VMware Server and Win2K8 Server Core Networking 1

[itsp1965]

Folks for those of you who are trying to virtualize Windows 2008 server core under VMware, here is what you'll need to do;

1. Install using the standard VMware profile for Windows 2003 standard/enteprise and proceed to install

2. Once you have installed, you'll notice that networking is not enabled. Shutdown the server and change settings of the VM to add another CD-ROM drive to the config. Use the option to mount the CD as an ISO image. Select c:\program files\vmware\vmware workstation\windows.iso (which is the driver CD containing the vmxnet.sys driver)

3. Reboot into server core, and navigate to the newly mounted CD drive and run setup.exe to install VMware tools

4. Once the tools are installed you will have access to your virtual NIC. From there use NETSH to configure your IP info (unless you are using DHCP)

5. One caveat is that VMware tools will change the screen resolution to 640x480. You can fix this by downloading a tool like nircmd (google it) which will allow you to change the display from the command line

HTH

 

[netometer]

You can change the resolution in the core server right away like it is demonstrated in the Screencast bellow:
How to Change Screen Resolution in Windows 2008 Core Server Installation

Regards,

Dean

Dean

http://www.netometer.com

 

[netometer]

And here is a Screencast about the steps for the initial configuration of the core server installation:
- activate
- change password
- set computer name
- network settings
- joining domain
- installing and managing server roles

http://www.netometer.com/video/tutorials/core-initial-setup/index.php

Regards,




Dean

http://www.netometer.com

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