Can somebody point me to a HowTO or other documentation describing the
tools available under the CentOS 5 KVM package to create and manage a
Windows 7 Pro VM? All my VM experience to date has been the old free
VMware Server.
I need to:
+ Create the VM instance allowing for about 50GB total disk space which
will be either a single image partitioned into two Windows 'Drives'
for the OS and applications/data, or two images.
+ Install Windows 7 from an OEM System Builder Pack, either using the
CD/DVD drive on the Linux server or from an image created with 'dd'
from the Win7 media.
+ Set up network bridging on the private LAN so that the Windows system
is accessible via OpenVPN connections from the outside world and by
users on the LAN to run a client/server accounting application.
Thanks
Bill
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On Thu, Aug 16, 2012 at 3:04 AM, Bill Campbell <centos at celestial.com> wrote:> Can somebody point me to a HowTO or other documentation describing the > tools available under the CentOS 5 KVM package to create and manage a > Windows 7 Pro VM? All my VM experience to date has been the old free > VMware Server.Assuming you have hardware acceleration and 64 bit version installed, look for the virt-manager package. The interface is very similar to virtual box.> > I need to: > + Create the VM instance allowing for about 50GB total disk space which > will be either a single image partitioned into two Windows 'Drives' > for the OS and applications/data, or two images.The default location for the hard disk image file is under /var/lib path. This can be changed to point to a different location if you are planning many such large installation. An alternate method could be to define a file or a LVM and then tell virt-manager the location of this file/LVM volume.> + Install Windows 7 from an OEM System Builder Pack, either using the > CD/DVD drive on the Linux server or from an image created with 'dd' > from the Win7 media.Any x86 OS can be installed. Choose a NIC like Realtek or Intel Pro, drivers for which should be recognizable by the Windows installer.> + Set up network bridging on the private LAN so that the Windows system > is accessible via OpenVPN connections from the outside world and by > users on the LAN to run a client/server accounting application.I have done KVM VLANs but I am not sure if it can be done from the virt-manager. Experiment and see how far you can go. Best, -- Arun Khan "As a layman, I would say we have it, but as a scientist I have to say, 'What do we have?'" Rolf Heuer, Director General CERN on the announcement of Higgs Boson particle.
Mihamina Rakotomandimby
2012-Aug-18 15:26 UTC
[CentOS] KVM Setup for Win7 Pro on CentOS 5.x
On 08/16/2012 12:34 AM, Bill Campbell wrote:> Can somebody point me to a HowTO or other documentation describing the > tools available under the CentOS 5 KVM package to create and manage a > Windows 7 Pro VM? All my VM experience to date has been the old free > VMware Server.Just for information, there is a "centos-virt" ML. My VM configuration dumps are here: https://code.google.com/p/rktmb-samples/source/browse/trunk/xml-vmconfig you'll find some comparison point to what you get. My VMs are all routed+NATed (for those). I dont have bridged Windows. This is my sample invocation when installing a Windows: sudo virt-install --connect qemu:///system --name win-7-01 \ --ram 1024 --keymap=fr \ --cdrom=/media/500G/ISO/Windows7Ultimate64bit.iso \ --os-type=windows \ --os-variant=win7 --network=network:default --vnc --accelerate \ --force --disk path=/mnt/big/mihamina/Virtual/win-7-01,size=20 -- RMA.