Need Windows 7/8 VM, no Passthru or anything

[Pducharme]

Hi,

 

I need to have a Windows VM for the sole purpose to run the Bitcasa Client and have it upload ("sync") my User Shares to Bitcasa (Unlimited).

 

I know KVM is pretty powerful and can passthru stuff like GPU, NIC, etc., but I just need basic Windows that i'll RDP to it and it will only run the Bitcasa client.

 

I don't have any experience on KVM.  Where to start??  Any easy cli commands to build the VM ?  Also, Is it possible to "connect" User Shares directly in the KVM XML instead of accessing thru SMB or other slower network protocol ?

 

Thanks !

[Pducharme]

Where to download the virtio-win-0.1-81.iso ?

 

[Pducharme]

Ok, I found the VirtIO ISO file online.  I edited one of the XML found here. 

 

When I try to run my command, I get :

 

root@Unraid:/mnt/cache/VM/Win81# virsh create win81.xml
error: Failed to create domain from win81.xml
error: internal error: unexpected domain type kvm, expecting xen

root@Unraid:/mnt/cache/VM/Win81#

 

Here is my XML :

 

<domain type='kvm' xmlns:qemu='http://libvirt.org/schemas/domain/qemu/1.0'>
  <name>windows_8.1</name>
  <uuid>cc411d70-4463-4db7-bf36-d364c0cdaa9d</uuid>
  <memory unit='GB'>8</memory>
  <currentMemory unit='GB'>8</currentMemory>
  <vcpu placement='static'>4</vcpu>
  <resource>
    <partition>/machine</partition>
  </resource>
  <os>
    <type arch='x86_64' machine='q35'>hvm</type>
    <boot dev='cdrom'/>
  </os>
<features>
    <acpi/>
    <apic/>
  </features>
  <cpu mode='host-passthrough'>
  </cpu>
  <clock offset='localtime'/>
  <on_poweroff>destroy</on_poweroff>
  <on_reboot>restart</on_reboot>
  <on_crash>destroy</on_crash>
  <devices>
    <emulator>/usr/bin/qemu-system-x86_64</emulator>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/cache/VM/Win81/win81.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdc' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>
    <disk type='file' device='cdrom'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw'/>
      <source file='/mnt/cache/VM/Win81/virtio-win-0.1-81.iso'/>
      <target dev='sdd' bus='sata'/>
      <readonly/>
    </disk>
    <disk type="file" device="disk">
		<driver name="qemu" type="qcow2" />
		<source file="/mnt/cache/VM/Win81/Win81.qcow2" />
		<target dev="vda" bus="virtio" />
	</disk>
    <controller type='sata' index='0'>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='0' model='pcie-root'/>
    <controller type='pci' index='1' model='dmi-to-pci-bridge'>
    </controller>
    <controller type='pci' index='2' model='pci-bridge'>
    </controller>
    <controller type='usb' index='0' model='none'>
    </controller>
    <interface type='bridge'>
      <source bridge='br0'/>
      <model type='virtio'/>
    </interface>
    
    
    <graphics type='vnc' port='5900'>
      <listen type='address' address='0.0.0.0'/>
    </graphics>
    
    <input type='mouse' bus='ps2'/>
    <memballoon model='virtio'/>
  </devices>

</domain>

 

Any idea ??

[Pducharme]

In case anyone got the same, It was because my Unraid was booted with Xen Kernel; they can't co-habit.  So I just rebooted on the default...