Windows VDS Installation Reference

In order to use Windows-based appliances in AppLogic you must have the 3tera Windows enhancement hotfix installed on your grid.

The AppLogic 2.4.x distro includes several VDS reference template applications:

• VDS_Win03S_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Standard R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03E_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Enterprise R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03DC_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server DataCenter R2 Edition
• VDS_Win03W_rX: VDS based on Windows 2003 Server Web Edition

These applications include a singleton which is missing its boot volume. The boot volume is created using WIN03y as a basis. Please first create the Windows Server appliance WIN03y as described here.

Note that in the following instructions, the "y" placeholder in WIN03y and VDS_Win03y_rX is for the Windows edition that the appliance/app is based upon ("S" for Standard, "E" for Enterprise, "DC" for DataCenter, "W" for Web).

1. Import the VDS_Win03y_rX application from your AppLogic 2.4.x distro: "./aldo ai grid=mygrid applications=VDS_Win03y_rX"
   • Note that you must be a grid maintainer in order to do this
2. Make a new singleton from WIN03y:
   • Create a new application. Include an instance of WIN03y and branch the class.
   • Start the application and access the graphic console of the singleton.
3. Install the Windows VDS msi. This self-executing installer can be downloaded from the grid controller through the internal interface. This interface has already been properly configured through DHCP.
   • To find the internal IP address of the controller, in a command line shell execute ipconfig /all and note the IP address of the DHCP server for the last enumerated interface (e.g., Local Area Connection 5).
   • Point IE at http://IP-address:8080/download/ and download the current Windows VDS msi (e.g., VDS_Windows-1.0.0-1.msi):
     • Right-click on the msi file and select Save Target As to download the file to the desktop.
   • Double-click on the msi file on the desktop to perform the installation.
   • Delete the msi file and empty the Recycle Bin.
4. Prevent system shutdown dialogs from popping up (reason for system shutdown)
   • Open the Start menu and run "gpedit.msc"
   • Go under "Computer Configuration" > "Administrative Templates"
   • Click on "System"
   • On the right pane double-click on "Display Shutdown Event Tracker"
   • Choose "Disabled" and click Apply
5. Stop the application and copy the boot volume to the singleton in the VDS_Win03y_rX application, e.g.:
   • vol copy my-app:WIN03.boot VDS_Win03y_rX:VDS_WIN03y.boot
6. The VDS_Win03y_rX template application is now ready for use.

-- StephenQ - 21 Sep 2008