Running a Windows Server 2022 VM in Proxmox VE
49#Server2022 #Proxmox #VirtualMachine
Full steps can be found at https://i12bretro.github.io/tutorials/0840.html
01. Log into the Proxmox web UI
02. Select a storage from the left navigation pane to download the .iso to
03. Select ISO Images in the left sub-navigation pane
04. If running Proxmox 6, download the Server 2022 iso https://archive.org/download/windows-server-2022_build-20348.169 and the VirtIO driver iso https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/direct-downloads/stable-virtio/virtio-win.iso and upload them both to the Proxmox ISO image library
05. If on Proxmox 7, click Download from URL and paste the download URLs from above ≫ Click Query URL ≫ Click Download
06. Right click the Proxmox node name ≫ Create VM
07. Give the VM a unique ID and Name ≫ Next
08. Set the Type to Microsoft Windows and Version to 11/2022 and select the Server 2022 iso
09. On the System tab, set the EFI Storage device, Choose to enable/disable TPM and set the TPM Storage device, Check the Qemu Agent box and set the SCSI Controller to VirtIO SCSI ≫ Next
10. On the Disks tab, set the Storage device and Disk size to at least 30GB, Bus/Device to VirtIO Block and Cache to Write back ≫ Next
11. On the CPU tab, set Cores to 2 or more and the Type to host ≫ Next
12. On the Memory tab, set the Memory to 4096 or more ≫ Next
13. Leave the defaults on the Network tab ≫ Next
14. Verify the summary and click Finish
15. Select the Server 2022 VM ≫ Hardware
16. Click the Add dropdown ≫ CD/DVD Drive
17. Double click the new CD/DVD Drive ≫ Select Use CD/DVD disc image file (iso) ≫ Select the storage where the VirtIO driver iso was downloaded ≫ Select the virtio .iso file ≫ Click OK
18. Right click the Server 2022 VM in the left navigation pane ≫ Start
19. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu
20. When prompted, press a key to boot to the CD/DVD drive
21. Set the Language and Keyboard preferences ≫ Click Next
22. Click Install Now
23. Select the desired edition ≫ Click Next
24. Check the I accept box ≫ Click Next
25. Click Custom (advanced) ≫ Click Next
26. Click Load Driver ≫ Browse ≫ Expand the VirtIO driver disc ≫ Navigate to amd64\2k22 ≫ Click OK ≫ Next
27. With the Unallocated Space selected, click Next to install
28. Wait for Windows to copy files, the VM will reboot several times
29. Enter a password ≫ Re-type the password ≫ Click Finish
30. Select the Keyboard icon ≫ Ctrl-Alt-Del
31. Input the administrator password and login
32. Welcome to Server 2022
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Optional Steps
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01. Open File Explorer ≫ Navigate into the VirtIO Disc ≫ Right click virtio-win-guest-tools.exe ≫ Run as administrator
02. Step through the installer, accepting all the defaults
03. After the installation completes shutdown the VM
04. Back in the Proxmox web UI, select Hardware from the left sub-navigation menu
05. Select the CD/DVD drive with the VirtIO iso attached ≫ Remove ≫ Yes
06. Double click the remaining CD/DVD drive ≫ Select Do not use any media ≫ Click OK
07. Click Start at the top right of the screen restart the VM
08. Click console in the left sub-navigation menu
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