I have a new cluster with a fairly new VMM 2012R2 which I'm slowly migrating "old" VMs into... this seems to work fine.
However, I needed to make a new Windows Server 2012R2 VM today and that I can't do... I create the machine, and "connect" the ISO file from my library. I power on the VM and it boots the CD just fine... I select languages and install type (standard/datacenter and core/gui)... it then spins for 20-30 seconds before claiming it can't access the license agreement off of the CD. And I can't progress any further...
Exact error is:
"Windows cannot find the Microsoft Software License Terms. Make sure the installation sources are valid and restart the installation."I tried installing Ubuntu and that worked just fine.
I tied using both shared and copied ISOs from the properties... for Windows that had no effect. I even copied the ISO anew from my download folder to the Library server, with no difference in result. I also tried to redownload the ISO from the Microsoft VLSC but a diff told me the two files were identical.
Help?!
(The VM was made as a Gen1 VM since I didn't want to mess around with Powershell to have it boot from CD instead of HDD. Cluster is running on 2012R2 core datacenter servers...)
edit: I did make a Gen 2 VM just now, seems it auto boots the cd if there's no OS on the hdd... I still got the same error. I'm 100% sure the ISO is a-o-k... because I installed the cluster blades using the same file via ILO...