virt-install (Windows)

--network virtio

Example Virtual Machine using virtio:

virt-install --autostart --check all=on --name YOUR_VM_MACHINE --memory VM_MEMORY --vcpus VM_CPUs --os-variant ubuntu18.04 --cdrom VM_INSTALLATION_MEDIA --disk /path/libvirt/VM_STORAGE_POOL_NAME/YOUR_VM_MACHINE.qcow2 --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --wait TIME_TO_WAIT --network type=direct,source=eno111,source_mode=bridge,model=virtio

See os-variant: win2k19, win2k16, win2k3, win10

--graphics vnc

https://docs.openstack.org/image-guide/virt-install.html

1) qemu-img create -f qcow2 IMAGE_NAME.qcow2 10G
2) virt-install --virt-type=kvm --name MY_VMNAME --ram 1024 --disk  /path/to/your/precreated_image/IMAGE_NAME.qcow2,format=qcow2 --network network=default --graphics vnc,listen=0.0.0.0 --noautoconsole --os-type=windows --os-variant=win10 --cdrom=/path/to/windowsimg/Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x64.iso 
Starting install...
Domain installation still in progress. You can reconnect to
the console to complete the installation process.
3) virsh vncdisplay MY_VMNAME
:3
4) Use VNC Client to connect. Ports: (1 -> 5901, 2 -> 5902, .../...)

--graphics spice

1) qemu-img create -f qcow2 IMAGE_NAME.qcow2  10G
2) virt-install --name=MY_NEW_VMNAME --os-type=windows --disk path=/path/to/your/precreated_image/IMAGE_NAME.qcow2 --cdrom=/path/to/your/iso/Win10_1909_EnglishInternational_x64.iso --graphics spice --ram=1024
Starting install...
Domain installation still in progress. Waiting for installation to complete.
3) virsh vncdisplay MY_NEW_VMNAME
error: Failed to get VNC port. Is this domain using VNC?

virt-install with errors

virt-install --connect=qemu:///system --name=mywin --os-type=windows  -r 1024 --cpus=1 --os-variant=win2k3 --hvm --cdrom=/path/to/en_windows_2k3.iso --disk path=/path/to/win2k3.img --accelerate --network=bridge:br0 --vnc

WARNING  Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer.
WARNING  No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1

WARNING  Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer.
WARNING  No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1
Starting install...
ERROR    Cannot get interface MTU on 'br0': No such device
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
 virsh --connect qemu:///system start mywin
otherwise, please restart your installation.

ERROR    Cannot read CA certificate '/etc/pki/CA/cacert.pem': No such file or directory

WARNING  Graphics requested but DISPLAY is not set. Not running virt-viewer.
WARNING  No console to launch for the guest, defaulting to --wait -1

Starting install...
ERROR    internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2020-02-05T10:13:42.360993Z 
qemu-system-x86_64: -device ide-cd,bus=ide.0,unit=1,drive=drive-ide0-0-1,id=ide0-0-1,bootindex=1: Failed to get shared "write" lock
Is another process using the image?
Domain installation does not appear to have been successful.
If it was, you can restart your domain by running:
 virsh --connect qemu:///system start MY_DOMAIN
otherwise, please restart your installation.

Activities

• Install virtio-win
• Change an existing interface to virtio: https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/virtualization_deployment_and_administration_guide/sect-kvm_para_virtualized_virtio_drivers-using_kvm_virtio_drivers_for_nic_devices

See also

• Certified Windows drivers for KVM guests in Canonical Advantage
• Microsoft Windows: Windows 10, Windows 11, Windows Server, Windows IoT, Windows Server containers, RDP, Windows Update, Windows Defender, Windows Unified Write Filter (UWF), ReFS, Start-Service, Stop-Service, Set-Service, DISM, SFC, systeminfo, Microsoft Hyper-V, WSL, Windows Terminal, Windows Subsystem for Linux (WLS), Windows Server 2022, PowerShell, logoff, query user, WLMS, File explorer, Copy-Item, BitLocker, Cmdlet, choco, scoop, Windows VSS
• Virtio, Install virtio-win
• virtinst (package): virt-install, virt-clone, virt-convert and virt-xml
• libguestfs-tools: virt-sysprep, virt-clone, virt-builder, virt-customize, virt-resize, virt-rescue, virt-sparsify, guestmount, guestfish, virt-inspector, virt-cat, virt-log, virt-df, virt-ls, virt-filesystems, virt-list-filesystems, virt-edit
• KVM, Installation, QEMU, virsh, virtinst, libguestfs-tools, libvirt, qemu, Red Hat Virtualization (RHV), MacVTap, Virtio, oVirt, KVM services, KVM networking, KVM graphics, CPU, KVM on ARM