VMWAREAPI: Problem with starting Windows instances on ESXi 5.1

[STM]

After creating an win2k8r2 64bit instance, it can't boot and there is no drivers for ethernet adapter card.
The problem is in disk adapter type, which is configurated in *.vmx file "scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic""
Windows 7 or greater does not support this adapter to resolve this I had to change script: /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py in line 113
113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicController')
to
113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicSASController')
and restart nova-compute.
Another thing is network adapter type "VirtualPCNet32". There is no windows(7 or greater) drivers for this card. To resolve this change line 130 in the same script.
130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualPCNet32')
to
130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualE1000')

[Shawn Hartsock (hartsock)]

please use the tag "vmware"

[Tracy Jones (tjones-i)]

we should add these properties as types passed to glance which can then be use in nova to create the appropriate device types when the image it booted

[Tracy Jones (tjones-i)]

Is it possible for you to try this again with the current havana code? You'll want to add this to the glance image properties

glance image-update --property vmware_diskadaptor="lsilogicsas"

The default nw adaptor has been changed (already) to e1000. I have a feeling this will fix things for you and this will turn into a documentation bug. I'm trying to hunt up an image to test it with myself.

[keepmoving89 (registerwebsite89)]

Did you solve your problem? i changed hypervisor of grizzly to vmware esxi5 and when i created a windows (vmdk) instance , 'blue screen' came , would someone help me please?

[STM (s-marcin)]

The solution is in bug description. You have to change 2 lines
Windows 7 or greater does not support this adapter to resolve this I had
to change script:
/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py in line 113
  113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicController')
  to
  113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicSASController')
  and restart nova-compute.
  Another thing is network adapter type "VirtualPCNet32". There is no
windows(7 or greater) drivers for this card. To resolve this change line
130 in the same script.
  130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualPCNet32')
  to
  130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualE1000')
Remember you must restart nova compute after all changes
On Aug 15, 2013 10:11 AM, "keepmoving89" <[e-mail]> wrote:

> Did you solve your problem? i changed hypervisor of grizzly to vmware
> esxi5 and when i created a windows (vmdk) instance , 'blue screen' came
> , would someone help me please?
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1187853
>
> Title:
> VMWAREAPI: Problem with starting Windows instances on ESXi 5.1
>
> Status in OpenStack Compute (Nova):
> Confirmed
>
> Bug description:
> After creating an win2k8r2 64bit instance, it can't boot and there is
> no drivers for ethernet adapter card.
> The problem is in disk adapter type, which is configurated in *.vmx file
> "scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic""
> Windows 7 or greater does not support this adapter to resolve this I
> had to change script:
> /usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/nova/virt/vmwareapi/vmops.py in line 113
> 113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicController')
> to
> 113 'ns0:VirtualLsiLogicSASController')
> and restart nova-compute.
> Another thing is network adapter type "VirtualPCNet32". There is no
> windows(7 or greater) drivers for this card. To resolve this change line
> 130 in the same script.
> 130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualPCNet32')
> to
> 130 net_device = client_factory.create('ns0:VirtualE1000')
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/nova/+bug/1187853/+subscriptions
>

[Jacob Cherkas (jcherkas)]

Glance support image metadata so you easily specify that you want an e1000 instead of pcnet32.

Please see the documentation on to update the metadata for an image @ http://docs.openstack.org/trunk/openstack-compute/admin/content/vmware.html.

[Tracy Jones (tjones-i)]

For Havana i am creating a patch which allows the disk_adaptertype of lsisas and attaches the property virtual controller.

[Sabari Murugesan (smurugesan)]

Not sure why the review is not available here.

https://review.openstack.org/#/c/45349/

[Tracy Jones (tjones-i)]

Fix proposed to branch: master
Review: https://review.openstack.org/45349

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/45349
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/16a9853fe3924ccaf987b2a1628f27bb9c03b950
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: master

commit 16a9853fe3924ccaf987b2a1628f27bb9c03b950
Author: Sabari Kumar Murugesan <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Sep 5 15:36:42 2013 -0700

    Fix problem with starting Windows 7 instances using VMware Driver

    The default controller for a Windows 7 virtual machine is the
    LSI Logic SAS. When the disk adapter type is specified as 'lsiLogic'
    via glance image metadata, VMware driver defaults to LSI Logic Parallel
    controller. With this fix the driver will honor a property 'lsiLogicsas'
    to distinguish the right adapter and enable booting Windows instances.

    Fixes: bug #1187853
    Change-Id: Idb36a784a31e4938e8951adeb83335b3890dac85

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Fix proposed to branch: stable/grizzly
Review: https://review.openstack.org/49849

[OpenStack Infra (hudson-openstack)]

Reviewed: https://review.openstack.org/49849
Committed: http://github.com/openstack/nova/commit/b0afcca6810d883ac717d2c584b818d8906c367d
Submitter: Jenkins
Branch: stable/grizzly

commit b0afcca6810d883ac717d2c584b818d8906c367d
Author: Sabari Kumar Murugesan <email address hidden>
Date: Thu Sep 5 15:36:42 2013 -0700

    Fix problem with starting Windows 7 instances using VMware Driver

    The default controller for a Windows 7 virtual machine is the
    LSI Logic SAS. When the disk adapter type is specified as 'lsiLogic'
    via glance image metadata, VMware driver defaults to LSI Logic Parallel
    controller. With this fix the driver will honor a property 'lsiLogicsas'
    to distinguish the right adapter and enable booting Windows instances.

    Fixes: bug #1187853
    Change-Id: Idb36a784a31e4938e8951adeb83335b3890dac85
    (cherry picked from commit 16a9853fe3924ccaf987b2a1628f27bb9c03b950)