" #vncconsole = 0 #vncviewer = 1 vcpus = 2 # number of cpu's to assign stdvga = 0 serial = 'pty' usbdevice = 'tablet' # Required for USB mouse on_reboot = 'restart' on_crash = 'restart'
What's the best way to really understand what's going on?
Still not there yet. Here is the new config
import os, re arch = os.uname()[4] if re.search('64', arch): arch_libdir = 'lib64' else: arch_libdir = 'lib' kernel = "/usr/lib/xen/boot/hvmloader" builder='hvm' memory = 4096 maxmem = 4096 # Should be at least 2KB per MB of domain memory, plus a few MB per vcpu. shadow_memory = 8 name = 'win-server-2008-hldns-com' address = '65.39.69.240' netmask = '255.255.255.224' vif = [ 'type=ioemu,ip=65.39.69.240,mac=00:16:3e:01:80:33' ] acpi = 1 apic = 1 disk = [ 'phy:/dev/vg_hosting1/fms,hda,w', 'file:/images/en_windows_server_2012_r2_vl_x64_dvd_3319595.iso,hdc:cdrom,r' ] device_model = '/usr/' + arch_libdir + '/xen/bin/qemu-dm' #----------------------------------------------------------------------------- # boot on floppy (a), hard disk (c) or CD-ROM (d) # default: hard disk, cd-rom, floppy boot="dc" sdl=0 vnc=1 vncconsole=1 vncpasswd='' serial='pty' usbdevice='tablet'and here is the log. Not sure how to fix these errors.
Not getting anywhere. According to what I see online, I have HVM enabled for this to work.
[root@h2 ~]# xl dmesg | grep -i hvm (XEN) HVM: ASIDs disabled. (XEN) HVM: VMX enabled
Yet, this says nothing: [root@h2 ~]# grep vmx /proc/cpuinfo
How can that be?
I found a simple little pictorial to try rather than beating myself up over the perfect config: http://www.bulletvps.eu/client/knowledgebase/14/Creating-VM-from-CD-Wind...
I get the following error: Creating virtual system with Xen .. .. creation failed : The CPU or BIOS on host system hosting2.hldns.xen does not support Xen HVM
But how is that? HVM VMX is there.
I've had a similar issue, turned out to be the xl toolstack
everything worked after switching to xm
Here is what I settled on and works well.
Once you have your VM up and running you will need to install some PVM drivers to ensure everything works smoothly.
http://wiki.univention.de/index.php?title=Installing-signed-GPLPV-drivers
I had another bookmark but the site seems unresponsive. I'll post back if I find it.
This is the hard to create VM in windows but now the user can easily create this from here https://rememberpasswordsinmicrosoftedge.net and solution is here.