Hyper v role not available

[Guest dan]

I have just installed Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1, which I received as

a DVD from my Action Pack subscription, but I don't appear to have the Hyper

V role available to me when I go to add a role in Server Manager. Any ideas

why this might be the case? thanks.

[Guest kj [SBS MVP]]

Re: Hyper v role not available

 

dan wrote:

> I have just installed Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1, which I

> received as a DVD from my Action Pack subscription, but I don't

> appear to have the Hyper V role available to me when I go to add a

> role in Server Manager. Any ideas why this might be the case? thanks.

 

Did you install the 64bit version?

 

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/kj

[Guest dan]

Re: Hyper v role not available

 

 

"kj [sBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message

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> dan wrote:

>> I have just installed Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1, which I

>> received as a DVD from my Action Pack subscription, but I don't

>> appear to have the Hyper V role available to me when I go to add a

>> role in Server Manager. Any ideas why this might be the case? thanks.

>

> Did you install the 64bit version?

>

> --

> /kj

>

 

KJ, thanks. My version (that came on the DVD) is 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1,

v.667, Build 6001. I can't find any reference to 64 bit, so I guess it must

be the 32 bit version. It could have been spelled out a little clearer. I

can see that when you down load the trial version it clearly shows which is

64 bit versus 32. Thanks again- I guess I'll go downloading.....

[Guest Bill Grant]

Re: Hyper v role not available

 

Don't settle for an RC version, get the 64-bit RTM for the latest

version of Hyper-V. Be warned that there is a bug in the current version. Do

not make any locale changes when you install the server, or the Hyper-V role

will not be available. (You can change locale settings after you enable the

hyper-v role).

 

Also note that this version does not support the domain controller role

on a system running hyper-v. Although it is the RTM version of Server 2008,

it is still an early beta version of Hyper-V. Hyper-V is scheduled for

release up to 180 days after server 2008 RTM.

 

"dan" <dan(removethis)@westerveltconsulting.com> wrote in message

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>

> "kj [sBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OfwN1ufhIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> dan wrote:

>>> I have just installed Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1, which I

>>> received as a DVD from my Action Pack subscription, but I don't

>>> appear to have the Hyper V role available to me when I go to add a

>>> role in Server Manager. Any ideas why this might be the case? thanks.

>>

>> Did you install the 64bit version?

>>

>> --

>> /kj

>>

>

> KJ, thanks. My version (that came on the DVD) is 6.0.6001 Service Pack 1,

> v.667, Build 6001. I can't find any reference to 64 bit, so I guess it

> must be the 32 bit version. It could have been spelled out a little

> clearer. I can see that when you down load the trial version it clearly

> shows which is 64 bit versus 32. Thanks again- I guess I'll go

> downloading.....

>

[Guest kj [SBS MVP]]

Re: Hyper v role not available

 

dan wrote:

> "kj [sBS MVP]" <KevinJ.SBS@SPAMFREE.gmail.com> wrote in message

> news:OfwN1ufhIHA.1184@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> dan wrote:

>>> I have just installed Windows Server 2008 Standard RC1, which I

>>> received as a DVD from my Action Pack subscription, but I don't

>>> appear to have the Hyper V role available to me when I go to add a

>>> role in Server Manager. Any ideas why this might be the case?

>>> thanks.

>>

>> Did you install the 64bit version?

>>

>> --

>> /kj

>>

>

> KJ, thanks. My version (that came on the DVD) is 6.0.6001 Service

> Pack 1, v.667, Build 6001. I can't find any reference to 64 bit, so I

> guess it must be the 32 bit version. It could have been spelled out a

> little clearer. I can see that when you down load the trial version

> it clearly shows which is 64 bit versus 32. Thanks again- I guess

> I'll go downloading.....

 

 

Anytime. Get the download of RTM and you might need to enable your Servers

BIOS settings as described in the docs.

 

April Action Pack should have the RTM versions, or so I heard.

 

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/kj