MOAC 70-410 - Installing and Configuring Windows Server 2012 R2 Lab Manual

LAB 1
INSTALLING SERVERS

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 1.1

Performing a Clean Installation

Exercise 1.2

Installing Windows Server Migration Tools (WSMT)

Lab Challenge

Accessing a WSMT Distribution Point

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

The lab environment consists of computers connected to a local area network. The
computers required for this lab are listed in Table 1-1.

Table 1-1
Computers Required for Lab 1
Computer
New server

Operating System
Bare metal

Computer Name
SERVERA

Server for migration

Windows Server 2008 R2

SERVERC

In addition to the computers, you also require the software listed in Table 1-2 to
complete Lab 1.

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Table 1-2
Software Required for Lab 1
Software
Installation disk for Windows Server 2012
R2

Location
Mounted on SERVERA

Lab 1 student worksheet

Lab01_worksheet.docx (provided by instructor)

Working with Lab Worksheets

Each lab in this manual requires that you answer questions, create screen shots, and
perform other activities that you will document in a worksheet named for the lab, such
as Lab 01 worksheet.docx. It is recommended that you use a USB flash drive to store
your worksheets, so you can submit them to your instructor for review. As you
perform the exercises in each lab, open the appropriate worksheet file, fill in the
required information, and save the file to your flash drive.
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Perform a clean Windows Server 2012 R2 installation on a bare metal

computer
Install the Windows Server Migration Tools

Estimated lab time: 40 minutes

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

installedsometimes called bare metal serverseither 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

1.

Select the SERVERA computer, on which the Windows Server 2012 R2

installation disk is mounted and loaded. The Windows Setup page appears.

2.

Click Next to accept the default values for the Language to install, Time and
currency format, and Keyboard or input method parameters. Another Windows
Setup page appears.

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3.

Click the Install now button. The Select the operating system you want to install
page appears.

4.

Select Windows Server 2012 R2 Datacenter (Server with a GUI) and click Next.
The License terms page appears.

5.

Select I accept the license terms and click Next. The Which type of installation
do you want? page appears.

6.

Click Custom: Install Windows only (advanced). The Where do you want to
install Windows? page appears (see Figure 1-1).

Figure 1-1
The Where do you want to install Windows page

7.

Select Drive 0 Unallocated Space and click Next. The Installing Windows page
appears as the system installs Windows Server 2012 R2.
Question
1

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?

Answer: Remove the file

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?

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Answer: Check to make sure that the drive is installed correctly in the pc and
then if it still occurs you need to reformat the drive to work with windows
server.
8.

After several minutes and a system restart, the Settings page appears.

9.

In the Password and Reenter password text boxes, type Pa$$w0rd and click
Finish. The Windows security page appears, showing the time.

10. Click Ctrl+Alt+Del and log on using the Administrator account with the
password Pa$$w0rd. The Server Manager console appears.
11. Click Local Server in left pane and then click the Computer Name link. The
System Properties sheet appears.
12. Click Change. The Computer Name/Domain Changes dialog box appears.
13. In the Computer name text box, type SERVERA and click OK. A message box
appears, telling you to restart the computer.
14. Click OK. Then click Close. Another message box appears.
15. Click Restart Now. The system restarts.
End of exercise. Close all windows before beginning the next exercise.

Exercise 1.2

Installing Windows Server Migration Tools

Overview

In this exercise, you install the Windows Server Migration Tools,

which enable you to migrate roles from an existing server to a new
server running Windows Server 2012 R2.

Mindset

Compared to an in-place upgrade, a side-to-side migration is a more

complex procedure, but usually results in a more stable server
configuration. Windows Server 2012 R2 includes tools that facilitate the
migration of certain roles, but before you can use them, you must deploy
those tools on both the source and the destination server.

Completion time

10 minutes

1. Select the SERVERA computer, on which you installed Windows Server 2012
R2, previously in this lab. SERVERA will be the destination server in the
migration.
2. Click Ctrl+Alt+Del. The Windows login page appears, with the Administrator
user account.

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3. In the Password text box, type Pa$$w0rd and press Enter. The Server Manager
console loads.
4. In Server Manager, click Manage > Add Roles and Features. The Add Roles and
Features Wizard appears, displaying the Before you begin page.
5. Click Next. The Select installation type page appears.
6. Click Next to accept the default Role-based or feature-based installation type.
The Select destination server page appears.
7. Click Next to accept the default settings, which install the selected roles and
features to the local server. The Select server roles page appears.
8. Click Next to continue. The Select features page appears (see Figure 1-2).

Figure 1-2
The Select features page of the Add Roles and Features Wizard

9. Select the Windows Server Migration Tools check box and click Next. The
Confirm installation selections page appears.
10. Click Install. The wizard installs the Windows Server Migration Tools feature.
11. When the installation is completed, click Close. The wizard closes.
12. To install the Windows Server Migration Tools on SERVERC, the source server
in the migration, you must create a distribution folder on SERVERA and populate
it with the installation files for the tools. To create a distribution folder for the
Windows Server Migration Tools on SERVERA, right-click the Start button and
select Command Prompt (Admin). A Command Prompt window appears.

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Question
3

Why can you not install the Server Migration Tools to the
server running Windows Server 2008 R2 using the Add Roles
and Features Wizard on your server running Windows Server
2012 R2?

In Windows Server 2008 R2, there are only 3 ways you can add roles and
features to the server. They include the Windows Interface, PowerShell, and
by command line. There is no Add Roles and Features Wizard on
Windows Server 2008 R2.
13. At the prompt, type cd \windows\system32\ServerMigrationTools and press Enter.
14. At the prompt, type SmigDeploy.exe /package /architecture amd64 /os WS08R2
/path C:\users and press Enter. The program creates the Windows Server
Deployment Tools distribution folder in the specified location.
15. Take a screen shot of the Command Prompt window by pressing Alt+Prt Scr and then
paste it into your Lab 1 worksheet file in the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
16. To share the distribution folder, in the Command Prompt window, type net share

WSMT=C:\Users.
End of exercise. You can leave the windows open for the next exercise.

Lab

Accessing a WSMT Distribution Point

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Challenge
Overview

After completing Exercise 1.2, a user on SERVERC, the source server

for the migration, can access the installation files for the Windows
Server Migration Tools from the distribution point on the destination
server, SERVERA.

Mindset

After creating a distribution point for the Windows Server Migration Tools
on the server running Windows Server 2012 R2, the source SERVERC can
access the distribution point over the network, or by copying the files on a
portable storage device.

Completion time

10 minutes

To complete the challenge, you must install the Windows Server Migration Tools
on SERVERC by accessing the shared distribution folder on SERVERA and
running the Smigdeploy.exe program with no parameters from an Administrative
command prompt. Then, take a screen shot of the Command Prompt window by
pressing Alt+Prt Scr and paste it into your Lab 1worksheet file in the page
provided by pressing Ctrl+V.

Hint

The distribution folder is already shared on SERVERA, but

before SERVERC can access the share, you must turn on
File and Printer Sharing on SERVERA.

End
of
lab.
You
can
log off
or start a different lab. If you want to restart this lab, youll need to click the End
Lab button in order for the lab to be reset.