Friday, March 9, 2012

Install/Enable the Hyper-V Role (Virtual Machine)

  1. Open the Server Manager (it's the new tool that is a centralized management utility for Windows Server 2008)
    • Alternatively, you can open Run command prompt and type: ServerManager.msc
  2. On Server Manager, right click on the Roles container, and then choose the Add Roles
    • Windows will now launch the Add Roles Wizard
  3. Click Next to bypass the wizard.
    • Select: Hyper-V Role check box, and click Next
  4. Before Hyper-V Role installs, it informs to enable Virtualization at BIOS level (some servers require and some do not
  5. Click Next, then choose which network ports to allow sharing network to Virtual Machines, so the VMs can communicate with other hosts computers.
    • Note: There at least one network has to be bind, although you can bind as many as available. Click Next
  6. Now the confirming screen will notify that the Hyper-V Role is about to install, and will warn that the server may require a reboot after installation is complete.
    • Click Install
  7. Once installation is complete, click Close and Yes to reboot/restart when prompted.
    • This should successfully install/enable the Hyper-V Role.

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