{"id":2799,"date":"2016-04-06T12:32:26","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wordpress.networknet.nl\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2016-04-06T12:32:26","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T10:32:26","slug":"microsoft-hyper-v-server-2012-r2-setup-is-asking-for-product-key","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/archives\/2799","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 R2: setup is asking for product key"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\tIn the past 24 hours I struggled with getting Windows Hyper-V 2012 R2 server installed. I tried to boot from a virtual CD where I mount my ISO file that I download from Microsoft website. Each time I entered the setup it started to ask me for a product key.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\tAfter some digging on the Internet and checking my physical server I found that a DVD was inserted with another installation media of Windows Server 2012 R2 MSDN. This caused my Hyper-V installation setup for asking for a <strong>product key<\/strong>. What I did is to disable the SATA optical drive containing the DVD in the BIOS. Performed another boot and I was able to start the installation as I was used with Windows Server 2012 R2.\n<\/p>\n<h3>\n\tResolution<br \/>\n<\/h3>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>\n\t\tPress shift+F10 to open a command prompt with the setup\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tDiskpart.exe\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tList Vol and review all volumes that have been attached to the installation\n\t<\/li>\n<li>\n\t\tFor me the problem was already resolved as I didn&#39;t have any other media connected now\n\t<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Diskpart-within-Windows-Setup-Hyper-V.png\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2800\" style=\"\" target=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Diskpart within Windows Setup Hyper-V\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-2800\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Diskpart-within-Windows-Setup-Hyper-V-300x300.png\" style=\"\" title=\"\" width=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Diskpart-within-Windows-Setup-Hyper-V-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Diskpart-within-Windows-Setup-Hyper-V-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the past 24 hours I struggled with getting Windows Hyper-V 2012 R2 server installed. I tried to boot from a virtual CD where I mount my ISO file that I download from Microsoft website. Each time I entered the setup it started to ask me for a product key. After some digging on the Internet and checking my physical server I found that a DVD was inserted with another installation media of Windows Server 2012 R2 MSDN. This caused my Hyper-V installation setup for asking for a product key. What I did is to disable the SATA optical drive containing the DVD in the BIOS. Performed another boot and I was able to start the installation as I was used with Windows Server 2012 R2. Resolution Press shift+F10 to open a command prompt with the setup Diskpart.exe List Vol and review all volumes that have been attached to the installation For me the problem was already resolved as I didn&#39;t have any other media connected now &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[57,51],"tags":[826,787,825,824,659],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hyper-v","category-microsoft","tag-asking","tag-hyper-v","tag-key","tag-product","tag-setup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2802,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions\/2802"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.networknet.nl\/apps\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}