With the upcoming new release (version 1.2.11) we will be including an easy HVM template creation script.
Heres an example:
SolusVM HVM Template Creator v1 | ctrl+c to quit ===================================================== Choose an operating system type/version: 1) Windows 7 2) Windows Server 2008 R2 3) Windows Server 2008 4) Windows Server 2003 R2 5) Windows Server 2003 6) Windows Vista 7) Windows 2000 8) Windows XP Choice: 8
SolusVM HVM Template Creator v1 | ctrl+c to quit
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Template Type.........: Windows XP
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Enter the path to the source logical volume
Available paths:
/dev/vps/vm113_img
/dev/vps/vm114_img
/dev/vps/vm115_img
Path: /dev/vps/vm115_img
SolusVM HVM Template Creator v1 | ctrl+c to quit ===================================================== Template Type.........: Windows XP Template Source.......: /dev/vps/vm115_img ===================================================== Enter a name for the template. Just press enter for defaults. Filename: windows-xp-test
SolusVM HVM Template Creator v1 | ctrl+c to quit ===================================================== Template Type.........: Windows XP Template Source.......: /dev/vps/vm115_img Template Source LV....: vm115_img Template Filename.....: windows-xp-test.tar.gz Template Destination..: /home/solusvm/tmp/ ===================================================== All the information has been collected and we are ready to proceed. All output from the creation process will be displayed below *Hit enter to start*
CREATING MBR IMAGE... 1+0 records in 1+0 records out 512 bytes (512 B) copied, 0.000253 seconds, 2.0 MB/s MAPPING PARTITIONS... CREATING FILESYSTEM IMAGE... ntfsclone v1.13.1 (libntfs 9:0:0) NTFS volume version: 3.1 Cluster size : 4096 bytes Current volume size: 16105058304 bytes (16106 MB) Current device size: 16105065984 bytes (16106 MB) Scanning volume ... 100.00 percent completed Accounting clusters ... Space in use : 3745 MB (23.3%) Saving NTFS to image ... 100.00 percent completed Syncing ... UNMAPPING PARTITIONS... CREATING ARCHIVE... windows-xp-test/ windows-xp-test/windows-xp-test.img windows-xp-test/windows-xp-test.mbr CLEANING UP... COMPLETE... Template location: /home/solusvm/tmp/windows-xp-test.tar.gz