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Manage Hardware and Drivers
Published: September 4, 2012
Applies To: Hyper-V Server 2012
Follow these procedures to add hardware, obtain a list of drivers, or disable drivers on a server running Hyper-V Server 2012.
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Follow the instructions provided by the hardware vendor for installing new hardware:
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If the driver for the hardware is included in Hyper-V Server 2012, Plug and Play will start and install the driver.
Note Hyper-V Server 2012 uses the Windows Server driver model. Any drivers that work with Windows Server 2012 will also work with Hyper-V Server 2012. -
If the driver for the hardware is not included, proceed with steps 2 and 3.
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If the driver for the hardware is included in Hyper-V Server 2012, Plug and Play will start and install the driver.
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Copy the driver files to a temporary folder on the server running a Server Core installation.
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At a command prompt, open the folder where the driver files are located, and then run the following command:
pnputil –i –a <driverinf>
Where:
driverinf is the file name of the .inf file for the driver.
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If prompted, restart the computer.
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At a command prompt, run
sc query type= driver
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At a command prompt, run
sc delete <service_name>
Where:
service_name is the name of the service that you obtain by running sc query type= driver
