Are you installing on existing VMs or on new VMs as you create them? If the latter, slipstream the drivers into the gold Windows image using DISM: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-hardware/manufacture/desktop/add-and-remove-drivers-to-an-offline-windows-image?view=windows-11
Cheers,
Peter
On Mon, 25 Apr 2022, 00:28 Cameron Showalter, <cameronsplaze222@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I'm trying to write an automatic way to install drivers inside guests, and I'm starting with Windows first. I'm trying to follow this guide here:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_virtualization/4.4/html/virtual_machine_management_guide/installing_guest_agents_and_drivers_windowsSo I install virtio-win to the host, and mount that as a cd-rom inside the Windows 10 VM. I then want to install ALL drivers and agents like so (Command Prompt as Admin, go to the drive letter the iso is mounted as before running this):start /wait msiexec /i "virtio-win-gt-x64.msi" /qn ADDLOCAL=ALL<wait a few minutes JUST TO BE SURE it finished><restart VM>
And from what I can tell, it works. I can go into device manager, and see drivers for virtio-balooning / etc. The problem is in virt-manager, going to "View: Scale Displays: Auto-resize VM with window", and it's still greyed out. (Says Guest Agent is not available). Going to "View: Consoles", it says I have "Graphical Console Spice" selected. Any idea what I might be doing wrong?And, is this the right approach for automatic guest drivers? Mounting the iso, then use something like "virsh x-exec" to run that msiexec command above.Thanks!Cameron
