Windows Server 2022 VM freezing during install

[Danp]

32GB is the absolute minimum for storage space. Try bumping this to something like 50-60GB to see if that helps.

[Gheppy]

Windows needs a 100 GB min HDD, not 32 GB. If you want to upgrade the system with 32Gb, it's a 100% fail.

[planedrop]

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.

[Gadende]

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.

[gskger]

@Gadende Did you check the ISO integrity with the hash or a bare metal install to verify that the ISO is working?

[planedrop]

@gskger This is a good question, I'd definitely validate it elsewhere. I've had absolutely zero issues with 2022 being installed.

[Gadende]

@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.

[planedrop]

@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.

[Gadende]

@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

[planedrop]

@Gadende Awesome! Glad that's working.

[Andrew]

@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.

[olivierlambert]

Thanks for your feedback, this might help the community