Monday 7 September 2015

Installing Hyper-V on a Server with a GUI Installation

In order to install the Hyper-V role on a Server with a GUI installation.  On the server desktop, open Server Manager as shown in below image



In Server Manager, in the menu, click Manage, and then click Add Roles and Features, as shown in below image



    In the Add Roles and Features Wizard (below image), on the Before You Begin page, select Next.


    On the Select Installation Type page, select Role-based or feature-based installation, and click Next. (As shown below)


    On the Select Destination Server page, select the server, and click Next. As shown below....


    On the Select Destination Server page, select the server, and click Next. As shown in below image

    On the Select Server Roles page (As shown in below image), select Hyper-V, and then click Add Features in the dialog box.


    On the Select Server Roles page (as shown in below image), click Next.


    On the Hyper-V Page, click Next. As shown in below image


On the Create Virtual Switches page (As shown in below image), select a network adapter, and then click Next.


   On the Virtual Machine Migration page, click Next. As shown below


  On the Default Stores page, click next, as shown below

.   On the Confirmation page (As shown in below image), check Restart the destination server automatically if required, and then click Yes in the restart dialog box.


.   On the Confirmation page, click Install. As shown below


   On the Installation Progress page (Figure 20), you can monitor the Hyper-V role installation until the server automatically restarts.



   After the server restarts and opens the Server Manager, check the Installation Progress page (Shown in below image) to ensure that the Hyper-V role installation was successful, and then click Close.





















Tuesday 1 September 2015

Installing Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Core Installation

Here are the basic steps to install the Hyper-V role on a Server Core Installation of Windows Server 2012 using Windows PowerShell:

1.     At the Server Core installation console, a command line window opens after login




2.     As shown in below image, type PowerShell in the command window to access the Windows PowerShell interface.



3.     Type Get-WindowsFeature at the PowerShell Command Line (as shown below) to view the server roles and features that are installed or available on the server.


Type Install-WindowsFeature –Name Hyper-V – Restart to install the Hyper-V role and automatically restart the server after the installation of the role.



After the server restarts, start PowerShell from the command window, and type Get-WindowsFeature | where {$_.Installed –eq $True} to verify the successful installation of the Hyper-V role


         The command output is formatted to display only a list of the roles and features that are installed on the server, rather than the entire list of roles and features available. Using Windows PowerShell, roles and features can be installed individually as shown in this example, or you can install multiple roles and features using a single cmdlet. For example, you can install the Hyper-V and Web Server roles using the following syntax: Install-WindowsFeature –Name Hyper-V, Web-Server – Restart.