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This document provides information on page describes how to create a base Windows image. The base image can be used to create derivative VCL images.

These instructions should work regardless of the provisioning engine being used.     If you are using these instructions to create an xCAT bare metal image, ignore the sections with titles beginning with VMware Only:. This document assumes familiarity with xCAT and VMware.

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  1. Launch the VMWare Server console:
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vmware &
  2. Connect to Local Host
  3. Create a new VM
    1. Virtual Machine Configuration: Typical
    2. Guest Operating System: Microsoft Windows
      Version: Windows XP Professional (select the appropriate version if you are not installing XP)
    3. Name: vmwarewinxp-base7-v1
    4. Network connection: Custom
      /dev/vmnet0
    5. Disk size: 8.0 GB
      1. Allocate all disk space now: no
      2. Split disk into 2GB files: yes
  4. Edit virtual machine settings 
    1. Configure the VM CD-ROM drive to use the Windows XP ISO image
      1. Connection: Use ISO image: browse to path of Windows XP ISO image
        /install/WinXP+SP3.iso
    2. Add: Ethernet Adapter
      1. Network Connection: Custom
        /dev/vmnet2

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Code Block
 INSERT INTO `vcl`.`reservation` (
`id` ,
`requestid` ,
`computerid` ,
`imageid` ,
`imagerevisionid` ,
`managementnodeid` ,
`remoteIP` ,
`lastcheck` ,
`pw`
)
VALUES (
NULL , '1', '2', '7', '7', '1', NULL , NULL , NULL
);

 Start vcld:

Panel

service vcld start

Monitor the vcld.log file:

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