Lab 1 – Creating Virtual Machines and Installing Windows

In this lab you will be creating the 4 virtual machines (VMs) you will need for this course. Once the VMs are created you will install Windows Server 2016 Standard edition, with the desktop experience on 1 of them, Windows Server 2016 Server Core on 1, and 2 VMs for Windows 10. You will need:
  • your computer with VMWare Workstation Pro installed
  • downloaded ISO files for installing Windows Server and Windows 10 (you may already have these from your WIN213 course)
  • completed chart from the Prelab
  • create folders on your hard drive to organize your WIN210 files. Create a separate folder for each VM .
*Depending on the amount of RAM in your computer, you may not be able to run all VMs at the same time. If you have 8GB of RAM you might be able to adjust the memory in each of the Servers to 2GB and the Clients to 1GB. The performance of the VMs will suffer and you will need to be patient, but you can complete the entire labs that way. Only run the VMs that are necessary to perform the tasks needed.  Approximate completion time:  100 minutes or more.

1.0 Creating VMs in VMWare Workstation Pro

*If you do not remember the steps for creating Virtual Machines, use the instructions from Lab 1 in the IOS110 course. ios110.wordpress.com
  • You should use a Typical setup.
  • Save all of the VMs in the appropriate folders on your SSD.
  • Create all of the VMs first. You will be installing the operating systems after.
  • Leave the network adapters on all VMs to NAT for now. This will be changed later.
  • Change the Processor settings to 1 processor with 4 cores.
  • Your computer will be slow with all VMs running at the same time. Be sure to use only the VMs you need at any one time.
Create 4 VMs with the following specifications:
  • VM name: Server1
  • Hard drive size: 40GB (create virtual hard drive as a single file)
  • Memory: 4096 MB
  • *the Guest Operating System is Windows Server 2016
  • VM name: ServerCore
  • Hard drive size: 30GB (create virtual hard drive as a single file)
  • Memory: 2048 MB
  • *the Guest Operating System is Windows Server 2016
  • VM name: Admin (lab instructions will refer to this VM as AdminClient)
  • Hard drive size: 20GB (create virtual hard drive as a single file)
  • Memory: 2048 MB
  • *the Guest Operating System is Windows 10 x64
  • VM name: Client1
  • Hard drive size: 20GB (create virtual hard drive as a single file)
  • Memory: 2048 MB
  • *the Guest Operating System is Windows 10 x64

2.0 Installing Windows on Your VMs

*If you do not remember the steps for installing Windows, use the instructions from Lab 1 in the IOS110 course. ios110.wordpress.com
  1. Install Windows Server 2016 Standard edition with the desktop experience (previously known as the GUI) on Server1 VM.
  2. Install Windows Server 2016 Standard edition with Core Mode, which is the default (it doesn’t say Core) on the ServerCore VM.
  3. Install Windows 10 on the AdminClient and Client1 VMs. Do not login using a Microsoft account. Create a local user account on each computer named LocalClientAdmin.

3.0 Initial Configuration

  1. Use the information in the PreLab Chart to perform the initial configuration on Server1, AdminClient and Client1:
    • change the computer names
    • leave TCP/IP as “obtain an IP address automatically” for now. This will allow us to easily do some downloads to our VMs. We will change these settings at the end of the lab.
    • change the time zones to Eastern Time.
  2. You will not do any Initial Configuration of ServerCore at this time. It will be completed in Lab 2.

4.0 Install VMWare Tools on Each Guest OS (optional, but useful)

VMWare Tools is a set of drivers and utilities that enhance the performance of a virtual machine’s guest operating system and provide interaction between the guest and the host. The display can be adjusted to be larger and more readable and you can create a share to transfer files between the host operating system and the guest operating systems. This can provide you with options during the labs when we need to download files for use in our VMs.
  1. Login to each “desktop experience” guest (Server1 and clients, but not Server Core) and install the VMWare Tools: While logged in to any VM, click the VM menu from VMWare, and select Install VMWare Tools. Follow the instructions to complete the install. You will be required to restart.
You will not notice anything obvious once the installation is complete, but the VM will work better: smoother mouse movement, better options for screen resolution, and some additional features are added that are not immediately obvious.

5.0 Download and Install the Remote Server Administration Tools (RSAT) and Windows Admin Center on your AdminClient VM

Your Windows 10 AdminClient computer will be used to perform Remote Administration of the ServerCore server in later labs. To do this, you need to install the Remote Administration Tools on this computer. Depending on the version of Windows 10 running, you may just be able to enable this Feature, or you may have to download the tools and install them on the client. In our case, we have to download and install the Tools. We are doing the download of the tools BEFORE having the AdminClient join the domain in the next lab to make it easier to connect to the Internet. Your AdminClient should have Internet access with its current network configuration.
  1. Login to your Windows 10 AdminClient as the LocalClientAdmin user account.
  2. Use the link HERE to go to the Microsoft Download Center to download the RSAT tools using a browser on your AdminClient.
  3. Click the DOWNLOAD button and you will be given a list of RSAT options.
  4. Select WindowsTH-RSAT_WS2016-x64.msu and click NEXT.
  5. Download and run the file to install the tools. Accept the license terms and let it complete.
  6. Download Windows Admin Center software while you are connected to the Internet. You will need this for the next section: use the link HERE to download Windows Admin Center and run the install file. Take all of the default settings, except put a checkmark next to Create a desktop shortcut to launch Windows Admin Center. Finish the installation. We will use this tool later.
  7. To see the tools that are installed, hit the Windows Key on your keyboard and type Administrative Tools. Open Administrative Tools. Notice that Server Manager is there, along with all of the Active Directory tools and more. These Server administrative tools can only be used to manage servers on the network, not the local computer. Do not use run the tools at this time. You will set up the tools once you have joined the domain. Close this window.

6.0 TCP/IP Manual Configuration

  1. Change the VM network adapter settings on all VMs to Bridged.
  2. Use the information in the PreLab Chart to do manual (static) TCP/IP configuration on Server1, AdminClient and Client1.
  3. This network configuration will allow you to communicate between the VMs, but you will not be able to access the Internet from within the VMs. If you need access to the Internet, you will use a browser on your host computer.
To prove you have completed this lab:
  • Create a Microsoft Word document (or use Google docs), with a name of YourSenecaID-Lab1.docx.
  • Take a screenshot of each of the VMs with the operating system running, and the computer name and IP address change displayed on the screen.
    • Servers – you can use Server Manager and the Local Computer screen.
    • Windows 10 – System settings plus the output of ipconfig, or the TCP/IP Properties page. (Remember you can display both on one screen and take a screenshot.)
  • Paste each screen shot into the document, and label them clearly. You should have 4 images (one for each VM). Server Core does not have to be configured. Just show the command line screen.
  • Save the document as a PDF file using the same name as the document file, and upload it to MySeneca, under Course Documents>Labs>Lab1 before the due date.
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