In this seventh part of the series we will create a new Windows Server 2022 virtual machine using the ISO image uploaded to the NFS Shared Library. Then we will proceed with installing the Xenserver tools in order to install the required drivers and improve the virtual machine experience and performance.
Right click the XenServer pool TESTPOOL-01 and select New VM.
On the Template page, select Windows Server 2022(64-bit) and click Next.
Enter WINVM01 as the name for the virtual machine and click Next.
Click on the drop down arrow and select the Windows Server 2022 ISO image and click Next.
Leave the defaults for Home Server and click Next. This will make sure the VM can be started on any XenServer host in the pool.
We will not be creating any VM groups and assigning the VM to it. You can assign your VMs to VM groups that are started on hosts in your pool according to the placement rules of the group. The available placement types are “anti-affinity” and “normal”.
VM groups with normal placement do not have any special behavior.
VM groups with anti-affinity placement have the following rules:
- No single host is the only place all VMs in a particular group are running.
- The count of VMs within the group for each host is as even as possible.
Assign 2 vCPUs and 4GB of Memory to the VM and click Next.
For Storage, leave the NFS_SR01 repository selected. You can change the name and size of the disk if you need to. We will accept the default values and click Next to continue.
On the Networking page, click Add to add virtual networks.
For the Network drop down menu, select Bond 4+5 (Web/DMZ Zone) and click on Add.
Click Next to continue.
Leave the option Start the new VM automatically and click on Create Now.
Select the VM WINVM01 and click on the Console tab. You can see the Windows installer booting. Click on Unlock to open the console in a separate window.
Complete the Windows installation like you would do on a normal machine. Configure the IP address and DNS settings as below and enable Remote Desktop settings without Network Level Authentication. Reboot the virtual machine once done configuring all the settings.
IP Address 10.100.3.51
Netmask 255.255.255.0
Gateway 10.100.3.11
DNS Server 10.100.1.21 & 8.8.8.8
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