I will be asked again ” Really, who is using Windows 2000 at the end of second decade of 21’st Century” :-). Trust me, there are companies which has to keep it for compliance reasons. I have seen system like Novell 6.5, Windows NT, few months back, is the datacenters.
Below quick how to Install Windows 2000 Advance Server on Nutanix Acropolis
Requirements:
- Nutanix AOS 4.7.3 or newer
- Nutanix AHV 2016060144 or newer
- Download Intel Drivers for E1000 controller for Windows 2000 Server
- Download and install ISOMagic or any other software which can create ISO files
- Windows 2000 server ISO file – upload to Image Services on Nutanix Acropolis
Step #1 – create ISO with Intel E1000 drivers
Use ISO creator and create ISO with Intel E1000 drivers or you can download ready to use ISO with drivers from here – Intel E1000 drivers for Windows 2000
Step #2 Create VM
Use IDE BUS for disks and do NOT add network adapter. When you finish, save VM and log in to CVM over SSH and get into acli and create E1000 vnic
<acropolis> vm.nic_create win2ksp4vmw model=e1000 network=VLAN88 NicCreate: complete <acropolis>
Check VM config
<acropolis> vm.get win2ksp4vmw win2ksp4vmw { config { disk_list { addr { bus: "ide" index: 0 } cdrom: True empty: True } disk_list { addr { bus: "ide" index: 1 } container_id: 10343366 container_uuid: "2cfc19fa-10d7-40db-8815-ba10baf86cb5" source_nfs_path: "/ctr01/Windows2000Sp4/Windows2000Sp4-flat.vmdk" vmdisk_size: 10737418240 vmdisk_uuid: "aa5bc35b-a198-4c12-a99a-3c35c1680ee8" } disk_list { addr { bus: "pci" index: 0 } container_id: 10343366 container_uuid: "2cfc19fa-10d7-40db-8815-ba10baf86cb5" vmdisk_size: 1073741824 vmdisk_uuid: "c43e34ed-8941-4fba-9b39-cce80633b243" } max_hotplug_memory_mb: 262144 memory_mb: 1024 name: "win2ksp4vmw" nic_list { mac_addr: "52:54:00:da:2c:a2" model: "e1000" network_name: "VLAN88" network_uuid: "10793af9-0fcf-4fa7-b1e0-ad3622b2bb18" } num_cores_per_vcpu: 1 num_vcpus: 1 } logical_timestamp: 2 state: "kOff" uuid: "2d36a00a-d98d-4c11-b14d-41f666198c0e" } <acropolis>
Step #3 Power VM on
Power VM and install Windows 2000 server. When installation is finished, install network driver from ISO and that’s it.
have you try to deploy windows nt as well ?