You said you get a pop up and think it’s a strange permission issue, but I don’t see where you posted the error message…If I missed it I apologize. Can you repost it?

Eric Evans

Digital Data Services LLC.

304.660.9080

From: Shareef Jalloq <shareef@jalloq.co.uk>
Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2020 3:20 PM
To: eevans@digitaldatatechs.com
Cc: users@ovirt.org
Subject: Re: [ovirt-users] Re: How to debug a failed Run Once launch

See my second reply to this thread.

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 12:21 PM <eevans@digitaldatatechs.com> wrote:

Can you give the exact error message or a screenshot? Check the engine.log as well for error messages.

Eric Evans

Digital Data Services LLC.

304.660.9080

From: Shareef Jalloq <shareef@jalloq.co.uk>
Sent: Friday, March 27, 2020 6:30 AM
To: eevans@digitaldatatechs.com
Cc: users@ovirt.org
Subject: [ovirt-users] Re: How to debug a failed Run Once launch

So just to confirm all the options when I'm setting up the VM.  This is Windows Server 2019 so I'm selecting:

 - General:Operating System = Windows 2019 x64

 - System:Memory Size = 16GB

 - System:Total Virtual CPUs = 8

 - BootOptions:First Device = CD-ROM

 - BootOptions:Second Device = Hard Disk

Then in the Run Once config I'm attaching both the floppy and CD as well as updating the predefined boot sequence.

When I installed the virtio-win package there are multiple VFD files in /usr/share/virtio-win/.  I'm assuming the win_amd64.vfd version is for non-server Windows installs so I picked virtio-win_servers_amd64.vfd.

Assuming that's all ok, it just seems to be a strange permissions issue...

On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 8:59 AM Shareef Jalloq <shareef@jalloq.co.uk> wrote:

Yep.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2020 at 7:25 PM <eevans@digitaldatatechs.com> wrote:

The Windows Server 2019 needs to be the first boot device on the run once. Is it set that way in the boot options?

Eric Evans

Digital Data Services LLC.

304.660.9080

From: Shareef Jalloq <shareef@jalloq.co.uk>
Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2020 2:25 PM
To: users@ovirt.org
Subject: [ovirt-users] How to debug a failed Run Once launch

Hi,

I'm trying to create a Windows Server 2019 VM and having found the virtio-win package that needed to be installed am facing the next hurdle.

I've followed the documentation and I'm using the Run Once option with the following boot options:

Attach Floppy: virtio-win_servers_amd64.vfd

Attach CD:  Win 2029 ISO

CD-ROM at top of Predefined Boot Sequence

Clicking OK starts the VM but it immediately fails with a Failed Launching pop up.

How do I go about debugging this?

Shareef.