VPS Guest OS Provisioning

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The following diagram outlines VPS guest OS provisioning and it helps to better understand what’s happening when WSP creates a new VPS:

Step

Description

Copy VHD from Templates Library

WSP copies template VHD to customer VPS folder. If required destination VHD is converted either to dynamic or fixed type and then expanded if its size must be greater that OS template.

Process Unattended setup answer template

VHD is mounted and all specified templates are processed by WSP.

Create Customer Virtual Machine

WSP creates a new virtual machine and attaches copied and processed VHD. New virtual machine is starting.

Windows runs “Specialize” pass

During first run of operating system Windows Setup process configuration settings from “specialize” pass.

Windows runs “Welcome” pass

Right after “specialize” pass Windows Setup process configuration settings from “oobeSystem” pass.

WSP VmConfig configures the rest of OS parameters

WSP VmConfig service is starting and executing specified provisioning tasks.