WorkshopPLUS - Exchange Server

2013: Administration and

Troubleshooting
Lab Setup Guide

1 Host VMs drawing

2 Hyper-V Host configuration

The VMs Requires Windows 2012 R2 Hyper-V
1. On Hyper-V Manager, create 2 new Virtual Networks as follows:
a. Name: Internal_1, Connection type: Internal only
b. Name: Private_1, Connection type: Private virtual machine
network
2. On the host machine, assign a static IP address to the network adapter
associated with the Internal_1 virtual network adapter. This will enable to
host to communicate with the VMs:
a. IP Address: 10.0.0.254
b. Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0
c. Default Gateway: none
d. DNS: none
3. Download and extract the Virtual Machines from
\\wplus\Materials\Workshops\WorkshopPLUSExchange_Server_2013_Administration_and_Troubleshooting\VMs
4. Import the virtual machines into Hyper-V

5. On the host machine download and install RDCMan from

http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=21101
6. On the host machine, copy the file
\\wplus\Materials\Workshops\WorkshopPLUSExchange_Server_2013_Administration_and_Troubleshooting\Lab_Docs\PFELA
BS.rdg and save the it on the hosts Desktop

3 Preparing the Virtual Machines

1. Start the DC1 VM only and wait until it loads
2. On the Hyper-V host, start Command Prompt and ping 10.0.0.1 to verify
that the host can ping successfully the DC1 VM
3. On Hyper-V Manager, start the remaining VMs
4. Open the PFELABs.rdg on the Desktop and connect to all VMs
5. On each VM, go to Services.msc and ensure that all services with Startup
set to Automatic are started
6. Logoff from all VMs
7. Close RDCMan
8. Go to Hyper-V Manager
9. Select ALL Virtual Machines and create a new Snapshot (you must create a
new Snapshot of all VMs at once)
10.Close Hyper-V Manager