Reviewed-by: Pristromskaia, Margarita <margarita.pristromskaia@t-systems.com> Co-authored-by: Zaoxu, Li <lizaoxu@huawei.com> Co-committed-by: Zaoxu, Li <lizaoxu@huawei.com>
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Installing a Windows OS and the VMTools Driver
Scenarios
This section uses Windows Server 2019 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.
- Configure Windows setup.
- Click Next.
The installation confirmation window is displayed.
- Click Install now.
The Select the operating system you want to install dialog box is displayed.
- Select the version of the OS to be installed and click Next.
The Please read the license terms dialog box 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.
- Select a driver based on the disk type.
- If the disk type is VBD, choose viostor > 2k19 > amd64 and click OK.
- If the disk type is SCSI, choose vioscsi > 2k19 > amd64 and click OK.
Select the vioscsi.inf driver and click Next.
- 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 drivers.
- Open Computer and double-click the CD drive.
- Double-click virtio-win-gt-x64 or virtio-win-gt-x86. Install drivers as prompted.
- After the installation is complete, start Device Manager and check that all the drivers shown in the red box are successfully installed.