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Required Software

Table 1 lists the software packages required for creating a Windows private image.

Check the integrity of downloaded installation packages during Windows image creation, that is, check whether the packages are tampered with or lost during download. For details, see Packages for Windows Image Creation.

Table 1 Required software packages

Name

Description

How to Obtain

Workspace_HDP_WindowsDesktop_Installer_x.x.x.iso

Windows image creation tool

Click here to obtain the image creation tool.

Click here to obtain the CMS signature file of the image tool.

ISO file
  • Windows 10 64-bit (Chinese and English)
  • Windows Server 2016 Standard 64-bit (Chinese and English)
  • Windows Server 2019 Standard 64-bit (Chinese and English)

Obtain ISO files from Microsoft or other legal channels.

NOTICE:

The ISO file must be an official pure image obtained from an official channel. Do not use non-official images or customized private images. These images have many unknown modifications of the OS and can lead to failed template creation or incompatibility with HDP.

AnyBurn

CD/DVD-ROM drive creation tool

Click here.

VirtIO driver package

VirtIO driver

Click here to download the required driver package (virtio-win.iso of the latest version is recommended) from the VirtIO official website.

Applications

Prepare application software as required, such as office and real-time communication software.

Prepared by users

7z1900-x64.exe

7-Zip compression software, which is used to compress or decompress software packages

Click here.

VC_redist.x64.exe

Visual Studio 2017 runtime library, which is used to install the basic library for running desktop applications

How to obtain:

By the document release date, click here.

VC_redist.x86.exe

CloudbaseInitSetup_xxx.msi

An ECS initialization tool used to configure usernames, passwords, and the hostname and hosts files of ECSs to be created using images

Download the appropriate version of Cloudbase-Init installation package based on the Windows bit version.

Cloudbase-Init has two versions: stable and beta.

To obtain the stable version, visit the following paths:

To obtain the beta version, visit the following paths:

Peripheral driver

Prepare the peripheral drivers as required.

Prepared by users

HW.SysAgent.Installer_64.msi HW.SysPrep.Installer_64.msi

Used for desktop provisioning and HDA upgrade.

Double-click to install.

Click here to obtain HW.SysAgent.

Click here to obtain the CMS signature file of HW.SysAgent.

Click here to obtain HW.SysPrep.

Click here to obtain the CMS signature file of HW.SysPrep.

WKSAppCenterAgent.msi

WKSAppCenter.msi

Needs to be installed when Workspace uses the application center.

Double-click to install.

Click here to obtain WKSAPPCenterAgent.

Click here to obtain the CMS signature file of WKSAPPCenterAgent.

Click here to obtain WKSAppCenter.

Click here to obtain the CMS signature file of WKSAppCenter.