Installation Guide

5. Setting Up Windows Server 2008 R2
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Chapter 1 Installing Windows
5.
Setting Up Windows Server 2008 R2
Set up Windows Server 2008 R2.
5.1
Before Starting Setup
Read through the cautions explained here before starting setup.
: Confirm during Setup with EXPRESSBUILDER
: Confirm during Setup with Windows standard installer
Hardware configuration
The following hardware configurations require special procedures.
Reinstalling to a mirrored volume
When you install Windows Server 2008 R2 in an environment with a mirrored volume created
using Windows, disable mirroring before installing the operating system and enable it again after
the installation. Use [Computer Management] – [Disk Management] to create, disable, or remove
the mirrored volume.
Peripheral devices such as RDX/MO
Remove an MO device before installing an OS. Some peripheral devices need to be halted
before installation. Refer to the manual provided with the peripheral devices for how to set a
device appropriate to installation.
DAT, LTO, and similar media
Do not set media that is unnecessary to installation during setup.
Installing the OS to a configuration in which multiple logical drives are mounted internally or
externally
When installing the OS in an environment in which two or more RAID controllers are incorporated
or an environment in which an external disk* that is not subject to installation is connected, refer to
Chapter 1 (5.9 Installation When Multiple Logical Drives Exist).
* Disk array units (such as iStorage) or hard disk drives installed in a disk expansion unit
Reinstalling to hard disk drives that have been upgraded to dynamic disks
If the hard disk drive has been upgraded to a dynamic disk, the operating system cannot be
reinstalled to it with the existing partitions.
Set up the operating system with the Windows standard installer.