Windows 7 / Networking

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Installing Hyper-V on Windows Server 2008

When you install Hyper-V onto a server, you have two options for the way you install Hyper-V on a server:

• You can install Hyper-V onto a Windows Server 2008 machine that had a full operating system installation.
• You can install Hyper-V onto aWindows Server 2008 server core installation.

When you install Hyper-V on a full installation of Microsoft Windows Server 2008, you can enjoy the advantages of having the traditional full GUI. This makes it easier for you to manage, configure, and maintain Hyper-V and the Windows environment. This is also a much more comfortable environment for newer administrators who might not be familiar with a command line-driven operating system.

Because the Windows Server 2008 full installation has a GUI environment, installing Hyper-V becomes a much easier task. Windows Server 2008 includes a new feature called Server Manager. Server Manager is a Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in that lets you view information about server configuration and the status of roles that are installed, and includes links for adding and removing features and roles.

The following is a list of some of the roles that you can install and manage by using Server Manager:

• Active Directory Certificate Services
• Active Directory Domain Services
• Active Directory Federation Services
• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
• Active Directory Rights Management Services
• Application Server
• Availability and Scalability
• DHCP Server
• DNS Server
• Fax Server
• File Services
• Hyper-V
• Network Policy and Access Services
• Print Services
• Streaming Media Services
• Terminal Services
• Troubleshooting
• UDDI Services
• Web Server
• Windows Deployment Services

Before Server Manager, Windows Server 2003 administrators had to use many utilities like Manage Your Server, Configure Your Server, and Add or Remove Windows Components to install sever roles and features. Server Manager allows you to manage your server's features and roles from one central utility.

Perform the following steps to install Hyper-V on a Windows Server 2008 machine:

1. Start the Server Manager application by clicking Start → Administrative tools → Server Manager.
2. In the left-side pane, click Roles.
3. In the right-hand pane, click the Add Roles link.
4. When the Before You Begin window appears, click Next.
5. At the Select Server Roles screen, click the Hyper-V check box and click Next.
6. At the Introduction To Hyper-V screen, click Next.
7. The Create Virtual Networks screen appears; click the check box for your network card and then click Next.
8. At the Confirm Installation Selections screen, click the Install button.
9. The Progress screen appears next and shows you the progress of the installation. After you reboot, you need to log in with the same user who started the process. After the Results screen appears, click Finish.

Now that we have just installed Microsoft Hyper-V, we want to verify that it is up and running. To do this, start the Hyper-V Manager.

Perform the following steps to verify that the Microsoft Hyper-V role was installed onto your machine:

1. Open the Hyper-V Manager by clicking Start → Administrative Tools → Hyper-V Manager.
2. In the left-hand window, click your server name under Microsoft Hyper-V Servers.
3. If there are no errors or messages, close Hyper-V Manager.
4. Verify that the Microsoft Hyper-V services are up and running properly by clicking Start → Administrative Tools → Services.
5. Scroll down and verify that there are two services running under Microsoft Hyper-V (Image Management Service and Network Management Service).
6. Close the Services snap-in.

In the next section, we install the Windows 7 operating system in Hyper-V as a virtual machine.