Reviewed-by: Hasko, Vladimir <vladimir.hasko@t-systems.com> Co-authored-by: guoyanyan <guoyanyan3@huawei.com> Co-committed-by: guoyanyan <guoyanyan3@huawei.com>
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Installing a Windows OS and the VMTools Driver
Scenarios
This section uses Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit as an example to describe how to install Windows on an ECS.
The installation procedure varies depending on the image file you use. Perform operations as prompted.
Prerequisites
You have remotely logged in to the ECS and entered the installation page.
Procedure

Do not stop or restart the ECS during the OS installation. Otherwise, the OS installation will fail.
- Install the Windows OS.
- Specify the parameters on the Install Windows page.
- Click Next.
The installation confirmation window is displayed.
- Click Install now.
The Select the operating system you want to install window is displayed.
- Select the version of the OS to be installed and click Next.
The Please read the license terms window is displayed.
- Select I accept the license terms, and click Next.
The Which type of installation do you want? window is displayed.
- Select Custom (advanced).
The Where do you want to install Windows? window is displayed.
- Click Load Driver and then Browse.
- Choose the following path and click OK.
vmtools-windows/upgrade/$OS_Version/drivers/viostor
- Select the driver matching the OS and click Next.
The system may provide multiple drivers. Select VISOTOR.INF shown in the following figure.
- Select the disk and click Next.
- The Installing Windows window is displayed, and the OS installation starts.
The installation takes about 50 minutes. The ECS restarts during the installation. After the ECS successfully restarts, log in to it again and configure the OS as prompted.
- Install related drivers.
- Open Computer and double-click the CD driver.
- Double-click the vmtools-windows folder.
- Double-click the Setup file.
- Install drivers as prompted.
- After the driver is installed, start Device Manager and verify that the drivers shown in the red box in the following figure are successfully installed.