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    Core To GUI:You Can't Install Features in Windows Server 2012 R2

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    This document describes an issue where features cannot be installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation if it does not have access to Windows Update. It provides two resolutions: 1) connect the server to Windows Update to install features, or 2) use updated Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media and the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell command, specifying the source as the installation WIM file on the media using the appropriate index number.

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    Core To GUI:You Can't Install Features in Windows Server 2012 R2

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    This document describes an issue where features cannot be installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation if it does not have access to Windows Update. It provides two resolutions: 1) connect the server to Windows Update to install features, or 2) use updated Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media and the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell command, specifying the source as the installation WIM file on the media using the appropriate index number.

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    This document describes an issue where features cannot be installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation if it does not have access to Windows Update. It provides two resolutions: 1) connect the server to Windows Update to install features, or 2) use updated Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media and the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell command, specifying the source as the installation WIM file on the media using the appropriate index number.

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    Core To GUI:You Can't Install Features in Windows Server 2012 R2

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    This document describes an issue where features cannot be installed on a Windows Server 2012 R2 Server Core installation if it does not have access to Windows Update. It provides two resolutions: 1) connect the server to Windows Update to install features, or 2) use updated Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media and the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell command, specifying the source as the installation WIM file on the media using the appropriate index number.

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    Core to GUI:You can't install features

    in Windows Server 2012 R2


    Applies to: Windows Server 2012 R2 DatacenterWindows Server 2012 R2 Standard

    Symptoms

    Consider the following scenario:

     You have a computer that's running Windows Server 2012 R2.

     The computer is running the Server Core installation option.

     The Server Core option was installed by using Volume Licensing media that doesn't
    have access to Windows Update.

    In this scenario, the feature installation fails. Also, you receive the following error message:

    Error: 0x800f081f 

    The source files could not be found. 


    Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the
    feature. For more information 
    on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. 

    Resolution

    To resolve this problem, use one of the following methods.

    Method 1: Connect to the Internet

    If the server can connect to Windows Update for the feature installation, let the server make
    the connection.
    Method 2: Use Windows Server 2012 R2 installation media

    If the server cannot connect to Windows Update, download the new Volume Licening media
    (released on December 11, 2013) and use the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell command.
    To do this, follow these steps:

    1. Insert the updated Windows Server 2012 R2 DVD into the computer's DVD drive. 

    2. Type the following command to determine the index number that's required for
    steps 3 and 4.

    Dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:<drive>:\sources\install.wim

    Note In this command, <drive> represents the actual drive letter.

    Example output from the DISM command:

    Index : 1
    Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE
    Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARDCORE
    Size : 6,653,342,051 bytes
    Index : 2
    Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARD
    Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERSTANDARD
    Size : 11,807,528,410 bytes
    Index : 3
    Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERDATACENTERCORE
    Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERDATACENTERCORE
    Size : 6,653,031,430 bytes
    Index : 4
    Name : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERDATACENTER
    Description : Windows Server 2012 R2 SERVERDATACENTER
    Size : 11,809,495,151 bytes

    Note When you specify the <index> number in the Install-WindowsFeature PowerShell


    cmdlet in step 4, you must use the index number for the full (non-core) version of the SKU
    that you currently have installed. For example, if you have Windows Server 2012 R2
    Datacenter installed, the required index number is 4. If you have Windows Server 2012 R2
    Standard installed, the required index number is 2.

    3. Open a PowerShell command prompt by typing the following command:


    Powershell.exe

    4. Type the following PowerShell command, in which <drive> represents the location of
    the Windows Server 2012 R2 installation files and <index> represents the numbered index
    from step 2:

    Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Source


    wim:<drive>:\sources\install.wim:<index>

    For example: If your media is on drive F, and you are installing the full version of Datacenter,
    enter the following command:

    Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra,Server-Gui-Shell –Source


    wim:f:\sources\install.wim:4

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