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IT221 – Microsoft Network Operating System I

Unit 1, Labs 1.1 and 1.2

In our labs, we are installing Server 2008 as virtual machines (VM’s) using VMWare Player 3.0. This

document describes the modifications required to accomplish the following lab tasks described in your

lab manual:

Exercise 1.1.1 – Installing Windows Server 2008

Exercise 1.1.2 – Configuring Windows Server 2008

Exercise 1.1.3 – Installing and Configuring a Second Windows Server 2008 Computer

Lab Challenge – Joining an Active Directory Domain

Exercise 1.2.1 – Modifying Basic Server Settings

Exercise 1.2.2 – Configuring TCP/IP Settings

1. Log into a student lab workstation with your CAMPUS account.

2. Place the Server 2008 DVD in the DVD slot of your computer.

3. Open up VMWare Player. You’ll see a GUI that looks like the following:

4. You are going to “Create a New Virtual Machine.” So click on the option to create a new virtual

machine. You should see the “New Virtual Machine Wizard” open:

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5. Note that it has found your Windows Server 2008 DVD, and will be installing from it. “Easy

Install” will make a number of default choices for the installation of your VM. Click Next. You

will then come to this screen:

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6. You will not put in a Windows Product Key. Read … Ask your instructor what account name and

password to use. This will be the account the system will initially start with, and will be added to

the local administrators group. Click Next. You will get a “nag screen” because you did not

enter a product key:

7. Just ignore it, and Click “Yes.” The next screen asks for the name of your virtual machine, and

where the VM will be saved:

8. Your instructor will go over the naming convention with your for your VM’s. You should save it

to a folder on your USB hard drive. If the folder doesn’t exist, VMWare Player will create it for

you. Click Next. The next screen prompts you for information about the size of the disk used for

your VM:

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9. Select the default options, and Click Next. You are now presented with information about how

you are going to install your VM:

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10. Do not click “Finish” yet! We need to change the virtual NIC (Network Adapter) mode. So click

on “Customize Hardware.”

11. Highlight “Network Adapter” and select the radio button for “Bridged: Connected directly to the

physical network.” Then Click OK.

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12. Verify that the Network Adapter says “Bridged,” and then click “Finish.” It will start the

installation, and you’ll see screen changes, and then it will stop at the point where it expects you

to enter a product key:

13. Leave it blank and Click Next.

14. You’ll see another “nag” screen:

15. Click “No.”

16. Next you will be prompted to select the version you wish to install.

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17. For this VM, select Windows Server 2008 Enterprise (Full Installation), check the “I have selected

the edition of Windows that I purchased” box, and Click Next.

18. Windows begins installing…

19. When the installation is finished, you will see “Initial Configuration Tasks” (ICT) window:

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20. The first task you will perform will be to “Configure networking.” Select that option. The

Network Connections window will appear:

21. Right click over the Local Area Connection icon and select “Properties.”

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22. Click “Continue” when you see the User Account Control popup.

23. You will see the Local Area Connection Properties dialog. Select the TCP/IP v4 option and click

on Properties.

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24. In the TCP/IPv4 Properties dialog, assign your VM a static IP address, subnet mask, gateway, and

DNS server using information given to you by your instructor.

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26. Click OK, then Close, and then close the Network Connections window, to return to the ICT

window.

27. Click on the option to “Set time zone,” click the “Change Time Zone” button, and select your

time zone from the pull down menu:

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28. After selecting your time zone, click “OK” twice to exit the dialog and return to the ICT screen.

Next, select the option on the ICT screen to “Provide Computer Name and Domain” which will

open up the following dialog box:

29. Click on “Change…” and the following dialog box opens:

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30. Put in the name of your computer per the naming instructions given to you by your instructor,

and click “OK.” You will be prompted to restart your computer.

31. Click “OK,” close the System Properties Box, and then click “Restart Now:”

32. This will shut down and restart your Virtual Machine instance of Server 2008, and on restarting

will bring you back to the ICT screen.

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33. Now you will join your computer to a domain. Click once again on “Provide Computer Name

and Domain.” Click on “Change…,” select the radio button for Domain, and enter the domain

name you are given by your instructor for this lab:

34. Click “OK” and you will be prompted for an account with administrator privileges on the domain

controller:

35. Use the account information given to you by your instructor. Click “OK” and after a short time

you should see the “Welcome to … domain” window:

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36. Note: if this doesn’t work, or you were not prompted for an account with administrative

privileges on the domain controller in Step #34, the most likely reason is that networking is not

configured correctly. Some troubleshooting tips on configuring networking are contained in an

appendix at the end of this document. Otherwise, if you have successfully joined the domain,

when you click on “OK” you will again be prompted to restart your computer as in Step #’s 30-

32. Do that.

37. Congratulations! You’ve completed the tasks associated with Exercise 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2.1, and

1.2.2 , in your lab manual, and the Lab Challenge – Joining an Active Directory Domain.

Following these same steps, and using the required information provided by your instructor,

now install and configure a second Windows Server 2008 computer. This will complete tasks

associated with Exercise 1.1.3 and 1.2.3 in your Lab Manual.

Appendix – Troubleshooting Networking

If you cannot join the Domain in steps 33-35, the most likely reason is that networking is not configured

correctly. First, go back and check all your network settings. Make sure the network settings in Step

#25 are correct. Make sure you set the VM to “Bridged” mode in Steps 10-11. To test your networking,

you may want to open a command prompt and try to “ping” the domain controller. However, in

Windows Server 2008, the firewall by default blocks ping. Rather than turn the firewall off, which is not

habit you want to get into, do the following, both on the student VM, and on the instructor domain

controller:

1) Open the CMD Prompt with the “Run As Administrator” option.

2) From the command line, execute the following command:

>netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8

3) This will allow the VM’s to ping each other, with the firewall still on. To disable ping, i.e. to

revert to the default setting, execute the following

>netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8 disable

Besides checking, and double checking, your networking settings, be sure and check your physical

connections as well.

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Note to Instructor:

In this lab, the instructor domain controller was set up as follows:

Name: INSTRUCT01

Domain: 078IT221.COM

VM NIC: Bridged mode

TCP/IP Settings:

Note that the student machines use the IP address of the instructor machine as their gateway.