Windows Server 2022 VM freezing during install
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I have created a Microsoft Server 2022 VM using the free trial ISO. Every time I try to install the OS, the VM freezes during the "Getting files ready for installation" step. I need to restart the toolstack in order to get it shut down. I have run Memtest86 with 0 errors, and several hard disk diagnostics which found no errors.
VM uses 6 vCPUs, 32 GB memory, 32 GB Storage
I am running XCP-ng 8.2, ran yum update, I have tried redownloading the ISO. Using XCP-ng center 20.04.01.33.
I have 3 other VMs (2 ubuntu and windows10) running without issues. I have tried installing with the other VMs shut down. I have also tried UEFI and BIOS boot options.
Any help would be appreciated.
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@planedrop I found the issue. I was trying to install from a SMB repository on my desktop, creating a local ISO repository and installing from the local ISO worked
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32GB is the absolute minimum for storage space. Try bumping this to something like 50-60GB to see if that helps.
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Windows needs a 100 GB min HDD, not 32 GB. If you want to upgrade the system with 32Gb, it's a 100% fail.
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You'll need a bigger HDD, that is likely the issue. I have a 2022 VM running just fine without any issues so it should be totally possible.
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So I have tried installing with 32GB Ram, 128GB Hard drive, but it always fails during the "Getting files ready for installation" step. Everything just freezes.
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@Gadende Did you check the ISO integrity with the hash or a bare metal install to verify that the ISO is working?
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@gskger This is a good question, I'd definitely validate it elsewhere. I've had absolutely zero issues with 2022 being installed.
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@gskger I did check the hash, but upon some other research, I have found that the issue is most likely the server itself, I am using a ProLiant DL360 Gen9 which looks like it is too old.
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@Gadende Do old for XCP-ng or Windows Server?
I don't think the former is true, and generally speaking VMs shouldn't be that aware of their hardware, though maybe I'm missing something.
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@planedrop I found the issue. I was trying to install from a SMB repository on my desktop, creating a local ISO repository and installing from the local ISO worked
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@Gadende Awesome! Glad that's working.
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@Gadende Great!
As a test, I just installed Windows Server 2022 Standard/GUI on XCP 8.2.1 running on an HP DL G8 system without a problem. I used XO and a NFS mounted ISO repository. Install ran fine. Windows booted and ran updates without any issues. I even enabled UEFI secure boot and it was happy.
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Thanks for your feedback, this might help the community
