Solved: Windows 10 VM

praveen11 · 07-19-2021 09:57 PM

Hello,

I'm searching for the document on how to spin a Windows 10 VM on GCP. But I couldn't find one. I have Windows 10 license and VMDK/ISO file. Can someone please guide on how to create a Windows 10 VM ? Thanks.

aberger1

Hi, I think you'll need to look into importing your VMDK file first: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks#importing_virtual_disks

And then you'll be able to create a VM using your image that you uploaded as a VMDK file: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance#create_a_vm_from_a_custom_imag...

Hope this helps.

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aberger1

Hi, I think you'll need to look into importing your VMDK file first: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/import/importing-virtual-disks#importing_virtual_disks

And then you'll be able to create a VM using your image that you uploaded as a VMDK file: https://cloud.google.com/compute/docs/instances/create-start-instance#create_a_vm_from_a_custom_imag...

Hope this helps.

kumards

+1 to @aberger1 's answer. Also see the Windows client section in this doc.

JerryW

There is no Windows 10 image on GCP. In most cases, the Google compute enginee VM is used as a server, not as a desktop. That's why desktop OSes like Win10, Win7 are not available on cloud platforms.

ming0727

hi, praveen

can you tell me where you got win10 vmdk for google vm from?

I could find images for vmware, virtualbox, hiper-v..but which one should I use?

thanks.