White Paper

Creating Windows Virtual Machine images for use with ESXi compute clusters in HP CloudSystem
Using the CloudSystem Console to upload an image
1. Open a supported browser to https://<Appliance_IP>.
Check the browser upload limitations. Chrome tends to support the largest upload size at 20 GB. If the image is larger
than this, you must use the CLI upload option.
2. From the CloudSystem Console, select Images→Actions→Add.
3. Enter the image details:
a. In the Specify image field, click the Enter file URL radio button and enter the path to the URL in the field
provided.
b. Enter a name for the image.
c. Enter a description for the image.
d. For the OS type, select Microsoft Windows.
e. For the disk format, select VMDK.
f. For the container format, select bare.
g. For the shared field, select Enabled.
h. For the Read-only field, select Disabled.
i. Click Add.
Presenting the image on an HTTP server that is accessible to CloudSystem
1. Move the image to the HTTP server.
Configuration of the HTTP server is beyond the scope of this white paper.
2. From the CloudSystem Console, point to the image from CloudSystem.
3. Navigate to Images→Actions→Add.
4. Enter the image details:
a. In the Specify image field, click the Enter file URL radio button and enter the path to the URL in the field
provided.
b. Enter a name for the image.
c. Enter a description of the image.
d. For the OS type, select Microsoft Windows.
e. For the disk format, select VMDK.
f. For the container format, select bare.
g. For the shared field, select Enabled.
h. For the Read-only field, select Disabled.
i. Click Add.
Step 9: Set required CloudSystem properties
Windows VMDKs need the following properties set in CloudSystem:
• vmware_ostype=<OSType> (required with CloudSystem)
Examples
windows8Server64Guest for Windows 2012
windows7Server64Guest for Windows 2008
See VMware documentation for a complete list of Windows related OS type codes. VMware 5.5
documentation: http://pubs.vmware.com/vsphere-
55/index.jsp?topic=%2Fcom.vmware.wssdk.apiref.doc%2Fvim.vm.GuestOsDescriptor.GuestOsIdentifier.html
• vmware_adaptertype=lsiLogicsas (required with CloudSystem)
• vmware_disktype=sparse (required if you are using a sparse format VMDK)
• min_disk=<Value in GB> (common properties for all images)
• min_mem=<Value in MB> (common properties for all images)
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