Windows 2012

Lab 1

Installing Servers

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This lab contains the following exercises and activities:

Exercise 1.1Exercise 1.2Exercise 1.3Lab Challenge | Performing a Clean InstallationPerforming an Upgrade Installation Installing Windows Server Migration Tools (WSMT)Accessing a WSMT Distribution Point |

Exercise 1.1 | Performing a Clean Installation |

Overview | In this exercise, you install Windows Server 2012 R2 on a new computer with no previously installed operating system. |

Mindset | In many cases, organizations purchase servers without operating systems installed—sometimes called bare metal servers—either because they have an existing license agreement or because they intend to purchase the OS through another channel. In these cases, you perform what is known as a clean operating system installation, which is a procedure that creates a new server with its default operating system settings. |

Completion time | 10 minutes |

Question1 | What should you do if the drive on which you want to install Windows Server 2012 R2 already has a partition on it containing an operating system and data you do not need? Delete the partition and start from scratch with a new partition. |

Question 2 | What should you do if the Where do you want to install Windows? page appears, but it does not list any drives or partitions? Supply a driver for the Setup program to see the drives. Check the controller manufacturer’s website for a driver supporting Windows Server 2012 R2, or another recent version of Windows Server. |

Exercise 1.2 | Performing an Upgrade Installation |

Overview | In this exercise, you install Windows Server 2012 R2 on a computer running Windows Server 2008 R2. |

Mindset | Assuming that a server meets all the requirements and has compatible drivers and applications installed, it is possible to perform an in-place upgrade, which retains all the system’s software, data, and configuration settings....