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If prompted to overwrite the registry string, choose Yes.
4. Map appropriate HP branded Windows Server 2008 R2 wSP1 or HP-branded Windows
Server 2012 or HP-branded Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system media to the virtual
machine created and start the operating system installation.
For non HP-branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1/Windows Server
2012\Windows Server 2012 R2 Media DVD
To install guest operating systems on Microsoft® Hyper-V using HP-branded Media in full-installation
mode, perform the following:
1. Install Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1, HP-branded Windows Server 2012 or 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.
4. Map appropriate HP branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1 or HP-branded Windows
Server 2012\HP-branded Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system media to the virtual
machine created and start the operating system installation.
To install guest operating systems on Microsoft® Hyper-V using HP-branded Media in server-core
mode, perform the following:
1. Install Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1 in server-core mode on the host server.
2. 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.
3. Reboot the server to enable the changes.
4. Execute the following command from the command prompt if the guest operating system is
HP-branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1\Windows Server 2012\ 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.
5. Map appropriate HP branded Windows Server® 2008 R2 wSP1 or HP-branded Windows
Server 2012\HP-branded Windows Server 2012 R2 operating system media to the virtual
machine created and start the operating system installation.
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