I recently had a need to create a KVM image of Windows 2012
server. I thought I would take the time
to show how to do it here.
I am going to show how to do it via Ubuntu 14.04.3 Desktop
that itself running as a VM on a VMware Workstation 10.
VMware Workstation 10
You can skip this if you don't plan on creating an Ubuntu
desktop image on VMWare Workstation.
I found some useful information at https://virtualbyte.wordpress.com/2012/08/21/nested-kvm-vm-inside-a-vmware-workstation-8-vm-how-to/
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I am not going to go over in detail how to set up an Ubuntu
image that can run KVM from within Workstation but I want to cover the big
gotchas.
You do need to have processor that supports virtualization.
Hard drive
Select LSI logical SAS
For the hard drive I allocated all disk space now and stored
it as a single disk hoping that would help a little. (You don't have to do this)
Customize the hardware.
Select Processors and checkbox Virtualize Intel VT-x/EPT or
AMD-V/RVI
Let it build the Ubuntu VM out. J
Confirm you can install KVM
Before you start make sure Ubuntu has Access to VT-x tech on
your chip.
Open up a terminal and run this command.
> egrep -c
'(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo
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Must be greater than 0 and your probably good to go.
Install KVM
I ran this from a fresh install of Ubuntu 14.04.3 Desktop
Update and upgrade
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get
upgrade
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Run the following command to install the KVM and associated
tools
> sudo apt-get
install -y qemu-kvm qemu-system libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
kvm virtinst virt-manager
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I always like to reboot my machine after installing all the
tools I need.
> sudo reboot
now
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Verify installation
> virsh -c
qemu:///system list
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I got an error at this point
error: failed to connect to the
hypervisor
error: Failed to connect socket
to '/var/run/libvirt/libvirt-sock': No such file or directory
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During one installation I got
this error… I tried to figure out why and found a few sites.
Since I was using a fresh install
of Ubuntu 14.04.3 I just did a fresh install and tried this procedure.
Update and upgrade
> sudo apt-get update
> sudo apt-get
upgrade
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Run the following command to install the KVM and associated tools
> sudo apt-get
install -y qemu-kvm qemu-system libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
kvm virtinst virt-manager
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Log out, then Log back in
Verify installation
> virsh -c
qemu:///system list
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That is the response we want.
Now reboot!
> sudo reboot
now
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> virsh -c
qemu:///system list
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Download Virtio ISO
You need to download some Windows Drivers that will are
required for windows to run on KVM.
Go here
Download this iso.
Grab a Windows 2012 ISO trial version
If you have your own Dev ISO for windows 2012 this should
work. But for folks like me just doing a
test you can download a trial version at https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-2012-r2
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You need to sign in to your MS account (or make one if you
do not have one)
Select ISO and click Register to Continue.
Fill out your information and click continue.
Fill out your info and
Click Continue
Download the ISO.
It’s over 4GiB so it may take a while to download J
I moved the Virt ISO and Win ISO to the desktop.
Start Virtual Machine Manager
Search for Virtual and start up Virtual Machine Manager.
Click Create new machine.
Give it a name and click Forward.
Click Browse
Click Browse Local
Find your windows ISO, in my case I put it on the
Desktop. Select it and click Open.
Click Forward
Set the memory and CPU #. I think 2GiB is a minimum. Click Forward.
Set the Disk Size. I
am setting it to 15GiB which is pretty small for Windows. I am doing this because I am going to move
this virtual machine around. I am not
going to install any updates or any software it's going to be a base VM.
Click forward.
Checkbox Customize Configuration before Install and click
Forward.
Select NIC and choose virtio from the pull down.
Click Apply.
Select Disk, From the
advanced option select Virtio for Disk bus and click apply.
Click Add Hardware.
Select Storage,
Select managed or other existing
storage.
For Device type select IDE CDROM.
For Device type select IDE CDROM.
Click Browse.
Click Browse Local
Select Desktop and select Virtio-win iso and click Open.
Click Finish.
Click Begin Installation
It starts to create the machine.
Make the VM window bigger so you can see that it is loading
files.
Hey a Windows logo!
Do not forget ctrl+alt will get you out of the VM window.
Click Next
Click Install now
Select the version you want and click Next (I chose Standard
Evaluation with a GUI)
Accept the License and click Next.
Select Custom Install
Load Drivers
Now comes the fun part… Loading drivers from the virtio ISO.
Click Load Driver
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select Ballon à 2k12R2 à amd64 and click Ok.
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Click Load Driver again
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select NetKVM à 2k12R2 à amd64 and click Ok.
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Click Load Driver again
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select viorng à 2k12R2 à amd64 and click Ok.
Uncheck Hide drivers, select Driver
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Click Load Driver again
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select vioscsi à 2k12R2 à
amd64 and click Ok.
Uncheck Hide drivers, select Driver
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Click Load Driver again
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select vioserial à 2k12R2 à
amd64 and click Ok.
Uncheck Hide drivers, select Driver
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Click Load Driver again
Click Browse
From the Virtio ISO
Select viostor à 2k12R2 à
amd64 and click Ok.
Uncheck Hide drivers, select Driver
Click Next.
It should run a scan of the driver now.
Now you can see the drive!
Select it and click Next.
Success! It is
starting!
Set your Administrator password and click finish.
From the menubar select Send Key -> Ctrl+Alt+Delete
Put in your password and log in.
Success! It is running!
In case you want to move it...
In case you want to copy the raw image here is a little bit
of help.
From the pull down
select Shut Down
Open a terminal and go to
/var/lib/libvirt/images
> cd
/var/lib/libvirt/images
> sudo ls -alh
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There is my raw image!
Just copy it and move it.
If you are in a situation like me and uploading a 15GiB file
may be problematic… Split it up using the split command. … Of course first you should gzip it!
(the -k will keep the original in place)
> sudo gzip -k
win-2012-eval.img
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Compressed it is about
4.2 GiB
> mkdir ~/split
> sudo mv win-2012-eval.img.gz
~/split
> cd ~/split
> split -b 250M win-2012-eval.img.gz
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Then rsync them somewhere….
And to put them back together run the following. And gunzip
it.
> cat x* > win-2012-eval.img.gz
> gunzip win-2012-eval.img.gz
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References
[1] Nested KVM VM inside a VMware Workstation 8 VM – how to
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[3] LibVirt failed to connect to Hypervisor
[4] B.2.2. Failed to connect socket ... : Permission denied
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[5] Window virtio iso
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[6] Windows 2012 r2 server
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