Hi Gary, Yes we are using cloud-init and in our case we are removing the recovery partition, with XCP templates all good, now we are testing the same with KVM. Thank you for your feedback :)
Regards On Thu, May 16, 2024 at 12:48 PM Gary Dixon <gary.di...@quadris.co.uk.invalid> wrote: > Hi Fransisco > > Be careful if you are building Windows 11 or Wiindows Server 2022 > templates as Microsoft have changed the default OS partitioning - they have > put the recovery partition at the end of the disk.. > > We build these initially from ISO so we can add a 1Gb partition - this > then gives us the opportunity after the VM is built to re-arrange the OS > partitions without losing the recovery partition but also allows us to > 'resize' the C drive later on if we ever need to - you can find more > detailed info here > https://superuser.com/questions/1453790/how-to-move-the-recovery-partition-on-windows-10 > > It can also be useful to install cloudbase-init in your windows template > which will give you more provisioning functinality > > Gary Dixon > Quadris Cloud Manager > +44 (0) 161 537 4980 <+44%20(0)%20161%20537%204980> > +44 (0) 7989 717661 <+44%20(0)%207989%20717661> > gary.di...@quadris.co.uk > www.quadris.com > Innovation House, 12‑13 Bredbury Business Park > Bredbury Park Way, Bredbury, Stockport, SK6 2SN > > From: Francisco Arencibia Quesada <arencibia.franci...@gmail.com> > Sent: Thursday, May 16, 2024 11:35 AM > To: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: Windows templates KVM > > Good morning guys, > > Is there any updated guide to build windows templates for KVM? I have one > but I'm just checking with you guys the best approach. It is also required > to install virtio drivers and qemu guest agent right? > > I have found the latest version of both, is this enough? > > > https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-virtio/virtio-win-0.1.248-1/ > > > https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/archive-qemu-ga/qemu-ga-win-107.0.1-1.el9/ > > > Regards > Thanks in advance :) > -- > *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* > *DevOps Engineer* > -- *Francisco Arencibia Quesada.* *DevOps Engineer*
