HYPER-V: SERVER INSTALLATION TO THE FIRST GUEST
From current events, I list them here once a small road map with respect to the installation of a Windows Server 2008 systems with Hyper-V role. The steps listed here are no cockpit-order, they reflect only represents the path that is preferred by us. I will, as far as possible give reasons and explanations for each step so that the installation is as transparent as possible.
Enable Virtualization Technology in BIOS :
- Enabling Execute Disable Bit "technology (name differs depending on the manufacturer, sometimes referred to as memory protection)
- Installing a Windows Server 2008 x64 (version must include Hyper-V version (Standard, Enterprise or Data Center) does not matter)
- The finished installed to the current patch level position (Partial certain patches installed until AFTER a successful activation of the operating system)
- Check whether (at least) Update KB950050 was installed (RTM version of the hypervisor, in the RTM of Windows Server 2008 is a beta version of the hypervisor contain. This is recommended the following items list of Hyper-V updates )
- Enabling Hyper-V role
- Setting the Hyper-V Network
- Setting the default paths for virtual machine and snapshot files
- Create a new virtual machine (if the virtual machine will not start check point 1 and 2. It is important in this case, after the turn of the technologies of computer once made OFF, a simple restart from the bios does not bring out success)
Getting Started with Windows Server 2008
If you install the Core version on Windows Server 2008 for the first time, you probably feel like a huge vacuum. Graphical tools (GUI) that you were so familiar (Control Panel, the management tool of the workstation, the shell, Internet Explorer, etc. ) have completely disappeared.
There remains only the command prompt (prompt) to satisfy us, and that's the whole philosophy of this security issue is particularly suited to the implementation of infrastructure components (DHCP / DNS / Active Directory / files /).
Here the below steps will provide with the very first simple administrative tasks that you must do before going into the world of Server Core .
You can configure the following things :
- Display the server name
- Rename the server
- Configure the network interface
- Join the server to an Active Directory
- Change the administrator account password do
Installing Windows Server 2008
- Insert the DVD into the drive and reboot the PC
- Choose the language, date format and currency and keyboard:
- Enter the product key or no key for an evaluation. If you have not entered a key, then you must choose the version of Windows Installer, if the latter is imposed by the key and you have the choice between the Core version (translated Core installation) or complete installation.
- Choose the type of installation (Upgrade option is available only with a launch of the program from a version of Windows installed on the hard drive).
- The choice options also lets you access the creation or extension of partition, or formatting
- Pressing next starts the installation.
Commands
In the command prompt type:
Display the server name
Rename the server
Code:
C: \> netdom renamecomputer% computername% / newname: SRV2008
Configure the network interface
Default DHCP is enabled, if you are logged in and you have a DHCP service running on your network you should get an address of your network. Otherwise an address type will be assigned APIPA (169.254.xx). This will show the names of the available interfaces to locate the interface you want to configure.
Code:
C: \> netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Then you can configure the interface corresponding to our local network by specifying an IP address, mask and gateway on the interface 2.
Code:
C: \> netsh interface ipv4 set address 2 source = static address = 192.168.0.1 mask = 255.255.255.0 gateway = 192.168.0.254
Then adding the address of a primary DNS server in our network
Code:
C: \> netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name address = 192.168.0.21 = 2 index = 1
Adding Secondary DNS Server
Code:
C: \> netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name address = 192.168.0.22 = 2 index = 2
Check again all by
Code:
C: \> ipconfig / all
Join the server to an Active[/CODE] Directory
You can then join you machine to a domain named domlab.com using a domain administrator account.
Code:
C: \> netdom join% computername% / domain: domlab.com / userd: administrator / passwordd: *
A quick application of typing the password for the administrator account and then to restart the system before the changes are taken into account. For that I type the following command:
Code:
C: \> shutdown / r / t 0
Change the password administrator account
During the installation you have already changed the password for the administrator account, but here's how to change the command line.
Code:
C: \> net user administrator *
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