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["Curtis C." <serverascode@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 3:11 AM, Luis Fernandez Alvarez
<luis.fernandez.alvarez@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Curtis,
>
> If you're planning to use Windows 7 images with KVM hypervisors, the main steps I follow are:
>
> 1- Modify your Windows 7 image to inject virtio drivers (http://www.linux-kvm.org/page/WindowsGuestDrivers/Download_Drivers).
>     To do that in a stylish way... you can use the Windows AIK that includes DISM.exe and IMAGEX.exe that
>     let you inject drivers to the WIM files included in Windows 7 installation media.
>     I don't know if you have experiencie with it...but...after mounting the wim files with imagex, you should run
>     something like: "dism /image:C:\path\mount /add-driver /driver:c:\virtiodrivers\win7\x86"

Hi,

Yeah, I will not be able to do anything stylish with Windows b/c of my
lack of experience with Windows. :)

>     * Alternatively: you can just add it during installation from an external media.

That I have done. I definitely get the need for the virtio drivers.

> 2- Use a tool like Aeolus Oz to create the image (you can automate it with unattend.xml files) or the graphical KVM/qemu interface.

So once I create the image I should use something like virt-manager to
set it up? Maybe that's the step I'm missing.

> 3- Convert it to qcow2 and send it to glance.

Right.

>
> If you need further information, do not hesitate to contact me.
>

I very well may have to, thanks for the offer. :)

I will checkout setting up the image after the initial install with
virt-manager.

Thanks,
Curtis.

> Cheers,
>
> Luis.
>
> PS: You can also test the HyperV support, this way, you could use VHD images.
>
>
> ________________________________________
> De: openstack-bounces+luis.fernandez.alvarez=cern.ch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [openstack-bounces+luis.fernandez.alvarez=cern.ch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] en nombre de Curtis C. [serverascode@xxxxxxxxx]
> Enviado el: domingo, 21 de octubre de 2012 1:56
> Para: openstack@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Asunto: [Openstack] Finding/Making Windows 7 Images for OpenStack
>
> Hi,
>
> Has anyone seen any recent documentation on creating Windows 7 images
> for OpenStack? I know it's supposed to be as easy as using kvm to
> install it initially (as per the OpenStack docs) then importing that
> image into glance, but there are some subtle things that I might be
> missing because I haven't really used Windows in a decade. I've
> certainly done a lot of searching so if it's a link on the first ten
> pages page of google I've probably seen it already. :)
>
> Perhaps the best thing would be if anyone knew of a virtualbox/vagrant
> or similar methodology for automatically creating Windows 7 images
> that I could start from. Someone must be generating new Win 7 images
> daily for their private cloud somewhere/somehow... :)
>
> Any pointers much appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Curtis.
>
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