Hi, John. The delay is probably due to the devices being re-detected. This step is likely unnecessary so try enabling PersistAllDeviceInstalls [1] in your XML to skip it. Let us know how it goes.
Best regards, Kirk [1] http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc722095%28WS.10%29.aspx On 07/10/2014 08:38 AM, John Muckley wrote: > I did indeed Sysprep it, yes. > I sysprep with /oobe /generalize /shutdown and /unattend > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Timothy Lothering [mailto:tlother...@datacentrix.co.za] > Sent: 10 July 2014 12:57 > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: Windows Template Question > > Hi John, > > Did you sysprep the VM template? > > Kind Regards, > > Timothy Lothering > > -----Original Message----- > From: John Muckley [mailto:j.muck...@databax.com] > Sent: 10 July 2014 01:31 PM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Windows Template Question > > Hello Chaps, > > I have a question that nobody seems to be able to answer for me, so I thought > I’d try my luck with you guys. > > When I first deployed our CloudStack and captured a windows template, the > resulting windows VMs would take about 2 minutes from being requested to > being deployed and up. The problem here was that windows prompted for a > product key prior to displaying the logon screen and wouldn’t allow logon > (either local or remote) until that was entered. > > Naturally I applied an unattend.xml (pasted Below) to put the product key in > automatically which solved the problem and made everything work perfectly, > however my Windows VMs don’t deploy in 2 minutes anymore, they take 12 > minutes… most of which is a black screen with ‘Preparing your computer for > first use’ on it. > > I realise that 12 minutes isn’t a bad time from request to being online and > ready, however It would be brilliant if I could get this back down to the > couple of minutes it was originally. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks guys!! > > > UNATTEND.XML: > > <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> > <unattend xmlns="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:unattend"> > <settings pass="windowsPE"> > <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Setup" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" > language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" processorArchitecture="amd64"> > <UserData> <AcceptEula>true</AcceptEula> <FullName>DBXCloud</FullName> > <Organization>DBX</Organization> > <ProductKey>XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX</ProductKey> > </UserData> > </component> > </settings> > <settings pass="oobeSystem"> > <component name="Microsoft-Windows-International-Core" > processorArchitecture="amd64" publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" > language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" > xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> > <InputLocale>en-UK</InputLocale> > <SystemLocale>en-UK</SystemLocale> > <UILanguage>en-UK</UILanguage> > <UserLocale>en-UK</UserLocale> > </component> > <component name="Microsoft-Windows-Shell-Setup" processorArchitecture="amd64" > publicKeyToken="31bf3856ad364e35" language="neutral" versionScope="nonSxS" > xmlns:wcm="http://schemas.microsoft.com/WMIConfig/2002/State"; > xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance";> > <OOBE> > <SkipMachineOOBE>true</SkipMachineOOBE> > <SkipUserOOBE>true</SkipUserOOBE> > <NetworkLocation>Work</NetworkLocation> > </OOBE> > </component> > </settings> > </unattend> > > > > ________________________________ > > This is an e-mail from Databax Ltd (Company No.04085248). 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