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Install Virtual Server in Windows 2008 Server CoreByThe Technocrats
This tutorial begins after you load the Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation.Our first step is to rename the computer to something useful after the initial installation.You can use the following command: (
Figure A
)
NETDOM renamecomputer %computername% /newname:vshost
Figure A
Rename Server
After renaming your computer (
Figure B
), you are required to restart the computer(
Figure C
) with the following command:
shutdown /r
Figure B
Renamed
Figure C
Restarted
You can now configure networking (
Figure D
) by typing the following command:
 
netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Figure D
Configure networking
This will tell us what Index to configure networking on. You can configure a staticaddress by typing the following command:
netsh interface ipv4 set address name="2" source=staticaddress=192.168.1.75 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.1
Your next step is to configure DNS (
Figure E
) by typing the following command:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name="2" address=192.168.1.110index=1
Figure E
Configure DNS
Figures F and G
are the commands necessary to give all machines, such as thoserunning Windows XP, access to run Windows Server Core from a remote desktop.
Figure F
Access from remote access
Figure G
Give all machines access
 
Let’s now join Windows Server 
Core to the domain (
Figure H
) by typing the followingcommand:
Netdom join %computername% /domain:watchtower /userd:Administrator/password:Password01
Figure H
Join domain
Next, reboot the computer by typing the following command:
shutdown /r
Windows Server Core requires you to activate the server. You can activate by typing(
Figure I
) the following command:
slmgr.vbs -ato
Figure I
Activate server
Configure Virtual Server 2005 R2
Let’s now install Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 Enterprise Edition (
Figure J
). Pleasedownload the setup files and either burn them to a CD-ROM or copy them to a flashmemory drive. Note: You can also copy files over the network as well.
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