Does not run under Windows Server 2012

[carlospuk]

Hullo

There are a few issues running the Windows installer and preparation GUI under Windows Server 2012:

1. The installer requires .NET 2.0 which is not installed by default on a vanilla Windows Server 2012 install. (I believe .NET 4.5 is available)
2. The installer hangs on the post installation script with an error.
3. The PV drivers don't include WIN8 kernel support.
4. There is no dedicated sysprep answers file for Win2012.

In the end, I got around all of these by:

1. Installing .NET 3.5 from the Server Manager

2. Rebooting the system when the installer hangs (using virsh destroy in the host, to prevent it deleting and removing the Eucalyptus Windows Service)

3. Using the Fedora GPL PV drivers which include WIN8 kernel specific drivers for VirtIO.

4. Manually running sysprep against the 2008 R2 answers file answer_server2008r2_amd64

   C:\Program Files (x86)\Eucalyptus\sysprep_answers> /windows/system32/sysprep/sysprep /generalize /oobe /unattend:answer_server2008r2_amd64.xml /Quit

(For more information on sysprepping WinServer 2012, see http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj200142)

[sangmin]

Thanks Carl!
Glad to know that Server 2012 works ok with your workaround. #2 and #3 are
known issues and will be fixed in the next release.

On Mon, Apr 29, 2013 at 1:57 AM, Carl Partridge notifications@github.comwrote:

Hullo

There are a few issues running this under Windows Server 2012 that I've
run in to:

The installer requires .NET 2.0 which is not installed by default on a
vanilla Windows Server 2012 install. (I believe .NET 4.5 is available)
2.

The installer hangs on the post installation script with an error.
3.

The PV drivers don't include WIN8 kernel support.

In the end, I got around all of these by:

1. Installing .NET 3.5 from the Server Manager
2. Rebooting the system when the installer hangs (using virsh destroy
   in the host, to prevent it deleting and removing the Eucalyptus Windows
   Service)
3. Using the Fedora GPL PV drivers which include WIN8 kernel specific
   drivers for VirtIO.

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[carlospuk]

No problem - it's worth mentioning that when installing .NET 3.5 from the Server Manager, you'll need to remember to have the original install .ISO mounted as CD ROM, as it is required as an external source. (D:/Sources/Sxs)