So I've started investigating vFDD as a potential service offering, but I keep running into a roadblock. The process of creating a windows VM with SQL seems straightforward (though I can't seem to find any documentation on it) - feed DD the ISOs for the OS and the SQL server. It seems to build OK, but when I try and deploy the new template as a working VM, it either sticks indefinitely at "Creating..." (when using SQL 2008 R2) or errors out with:
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[SC] OpenService FAILED 1060:
The specified service does not exist as an installed service.
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Stderr: [The service name is invalid.
More help is available by typing NET HELPMSG 2185.
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(when using SQL 2012).
Has anyone managed to make this work that can offer any insight? I'd appreciate it.