To add few more troubleshooting tips: 1. In template/VM settings tab, add entries for Vnic (vmxnet3) and root & data disk controllers (osdefault) from the dropdown menu. 2. You would need to have vmtools in the template.
Regards Thomas On Wed, 29 Jul 2020, 6:50 am Marc-Andre Jutras, <mar...@marcuspocus.com> wrote: > Hey Mike, > > On 2020-07-28 3:37 PM, Corey, Mike wrote: > > I could use some advice on this. I completely recreated my Window10 > VM/Template and imported it into ACS. Deploying an instance runs; however > a couple things are out of the normal and I could use some guidance on > troubleshooting. > > > > 1 - The ASC template that ASC deploys does not include the network > adapter that my imported OVA has. Is this expected behavior of the > template? > > > Yes, It's expected, vNIC will be added to your VM only when you will > start your VM... > > > > > > 2 - Booting the deployed Instance VM to UEFI can't see the system volume > (device 0:0) and fails to boot up Windows. > make sure you boot up your vm from cloudstack and not from vmware... > > > > 3 - Booting the deployed Instance VM to BIOS gets a Windows > unrecoverable error - fails to boot up Windows correctly. > same... make sure you boot up your vm from cloudstack and not from > vmware... > > > > Cloning a VM from the ASC Deployed Template VM (adding a vnic after) > works and the VM loads as expected. > > whoa, party on dude ;) > > to use vmxnet3 driver or any others specific settings in your template, > on acs, select your template and under settings, add : > > nicAdapter = Vmxnet3 > and define any others settings there... ( keyboard, root scsi driver, > etc... ) > > > > > So my question to the greater forum is what is ASC doing under the > covers to the VM hardware that could prevent the OS / System Volume / > primary partition from loading in the ASC deployed VM Instance? > ACS drives vmware through API calls, ACS will push configuration to your > vm only when needed : always manage your VM via Cloudstack and don't do > anything directly on vmware ;) > > > > > > Anyone with a VMware & CloudStack deployment running out here that can > shed some light? > yup, me ;) 6 ACS regions with vmware 5.5, 6.0 and 6.7 ( upgrade to 6.7 > on all regions on hold for now // covid... ) > > > > Thanks! > > > > Mike > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Corey, Mike <mike.co...@sap.com> > > Sent: Monday, July 27, 2020 11:48 AM > > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: [CAUTION] RE: Windows Template & Multiple SCSI Controllers > > > > Why would you hardcode the addition of unrequired/unnecessary "hardware" > to the VM instance? This wasn't the case for the CentOS deployment so why > do it with Windows OS? > > > > I can't say for certain, but the VM instance that ACS creates doesn't > start the OS (blue screen recovery console). However, cloning from the > template ACS creates in vCenter through the tradition vCenter method, the > VM loads as normal. > > > > Can this be changed via a global setting or other config file edit? > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Andrija Panic <andrija.pa...@gmail.com> > > Sent: Saturday, July 25, 2020 2:44 PM > > To: users <users@cloudstack.apache.org> > > Subject: Re: Windows Template & Multiple SCSI Controllers > > > > Hardcoded behavior of having 4 identical controllers, with all the > volumes > > attached to the first one. > > > > Why is this a problem for you? > > > > Best, > > > > On Fri, 24 Jul 2020, 19:55 Corey, Mike, <mike.co...@sap.com> wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> > >> > >> As I progress with my ACS & VMware setup I seem to hit a bump at every > >> turn. I’ve gotten to the point where I’m now able to upload a Windows > 10 > >> template that we use in production (VMware) into ACS. However, when I > >> create a new instance through the GUI it is deployed with a total of 4 > SCSI > >> controllers when it should only have ONE. > >> > >> > >> > >> What is strange is that the clone of the template that ACS copies into > >> vCenter only has a single SCSI controller (as expected). In fact, when > I > >> clone a VM (traditional vCenter method) from the ACS template that was > >> create – that VM only has the single controller and boots to the OS > fine. > >> > >> > >> > >> Any ideas are welcome as to why this behavior is occurring. > >> > >> > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Mike > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> *Mike Corey* > >> > >> > >> Technology Senior Consultant, IT CS CTW Operation & Virtualization > Service > >> US > >> > >> > >> *SAP AMERICA, INC.* 3999 West Chester Pike, Newtown Square, 19073 United > >> States > >> > >> > >> T +1 610 661 0905, M +1 484 274 2658, E mike.co...@sap.com > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> >
