Installing a server role on a server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008: Overview

Installing a server role on a server running a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008: Overview

After the Server Core installation is complete and the server is configured, you can install one or more server roles. The Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008 supports the following server roles:

• Active Directory Domain Services (AD DS)

• Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)

• DHCP Server

• DNS Server

• File Services

• Hyper-V

• Print Services

• Streaming Media Services

• Web Server (IIS)

More information about the command-line tools for configuring the server roles is available in the Additional references section at the end of this guide.

Prerequisites for installing a server role on a server running Server Core installation

To complete this task, you need the following:

• A computer on which you have installed and configured a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008.

• An administrator user account and password for the server running the Server Core installation.

• If installing and configuring a print server, another computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 on which you can run the Print Management Console to remotely configure the print server.

• If installing and configuring a DHCP server, the information required to configure a DHCP scope.

• If installing and configuring a DHCP server, you must configure the server running the Server Core installation to use a static IP address.

• If installing and configuring a DNS server, the information required to configure a DNS zone.

• If installing and configuring an Active Directory environment, the information required to either join an existing domain or to create a new domain.

• If you are going to promote the server running the Server Core installation to be a domain controller in an Active Directory domain, a domain administrator user name and password.

Known issues for installing a server role on a Server Core installation

• You cannot use the Active Directory Domain Controller Installation Wizard (Dcpromo.exe) on a server running Server Core installation. You must use an unattend file with Dcpromo.exe to install or remove the domain controller role.

  Alternately, you can run Dcpromo.exe on another computer running Windows Server 2008 and use the wizard to save an unattend file that you can then use on the server running Server Core installation.

• Dcpromo.exe will restart the computer immediately when the installation is complete or when Active Directory is removed unless RebootOnCompletion=No is included in the answer file.

• The Web Server (IIS) role does not support ASP.NET in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008. Because there is no support for managed code, the following IIS features are not available in Server Core installations of Windows Server 2008:

  • IIS-ASPNET

  • IIS-NetFxExtensibility

  • IIS-ManagementConsole

  • IIS-ManagementService

  • IIS-LegacySnapIn

  • IIS-FTPManagement

  • WAS-NetFxEnvironment

  • WAS-ConfigurationAPI

Steps for installing a server role on a Server Core installation

To install a server role on a Server Core installation of Windows Server 2008, perform the procedure for the desired role as follows.

Available server roles

To discover the available server roles, open a command prompt and type the following:

oclist

This command lists the server roles and optional features that are available for use with Ocsetup.exe. It also lists the server roles and optional features that are currently installed.

DNS Server role

To install the DNS Server role

1. At a command prompt, type:

   start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role

2. Configure a DNS zone at the command prompt by typing dnscmd or by remotely using the DNS MMC snap-in.

DHCP Server role

To install the DHCP Server role

1. At a command prompt, type:

   start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore

2. Configure a DHCP scope at the command prompt by using netsh, or by remotely using the DHCP snap-in from Windows Server 2008.

3. If the DHCP server is installed in an Active Directory domain, you must authorize it in Active Directory.

The DHCP Server service does not start automatically by default. Use the following procedure to configure it to start automatically and to start the service for the first time.

To configure and start the DHCP Server service

1. At a command prompt, type:

   sc config dhcpserver start= auto

2. Start the service by typing:

   net start dhcpserver

File Services role

The Server service is installed by default to provide administrative share support for management tools. To install additional file server features use the following commands:

To install File Services role features

• For File Replication Service, type the following at a command prompt:

  start /w ocsetup FRS-Infrastructure

• For Distributed File System service, type:

  start /w ocsetup DFSN-Server

• For Distributed File System Replication, type:

  start /w ocsetup DFSR-Infrastructure-ServerEdition

• For Services for Network File System (NFS), type:

  start /w ocsetup ServerForNFS-Base

  start /w ocsetup ClientForNFS-Base

Hyper-V role

To install the Hyper-V role, at a command prompt, type:

start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V

To manage Hyper-V on a Server Core installation, use the Hyper-V management tools to manage the server remotely. These tools are available for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1.

To manage Hyper-V on a Server Core installation, use the Hyper-V management tools to manage the server remotely. In Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7, the management tools are available as part of the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) feature. In Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista Service Pack 1, you can download the tools from the following locations:

• For 64-bit editions of Windows Vista with SP1, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123540.

• For 32-bit editions of Windows Vista with SP1, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123541.

• For 32-bit editions of Windows Server 2008, see https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=123542.

Print Services role

To install Print Services role features

• For the Print Server feature, type the following at a command prompt:

  start /w ocsetup Printing-ServerCore-Role

• For the Line Printer Daemon (LPD) service, type:

  start /w ocsetup Printing-LPDPrintService

To add a printer to the print server

1. Determine the IP address or host name of the printer. This may be on the printer's test or printer configuration page or you might need to refer to the manufacturer's documentation for instructions.

2. Verify that the print server can communicate with the printer through the network by pinging the printer from the print server.

3. On another computer running Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008, open the Print Management console and add the server running the Server Core installation.

4. Expand the entry for the print server running a Server Core installation, right-click Drivers, and then click Add Driver. The Add Printer Driver Wizard starts.

5. Complete the wizard to install the printer driver for your printer.

6. In the Print Management console, right-click Printers and then click Add Printer. The Network Printer Installation Wizard starts.

7. Click Add a TCP/IP or Web Services printer by IP address or hostname and then click Next.

8. Enter the printer's host name or IP address (the port name will be the same by default), and then click Next.

9. Make any necessary changes to the printer name, contact information, or sharing status, and then click Next.

Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services role

To install the AD LDS role

• At a command prompt, type:

  start /w ocsetup DirectoryServices-ADAM-ServerCore

Active Directory Domain Services role

This command installs the Active Directory Domain Services role and promotes the server to a domain controller by using the settings in the unattend file.

For links to information about using an unattend file with Dcpromo.exe, see the Additional References section at the end of this document.

To install the Active Directory Domain Services role

• At a command prompt, type:

  dcpromo /unattend:<unattendfile>

  Where unattendfile is the name of a Dcpromo.exe unattend file.

Streaming Media Services role

To install the Streaming Media Services role

1. On another computer, download the Streaming Media Services role installer file from article 934518 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base (https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=88046).

2. Copy the appropriate Microsoft Update Standalone package (.msu file) to your Server Core installation.

3. Run the .msu file.

4. At a command prompt, type:

   start /w ocsetup MediaServer

5. On a different computer, use the Streaming Media Services MMC snap-in to remotely configure Streaming Media Services.

Web Server (IIS) role

To install the Web Server role

1. For the default installation, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:

   start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel

2. For an installation that includes all of the options, type the following at a command prompt and press ENTER:

   start /w pkgmgr /iu:IIS-WebServerRole;IIS-WebServer;IIS-CommonHttpFeatures;IIS-StaticContent;IIS-DefaultDocument;IIS-DirectoryBrowsing;IIS-HttpErrors;IIS-HttpRedirect;IIS-ApplicationDevelopment;IIS-ASP;IIS-CGI;IIS-ISAPIExtensions;IIS-ISAPIFilter;IIS-ServerSideIncludes;IIS-HealthAndDiagnostics;IIS-HttpLogging;IIS-LoggingLibraries;IIS-RequestMonitor;IIS-HttpTracing;IIS-CustomLogging;IIS-ODBCLogging;IIS-Security;IIS-BasicAuthentication;IIS-WindowsAuthentication;IIS-DigestAuthentication;IIS-ClientCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-IISCertificateMappingAuthentication;IIS-URLAuthorization;IIS-RequestFiltering;IIS-IPSecurity;IIS-Performance;IIS-HttpCompressionStatic;IIS-HttpCompressionDynamic;IIS-WebServerManagementTools;IIS-ManagementScriptingTools;IIS-IIS6ManagementCompatibility;IIS-Metabase;IIS-WMICompatibility;IIS-LegacyScripts;IIS-FTPPublishingService;IIS-FTPServer;WAS-WindowsActivationService;WAS-ProcessModel