Technical @ Updates

Today I will be installing Microsoft Server 2008 on VMware 2.0 for my testing lab; this server will eventually be my testing Domain controller. Read my previous article How To Create a Virtual Machine on VMware 2.0 to get up to date on what we have been up to.

If you don’t have Windows Server 2008, download the trial version from Microsoft from the following link http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=B6E99D4C-A40E-4FD2-A0F7-32212B520F50&WT.sp=_technet_,dcsjwb9vb00000c932fd0rjc7_5p3t&displaylang=en

You can use Windows 2008 in trial mode for up to 6 months.

Once you downloaded the ISO image, logon to your VMware Infrastructure Web Access, and click on the virtual machine you created following the tutorial above, then right click on theCD/DVD Drive and select Edit:

Then right at the bottom select ISO Image.

Minimize the browser and copy the Windows Server 2008 ISO Image you downloaded from Microsoft to your Virtual Machines directory. in my case that directory is at C:\Virtual Machines\Server 2008. now go back to the browser again, and click on Browse and the Server 2008 ISO image should show up in the directory like the image below:

Select the ISO Image and click OK.  now you should be ready to start.

Power up the virtual machine.

After a few seconds of loading, the following window should come up:

Choose your settings and click on Next.

The Install Now button will come up.

Click on Install Now.

next, the activation button will come up. and because we don’t have an activation key for this server, we won’t put any. just click Next.

You will get the following warning:

and assuming you are installing Windows Server 2008 just for testing clicking NO should be fine. otherwise you probably will need to buy a license when the trial period expires.

Next, select the edition of Windows you purchased ( downloaded) from Microsoft. Windows Server 2008 Standard ( Full Installation)

check “I have selected the edition of windows that I purchased” and click on Next.

Next, the license terms. check ” I accept the license terms”

Click on Next, after agreeing the license terms.

Next, choose the type of the installation you want. the Upgrade option should be grey-out, so choose the custom (advanced) options.

Choose, Custom (Advanced) option.

Next, Installer will ask you where you want to install Windows Server 2008. of course we only have one drive on the VM machine. so choose that:

click Next, after selecting your drive.

Windows should start installing at this point.

That should take awhile…

the above window should come up after windows rebooting.

Windows completing installation.

After awhile, windows will ask you that the password needs to be changed before logging in the first time:

Click OK.

choose your password for the administrator user.

After changing the password, windows should start preparing your desktop for the first time.

Wait a little bit, and windows will load.

the first thing you should do when windows loads, is to change the time zone. on the Initial Configuration Task page that comes up the first time, click on Set Time Zone:

click on Change Time Zone on the window that pops up, and choose your zone, and click OK.

Now server 2008 should be installed on your VM machine.

After installing VMware Server in our previous post is time to setup our first virtual machine. Read our previous articles on the links below.

Installing VMware Server 2.0 on Windows XP

VMware Server 2.0 Username And Password

Once you have logged in to VMware Infrastructure Web Access administrator panel, click on Create Virtual Machine” on the command section:

The Create Virtual Machine wizard should come up.

Make sure to name your virtual machine with something descriptive. click on Next.

Next, select the guest Operating System. in my case that would be Ubuntu Linux (32-bits):

Click on Next after you have chosen your guest operating system.

on the following screen, choose the amount of memory you want to use for this virtual machine. the recommended amount of memory  for Ubuntu is 512 MB, but I only have a 1 GB of memory on this machine, so I will set only 384 MB of memory for this virtual machine. for processors count, leave the default setting:

Click Next after you have chosen the settings for your virtual machine.

Next, you will need to create the virtual disk for your virtual machine. click on Create a New Virtual Diskthen after the disk property comes up, type the amount of the physical disk you want to use for this virtual machine. I’ll choose to allocate 4GB for Ubuntu on this virtual machine:

click on Next after you have entered your settings. leave the rest as default.

Next, you will need to specified your network adapter. click on Add A Network Adapter . the default network connection should be Bridged and Connect at Power On should be checked:

click on the Next button after setting your preferences.

on the following screen as the screen above, you will need to choose the physical CD/DVD ROM drive you want use on the virtual machine. click on Use a Physical Drive on the Host CD/DVD Drive your physical computer CD-ROM drive should be selected. also make sure Connect at Power On should be checked:

Next, choose if you whether want to use a floppy drive or not on your virtual machine. I never use floppy drives, and my computer does not have one, so I won’t choose any. if you are using an old computer that still has a floppy drive, go ahead and add it, if not, just choose Don’t Add a Floppy Drive.

On the following window, you will need to add the USB controller. click on Add a USB Controller:

That should add the physical USB controller to the virtual machine.

next, you should get the Ready To Complete window:

click on Finish to create the virtual machine.

the newly created virtual machine should appear on the Inventory panel on the left-hand side. it should be ready to be powered up.