User's Manual

7 Installing Windows Server 2008 R2 wSP1 Standard,

Windows Server 2012 Standard and Windows Server

2012 R2 Standard operating system on virtual machines

using HP media

Installing guest operating systems on Windows Server 2008 R2

wSP1\Windows Server 2012 Standard\Windows Server 2012 R2

Standard

For HP Factory installed ProLiant servers or ProLiant servers installed from HP-branded

Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP\Windows Server 2012\Windows Server 2012

R2 Media DVD:

To install guest operating systems on Microsoft® Hyper-V from HP-branded Windows Server®

2008 R2 wSP1 or HP-branded Windows Server 2012\Windows Server 2012 R2 Media DVD in

full-installation mode, perform the following:

1. Install HP-branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1\Windows Server 2012\Windows

Server 2012 R2 in full-installation mode on the host server.

2. Enable the Hyper-V server role using Server Manager.

3. Execute the following command from the command prompt if the guest operating system is

HP-branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1\HP-branded Windows Server®

2012\HP-branded Windows Server® 2012 R2:

NOTE: In the following command line after the word "Hewlett-Packard" there are 17 blank

spaces before the quotation mark that must be entered as part of the command.

Reg Add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows

NT\CurrentVersion\Virtualization" /v BiosLockString /t REG_SZ /d

"Hewlett-Packard ”

If prompted to overwrite the registry string, choose Yes.

To install guest operating systems on Microsoft® Hyper-V in server-core mode, perform the following:

1. Install HP-branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1 in server-core mode on the host server.

Install Microsoft® Hyper-V by using the command: start /w ocsetup

Microsoft-Hyper-V.

If your operating system is Windows Server 2012\Windows Server 2012 R2, install Microsoft®

Hyper-V by using the command: Powershell Install-WindowsFeature Hyper-V.

2. Reboot the server to enable the changes.