Windows

Windows 10 and 11 Images don't really need to be sys prepped but it is nice to do this so that each new one setup the user can create a username.

Windows Server, this only matters if you create a domain controller, the domain controller and other servers if they are all the same cloned image you will get errors about the server having the same SID as the domain controller, sys prepping the image after installing will prevent this.

Where to get Windows Server & Windows Enterprise ISOs

Microsoft offer evaluation copies of Windows Server Download

VMware

ESXI works ok but I the following machine settings are needed to get ESXI to work correctly

ESXI vSphere 8.0u3c

• QEMU Version 8.2.1
• QEMU Arch x86_64
• QEMU Nic vmxnet3

ESXI vSphere 7.0u3r

• QEMU Version 7.2.9
• QEMU Arch x86_64
• QEMU Nic vmxnet3

Proxmox

I have installed Proxmox and installed an OS on proxmox, it seems to work fine but I have not fully tested its functionally

Proxmox Version 9

Download on the Proxmox website here

Upload the iso file to eve-ng using WinSCP / CyberDuck to:

/opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-proxmox-v9

name the iso file cdrom.iso

now ssh into the eve-ng server using putty or terminal, we are going to create the drive for proxmox to install on

cd /opt/unetlab/addons/qemu/linux-proxmox-v9

/opt/qemu/bin/qemu-img create -f qcow2 virtioa.qcow2 60G