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System requirements
Now here is something quite interesting, the MS Server 2008 Standard Edition has a maximum limit
of 4GB of RAM, so even if you install more RAM you will only be using 4GB with the Standard
Edition.
Before you install Windows Server 2008, use the following guidelines to prepare for the installation:
1. Provide Computer information: here you will define the admin account, change the time
zone (if necessary), configure your network settings and change the name (or add to a
domain) of the server.
2. Update this Server: here you can configure how the Windows Update and our Feedback
systems will work. You can also manually check if there are any updates and install them.
3. Customize this Server: Here is the very new part of 2008 server because by default nothing
is installed and you will be able to install different server roles like: Active Directory Domain
Services, Terminal Server, File Server, DNS, DHPC and many more server roles.
Furthermore you can add different features to the server like the .Net 3.0 framework, Network
Load Balancing, Windows Server Backup, etc, etc. To finalize the configuration you can
enable the Remote Desktop and configure the integrated Firewall.
With this tool you can configure the server for the role you need. You can choose to have a single
role on a server box or add multiple roles.
Set time zone
Click on Set time zone, if the date and time are not set properly, then click on Change date and time
button to set them, to change the time zone it is GMT-08:00 by default, click on Change time zone
button.
Configure networking
Assign your server with a static IP address, or leave it blank if you use DHCP.
To assign your server a static IP, click on Configure networking, the Network Connections page will
open, right click on the network card you want to configure > click on properties
From Local area connection Properties click on Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4)
> Click on Properties
Choose Use the following IP address and fill the IP address, Subnet mask, Default gateway, DNS as
required > then click OK > OK
Provide Computer Information
The last step is giving a meaningful name to your server, join it to the appropriate workgroup or
domain. Something different about Windows 2008 Server is that the server name is auto-generated
and you are not given a chance during the install to name the server so you must do before installing
Active Directory.
Click on Provide computer name and domain, as you can see the machine has a long name.
Under the Computer Name tab, click on the Change button
Enter your computer name click ok
Installing Server Core is the same as a full install for the Before questions. Just boot up off your
media, answer the language, time format, and keyboard format questions.
Click Install Now (the purpose of this seemingly useless screen is so that you can click the Repair
option at the bottom.) Then, the product key, and finally the differences begin.
There is no such thing as an upgrade to Server Core. Whereas an upgrade of a full install requires
updating files, adding new files, and reconfiguring, upgrading to Core would actually require deleting
entire files, directories, and processes without taking out previously set configurations.
Imagine the nightmare of trying to code something like that. So, there is no Server Core upgrade.
Clean install it is. By the way, there is also no way to “add” the components to turn a Server Core
Install into a Full Install. That is, you have to re-install (clean) to get a Full Server Installation.
Pick your partition for the install and click Next. Now, get a cup of coffee all the file copying and
rebooting will happen without you.
If you were doing a full install, you would now get that nice new Initial Configuration Tasks (ICT)
screen not here just the login screen. Click Ctrl-Alt-Delete, click Other User.
When you login for the first time, you will have to change the password. Don’t forget, the Previous
Password is just blank. Once you are finished you’ll see the command prompt and nothing else!
Without the ICT to guide you through the initial configuration steps, you are going to need a checklist.
Every administrator who does a core installation will eventually close the command prompt window,
usually just out of habit.
When you do, Windows 2008 Server Core seems ominously blank. Your mind might go blank too.
Now what? Jab at Ctrl-Shift-Esc and fire up the Task Manager, run a new task, type cmd and you
are back in business.
By default, your Windows 2008 Core Server will be DHCP enabled. If that is how you want it, then
you are done here. If not, you need to know what network interfaces are in your server and what
number they have been assigned by the system.
Now, with index numbers we are ready to setup our network. First, we setup our IP address
information; assuming the interface index number is 36 – replace the number in the parameter
“name” with whatever number you got from the netsh command:
Using dnscmd
Add Records
slmgr.vbs –ato
You can also do it from a remote machine by using the same script:
You can use different commands to identify the name of a server, I usually use the hostname
command but you could also make usage of the environment variables and use for example set c
and set u to find out the computer name and your username.
Using the Windows Management Interface to rename the computer is the easiest. Otherwise, we
have to join the domain first in order to use the netdom command. Then we have to go back in and
clean up the name generated by setup.
Unfortunately a reboot is required to get the name change to take affect and we want the name
changed before we try and add it to the domain, so it’s rebooting time.
Once the reboot is complete and you’ve logged back on, it is time to join the domain.
Joining a Domain
At this stage the server has the correct name and IP configuration the next step is adding this server
to the domain by using the netdom command.
To setup automatic updates we use the scregedit.wsf script. The /au switch sets the automatic
updates. A value of 4 is on. A value of 1 is off.