How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Dale Unroe — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 05:54:13 GMT

Thank you for the detailed step through. I'm a little gun shy working with the new Core OS and this has saved me a great deal of grief and second guessing.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Mark Wilson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 02:23:06 GMT

John - thanks for this. I thought I _was_ clued up on Server Core and Hyper-V and I'm finding it really useful!

Just one question - why do I need to enter:

netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group=”Remote Administration” new enable=yes

I thought installing roles in WS08 enabled the appropriate firewall rules for management?

Cheers, Mark

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 03:14:44 GMT

Mark - it may well do, and I'm being a little over zealous on the commands - however, no harm in doing it again. To be honest, I need to go back and check to see what the remote management firewall state is after installation - you may well be right.

Cheers,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Neil Huizenga — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 18:09:18 GMT

In point of fact, the Remote Administration firewall exception does _not_ get enabled when installing the Hyper-V role.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Jeff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:15:32 GMT

Hi John,

This may be a dumb question but I'll ask it anyway. I have a full installation of Windows Server 2008, Not Core and I am trying to add the Hyper-V role in server manager but it is not listed. Under Rolse I have 0 of 16 installed but none of the ones listed are Hyper-V. Under Features I did see a Hyper-V Tools which I was able to install but just not sure where to go at this point. Any help is greatly appreciated.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 02:27:08 GMT

Jeff - sounds like you have the 32-bit version of Windows Server 2008 installed rather than 64-bit. You can verify by start/right click computer/properties. It should say 64-bit Operating system under System type. The entry you are seeing are the management tools for Hyper-V rather than the Hyper-V role.

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Jeff — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:28:41 GMT

Hi John,

Thank you for the quick response and you are correct I am running the 32 bit version. Does that mean that Hyper-V role is not available in this version, only available in the 64 bit version?

Thanks,

Jeff

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 23:38:02 GMT

Jeff.

Yes, that is correct. Hyper-V has specific hardware requirements and is only available on x64 architecture. More information is in the release notes for RC0.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3ED582F0-F844-40BA-B692-230845AF1149&displaylang=en

Thanks,

John.

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re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Jay Gundotra — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:20:34 GMT

We currently are using Hyper-V and would like to change computer name of the host machine. Will this cause any complications to the virtual machines on this system?

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:48:34 GMT

Jay - no, this should not cause any problems.

Cheers,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Jay Gundotra — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 18:53:32 GMT

John,

Thanks for the assistance and rapid reply. I have one more question, we also have a Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 setup, can we also change the host name without any adverse consequences?

Thanks!

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:21:30 GMT

Jay - similarly there should be no problem.

Cheers,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Anupam — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:50:11 GMT

I am trying to install Hyper-V on Windows 2008 Core box and it asks for the reboot of the machine to complete the setup.

After it came up,

I gave oclist command to verify if Hyper-V is installed but it wasn’t.

I checked event viewer and it showed that hyper-v is installed.

I checked services but none of hyper-v services were there.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling hyper-v but no luck.

DEP and VT are enabled.

Have you seen this kind of behavior and how do I fix this issue?

Thanks,

Anupam

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:23:36 GMT

Anupam

What SKU of Windows Server 2008 are you running, and is it definitely 64 bit, not 32-bit.

Can you confirm the ocsetup command you are running to add the Hyper-V role?

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 21:33:55 GMT

Anupam - should also add, if you are 64 bit and running "ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V", can you zip up \windows\logs\cbs\cbs.log and contact me through the email option at the top - I'll find a way to get it uploaded to Microsoft to examine.

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Mike — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:43:34 GMT

I'm considering Hyper-V and have not touche it yet. All my virtualizaiton experience is with Citrix Xen 4/5 Express and Enterprise

I'd be using Hyper-V for SBS Premium, loading both server OSes on 1 physical server, plus maybe adding a XP or linux guest. What is the process for doing this? Load Hyper-V to server, then install guests? simple like Xen? Does Hyper-V allow for backp of guest while they're running?

Thanks!

Mike

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 20:40:11 GMT

Mike - I think the best place for you to start is http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc753637.aspx. As for backups, yes, if you have a VSS aware backup application running in the parent partition, it can backup virtual machines.

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Sid — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:20:52 GMT

Hi, Just got a Dell 1340 laptop, try to install Hyper -V server 2008 R2 on it, it install ok but after finishing the install it display the logon prompt , but at this stage the pc locksup, try few times reinstalling but same results, yes the CPU hardware visualization is enabled at the BIOS. Any thoughts on this issue?

Regards,

Sid

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:52:03 GMT

Hi Sid - can you verify that you have the latest available BIOS installed on this machine, and if not, please ensure it is up to date, then retry. Can you also confirm this is build 7100 (RC release). If you do have the latest BIOS and public build, can you confirm the exact specs of the machine and I'll see if I can find the same machine in house to try investigate.

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

michael wharton — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 05:27:42 GMT

I got WIndows 2008 Core running, but I want Vista or WIndows 7 to come up by default on a boot and not the Windows Core command prompt.

So how is this done?

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:49:52 GMT

Michael - I don't understand what you're asking. The server 2008 core interface is the command prompt - you can't have it come up as a different operating system.... What am I missing?

Thanks,

John.

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

Sydney Shaw — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 13:03:05 GMT

John just wondering when the below is to published for a read? many thanks!

''Soon then will be post showing you how to manage this machine remotely using the Vista management tools for Hyper-V when in a workgroup environment. ''

re: How to add the Hyper-V role to a Windows Server 2008 Server Core machine

jhoward — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 20:29:59 GMT

Sydney - published a long while back. There's a five part series and each of the posts has a link to the others. But that said, for your own sanity (trust me!) use HVRemote (http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/HVRemote)

Thanks,

John.

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