Hi,
We are setting up a test lab of Windows machines using Proxmox/KVM.
The plan is to create some Windows templates using Proxmox/KVM templates. We'll have multiple variants of each Windows version - e.g. 3-4 variants of each of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
So I've create a new KVM VM, and I've installed Windows in it.
I can then right-click, and convert it to a template. I can then spin up X number of VMs based on this template.
Firstly - what about things like MAC addresses, hostnames, SIDs? Will these automatically change with each invocation of the template? Or do I need to change them myself? (e.g. using sysprep).
Secondly - being able to randomly generate hostnames would be nice - because then we could install something like collectd or telegraf on the VM template, and have it automatically send data to InfluxDB, and have it key-ed on the hostname.
Thirdly - Is it possible to spin up a VM from a template, customise it some more, then create a new template based on that?
Thanks,
Victor
We are setting up a test lab of Windows machines using Proxmox/KVM.
The plan is to create some Windows templates using Proxmox/KVM templates. We'll have multiple variants of each Windows version - e.g. 3-4 variants of each of Windows 7, Windows 8.1 and Windows 10.
So I've create a new KVM VM, and I've installed Windows in it.
I can then right-click, and convert it to a template. I can then spin up X number of VMs based on this template.
Firstly - what about things like MAC addresses, hostnames, SIDs? Will these automatically change with each invocation of the template? Or do I need to change them myself? (e.g. using sysprep).
Secondly - being able to randomly generate hostnames would be nice - because then we could install something like collectd or telegraf on the VM template, and have it automatically send data to InfluxDB, and have it key-ed on the hostname.
Thirdly - Is it possible to spin up a VM from a template, customise it some more, then create a new template based on that?
Thanks,
Victor