Installing the Windows operating system on a virtual machine

The Windows operating systems supported by AVE virtual machines can be categorized into the following two installation scenarios, depending on the type of system disk bus selected during installation, whether or not the Arcfra VMTools is supported, and whether or not the driver still needs to be loaded manually after installation:

Note:

Except for Windows Server 2003, if the customer has no special requirements, it is recommended to use the VIRTIO bus to install the Windows operating system for the virtual machine.

To facilitate understanding, the following selects a typical operating system version for each of the above two scenarios and describes in detail the process and steps for installing the operating system. Before installation, refer to AVE Compatibility Guide released with the software version as well as the table below to confirm which scenario the Windows operating system version to be installed belongs to, and the version of virtio-win driver. Then refer to the corresponding examples for installation.