[ovirt-users] HP ProLiant ML10 v2 or ML110 Gen9 with Windows Server Essentials 2012 R2 guest

[Chris Adams]

Once upon a time, gregor <gregor_forum at catrix.at> said:
> And will Windows Server 2012 run in oVirt,
> because on my test machine (HP ProLiant ML350 G5) it didn't (maybe the
> CPU is to old).

I just went through trying to get Windows Server 2012 Essentials (both
"original" and R2) running on a cluster with Nehalem CPUs, and it would
blue-screen during install.  I replicated the problem on my Fedora
desktop with plain KVM set up to emulate a Nehalem CPU.  When I switched
to Westmere or newer, Windows worked.

This appears to be some difference between Essentials and Standard
edition (I am running Windows Server 2012 Standard VMs on my cluster
just fine).  A co-worker searching around on the Internet also found
some VirtualBox users having similar issues with Essentials.

So, with Westmere or newer CPU, I think Essentials should be okay, but
don't try it with Nehalem.
-- 
Chris Adams <cma at cmadams.net>