ITNE2003 Windows Server 2012 - Installation ITSA1001 – Week 2 – Tutorial/LabITNE2003 Objective • To give students hand-on experience in – Installing Windows Server 2012 R2 – VirtualBox environment will be used • Perform post-installation settings, such as – Change computer name – Change workgroup – Enable remote desktop – Replacing CMD with Powershell – Perform post-installation checklist • Document the newly installed machineITNE2003 Minimum System Requirement Component Minimum Recommended Processor 1.4GHZ 2GHZ+ Memory 512MB 2GB+ Available Disk Space 32GB 40GB+ Optical Drive DVD-ROM DVD-ROM Display Super VGA (800x600) XGA (1024x768)+ But server hardware should be chosen to match performance and security requirementITNE2003 Edition comparison Edition Target Description License Model Memory Limit Foundation Cost-efficient allround server Essential server functionality without virtualization rights Server, 15 users limit 32GB Essentials Small business Essential server functionality without virtualization rights Server, 25 users limit 64GB Standard Non-virtualized, or lightlyvirtualized environment All features, with 2 virtual instances Processor + Client Access License 4TB Datacenter Highly virtualized, private cloud environment All features, unlimited virtual instances Processor + Client Access License 4TBITNE2003 Obtaining a copy • Try the first link A copy of the Windows 2012 ISO file is already downloaded for you!ITNE2003 Creating a Virtual Box Machine Selecting the Windows 2012 type will default all the settings to the recommended Microsoft requirement for you, but it is not necessaryITNE2003 Creating a VM RAM is defaulted to 2048mb/2GB but can be increased to 4GbITNE2003 Creating a VM You’ll be prompted to select an existing virtual hard-drive, create a new one, or not use one at all. Select “Create a virtual hard drive now”, then “VDI” and “Dynamically Allocated”ITNE2003 Adding the disc image Press the yellow setting buttonITNE2003 Adding the disc image Click on the green plus button with the CD icon. Select Chose diskITNE2003 Adding the disc image Select your ISO from the local directoryITNE2003 Install Windows Server 2012 R2 The Virtual Machine creation process is finished. Close the setting window, then click on the green start button as indicated. It should automatically boot into the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation processITNE2003 Install Windows Server 2012 R2 Select the correct language and time/currency settingITNE2003 Install Windows Server 2012 R2 Click on installITNE2003 License Key (temp) Enter one of the generic key below, depending on the version you have. Evaluation version of Windows Server 2012 R2 has it prefilled for you Edition Key Standard D2N9P-3P6X9-2R39C-7RTCD-MDVJX Datacenter W3GGN-FT8W3-Y4M27-J84CP-Q3VJ9 Essentials KNC87-3J2TX-XB4WP-VCPJV-M4FWMITNE2003 Select the right edition When prompted, accept the license agreement, and select the Custom: Install Windows onlyITNE2003 Partitioning On a live system, you may have a different partitioning scheme. But for this installation, just click next, Windows will create the necessary partitions for youITNE2003 Installing • Windows Server 2012 R2 is now installing. It will reboot twice before finishing up and allowing you to configure it. The process takes around 25-30 minutes • Don’t press any key after either reboot, or you’ll be booting into the DVD imageITNE2003 Completion Fill in the necessary details (Note: VirtualBox may not capture your Ctrl-Alt-Delete. Use the combo Host-Del instead. The default Host key is Right CTRL. Alternatively, you can click on the Machine menu, then Insert CTRL-ALTDELETE) Type itSa1OO1 for The Administrator passwordITNE2003 (Optional) Installing the Guest Addition • To insert the guest addition CD, press Host-D, or go into Devices -> Insert Guess Additions CD • Follow the wizard, selecting Yes when asked to trust the device driver • Reboot as indicated by the installerITNE2003 Name and workgroup Open the file manager Right click anywhere, and select propertiesITNE2003 Name and workgroup Click on “Change settings”, then “Change”ITNE2003 Name and workgroup Here, you can change the computer name, and workgroup. Use your student ID for the server name and ITSA1001 for the workgroup Afterward, you’ll be prompted to restart. Don’t do it yetITNE2003 Remote desktop Back in the system properties, select “Remote settings” on the left sidebar. Change the remote desktop setting to “Allow remote connections to this computer”ITNE2003 Replacing CMD with Powershell Right click on the Taskbar, select propertiesITNE2003 Replacing CMD with Powershell Change to the “Navigation” tab, and tick “Replace Command Prompt with Windows PowerShell in the menu when I right click the lower-left corner or press Windows key + X” Press OK Restart the Virtual MachineITNE2003 Perform post-installation checklist • Open post-installation checklist for Windows Server 2012 on Week-2 of ITSA1001 on e-learning.vit.edu.au • Check with the check-list for the tasks we have not performed and document them. • Perform the undone tasks except joining a domain and windows update task. – We will turn this server to a domain controller later so we will not perform the joining domain task. – We will not do any update now because our system is not a production system. • For IP network configuration, choose a static IP address of 192.168.123.1 mask 255.255.255.0ITNE2003 Your this week assignment task • Record date, time • Record the server hardware details (see VM settings) • Record the server name and workgroup • Record Administrator password • Record the server network settings e.g. IP address, mask, DNS server etc. • Record the list of tasks that have been performed according to the checklist and the results e.g. OK or any error. • Record the list of tasks that have not been done and the reasons • Record the server status at the time you have done everything e.g. running normally or any observable issues.