Overview

If you want to use a private BMS image, you can use an external image file to create one. This document describes the private image creation procedure (including creating a VM and installing the OS, software, and drivers on the VM) and uses multiple OSs as examples to provide instructions for you to create a private image. You can also install software as needed to customize your private image.

After you have created an image file, you need to register it on the cloud platform. For details, see Creating a Private Image from an External Image File. After successful registration, you can select this private image when creating a BMS.

Image Creation Process

The image creation process is as follows:

Figure 1 Process of image creation

**Table 1** Creation process description
Procedure	Description
Making preparations	Before you create an image, prepare: A Linux physical server or VM to be used as a host Software packages, such as the OS ISO file package, SDI driver package, and bms-network-config package Tools, such as the cross-platform remote access tool and file transfer tool
Creating a VM	Use virt-manager to create a VM.
Installing an OS on the VM	Install an OS on the VM as required.
Configuring the VM environment	Software packages need to be uploaded to the VM. Therefore, you need to configure the VM environment so that the VM can connect to the Internet.
Configuring the VM	Linux: Install and configure Cloud-Init. Modify the hardware device driver that boots the OS. Install bms-network-config. (Optional) Install the SDI driver. (Optional) Install the Hi1822 driver. (Optional) Install the IB driver. (Optional) Install x86 V5/TaiShan server drivers. (Optional) Install multipath software. Perform security configuration. Configure remote login. Configure automatic root partition expansion. Windows: Install x86 V5 server drivers. Install Cloudbase-Init. Install bms-network-config. (Optional) Install the SDI driver. Set the Windows time zone. Set the Windows virtual memory. (Optional) Configure automatic windows update. Configure the SID.
Stopping the VM and obtaining the image	Stop the VM and obtain the image file. If the generated image file is too large, you can compress it.
Converting the image format	For BMS, the image format can only be ZVHD2. After obtaining an image file, convert its format to ZVHD2.

Supported OSs

BMS images support the following OSs:

**Table 2** x86 OSs
OS Type	OS Version	Kernel Version
RedHat	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.5 64bit	2.6.32-431.el6.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.7 64bit	2.6.32-573.el6.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.8 64bit	2.6.32-642.el6.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6.9 64bit	2.6.32-696.e16.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.2 64bit	3.10.0-327.e17.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.3 64bit	3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.4 64bit	3.10.0-693.e17.x86_64
	Red Hat Linux Enterprise 7.5 64bit	3.10.0-862.el7.x86_64
SUSE	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 64bit	3.0.101-63-default
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP1 64bit	3.12.49-11-default
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2 64bit	4.4.21-69-default
	SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP3 64bit	4.4.73-5-default
Oracle Linux	Oracle Linux Server release 6.8 64bit	4.1.12-37.4.1.e16uek.x86_64
	Oracle Linux Server release 6.9 64bit	4.1.12-61.1.28.e16uek.x86_64
	Oracle Linux Server release 7.2 64bit	3.10.0-327.e17.x86_64
	Oracle Linux Server release 7.3 64bit	3.10.0-327.el7.x86_64 or 4.1.12-61.1.18.e17uek.x86_64
	Oracle Linux Server release 7.4 64bit	4.1.12-94.3.9.e17uek.x86_64
EulerOS	EulerOS 2.2 64bit	3.10.0-327.44.58.35.x86_64
EulerOS	EulerOS 2.3 64bit	3.10.0-514.44.5.10.h142.x86_64
CentOS	CentOS 6.8 64bit	2.6.32-642.e16.x86_64
	CentOS 6.9 64bit	2.6.32-696.e16.x86_64
	CentOS 7.2 64bit	3.10.0-327.e17.x86_64
	CentOS 7.3 64bit	3.10.0-514.el7.x86_64
	CentOS 7.4 64bit	3.10.0-693.e17.x86_64
	CentOS 7.5 64bit	3.10.0-862.e17.x86_64
Ubuntu	Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 64bit	4.4.0-21-generic x86_64
Ubuntu	Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 64bit	3.13.0-24-generic
Debian	Debian 8.6 64bit	3.16.0-4-amd64
Windows	Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard 64bit	-
Windows	Windows Server 2016 Standard 64bit	-