Ivan Versluis October 19th, 2007
After the Intel Quad Q6600 server was up and running with Windows Server 2008 x64 Enterprise Edition I decided to install the Windows Server Virtualization role.
My screenshots I took when installed role. There is a bug in the import of the pictures and they are not sorted.
Tags: Windows Server 2008, Windows Server Virtualization, WSV
Ivan Versluis October 16th, 2007
The following command will join the NET-IIS-01 workload into the Networknet.nl forest domain.
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netdom.exe join NET-IIS-01 /domain:Networknet.nl /userD:administrator /passwordD:*
Enter the Administrator password and after the netdom has finished reboot the server with shutdown.exe /r /t5.

Tags: Join, Script, Windows Server 2008 Core
Ivan Versluis October 16th, 2007
View the installed interfaces
netsh interface ipv4 show interfaces
Configure the fixed IP address, netmask and the default gateway
netsh interface ipv4 set address name=”nr” source=static address=192.168.1.1 mask=255.255.255.0 gateway=192.168.1.254
Configure the DNS server
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver name=”nr” address=192.168.1.1 index=1
Tags: Script, Static ip, Windows Server 2008 Core
Ivan Versluis October 15th, 2007
Windows 2008 Core server does not support GUI and right clicking your computer and use the control panel options to activate the server is not available anymore. Copy the script below and supply your own license key code. Open notepad from command prompt. Eg notepad license.cmd; paste the the code below with your own key; save the file and run the cmd script.
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@echo off
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REM Created: Ivan1980@networknet.nl
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REM Windows Server 2008 Core License Script
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cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ipk xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx-xxxxx
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cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -ato
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cscript C:\Windows\System32\slmgr.vbs -xpf

Tags: Activate, Script, Windows Server 2008 Core
Ivan Versluis October 15th, 2007
Last weekend I finally get some time to build my first Intel Quad Core 2 Q6600 system. List of components I used.
| 1 x |
Corsair 4096MB DDR2 PC6400 Matched Pair TwinX C5 |
€242,95 |
| 1 x |
Corsair ATX 450W 24P |
€63,50 |
| 1 x |
Asus Silent Knight |
€52,50 |
| 1 x |
Asus 256MB EN8600GT OC GearHTDP |
€136,95 |
| 1 x |
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping 2.4 GHz 8Mb |
€228,50 |
| 1 x |
Asus P5N-E |
€105,00 |
Ivan Versluis October 2nd, 2007
Type the hostname.exe command line to see the current computername which has been generated by the Windows setup. Select the computername and press enter on the keyboard.
c:\Users\Administartor>hostname
win2k8-vm
Now we are going to rename the server and prepare it for dcpromo process.
c:\Users\Administartor> netdom renamecomputer win2k8-vm /newname:NET-DC-01
Click Y to reboot or enter shutdown /r /t 5