Installing Managed System Software On Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And Microsoft Hyper-V Server; Running Prerequisite Checker In Cli Mode; Installing Managed System Software In Cli Mode - Dell Server Installation Manual

Installing Managed System Software On
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Core And
Microsoft Hyper-V Server
The Server Core installation option of the Microsoft Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server operating system
provides a minimal environment for running specific server roles that reduce the maintenance and management
requirements and the attack surface for those server roles. A Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation
installs only a subset of the binaries that are required by the supported server roles. For example, the Explorer shell is
not installed as part of a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation. Instead, the default user interface for
a Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server installation is the command prompt.
NOTE: On Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Core and Windows Server 2012 Core, to install Server Administrator,
Windows-on-Windows (WOW) mode should be enabled.
NOTE: Windows Server 2008 Core or Hyper-V Server operating system does not support a graphical user interface
(GUI) based installation of software components. Install the software in the Command Line Interface (CLI) mode on
Server Core. For more information on Server Core, see microsoft.com.
NOTE: On Windows 7, to install the systems management software successfully, log in using an account which
belongs to the Administrators Group and must execute the setup.exe using the option Run as administrator from
the right-click menu.
NOTE: Log in as a built-in administrator to install the systems management software on Windows Server 2008 and
Windows Vista. For more information about the built-in Administrator account, see the Windows Server 2008 Help.
NOTE: Server Administrator is also supported on Windows Server 2012.

Running Prerequisite Checker In CLI Mode

You must run the prerequisite checker in the CLI mode as Windows Server 2008 and Hyper-V Server does not support
the GUI mode.
Related Links:
Prerequisite Checker

Installing Managed System Software In CLI Mode

Launch the MSI file from the command prompt using the command msiexec /i <SysMgmt or
SysMgmtx64>.msi.
To install the localized version of the managed system software, type
msiexec /i <SysMgmt or SysMgmtx64>.msi TRANSFORMS= <languauge_transform >.mst
in the command prompt. Replace <language_transform >.mst with the appropriate language file:
• 1031.mst (German)
• 1034.mst (Spanish)
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