Window Server 2012 using VMware Workstation

Task 1: Window server 2012 using VMware workstation
Proposed System Plan
Plan
Create Window server 2012 using VMware workstation and create another two virtual pc on
Hyper-V server. And Share a folder with each other.

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Configuration
Server
Processor Intel Core i5 2.3GHz
RAM 13.4Gb
HDD 100Gb
OS Windows Server 2012
Software VMware WorkStation 15
Virtual Pc 1
Processor 1 vCore
RAM 2Gb
HDD 20Gb
OS Windows 7
Software Hyper-v
Virtual Pc 2
Processor 1 vCore
RAM 2Gb
HDD 20Gb
OS CentOS 7
Software Hyper-v
Installation
Server
Using VMware workstation create a Windows server 2012. Then install active director and
Hyper-V server. Stablished network connection on windows server and physical machine.
Virtual PC 1
Create a virtual pc on Hyper-V server with above virtual pc1 configuration. Established
network connection with windows server.
Virtual PC 2
Create a virtual pc on Hyper-V server with above virtual pc2 configuration. Established
network connection with windows server.
Testing
Conduct the file sharing test on window server and other virtual pc’s should have access to
shared folder.

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Post - Implementation Report
Purpose
This document explains requirements and configuration guides and outcome of the file
sharing test result of the implementation process of server and pc installation.
Requirement
Create an windows server and create another two virtual pc on Hyper-V server. Then
established a network connection in between two virtual pc and windows server. And share a
folder/file between all the pc.
Implementation
Configuration
Following configuration will be used on while creating server and virtual pcs.
Server
Processor Intel Core i5 2.3GHz
RAM 13.4Gb
HDD 100Gb
OS Windows Server 2012 / Active Directory /
Hyper-V server
Software VMware WorkStation 15
Virtual Pc 1
Processor 1 vCore
RAM 2Gb
HDD 20Gb
OS Windows 7
Software Hyper-V
Virtual Pc 2
Processor 1 vCore
RAM 2Gb
HDD 20Gb
OS CentOS 7
Software Hyper-V

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Installation
Server
Turn on the server with loaded windows server bootable cd and install the windows server
2012 OS.
Install Active Directory service and Hyper-V server.
Configure Active Directory Service with creating new domain and install and configure DNS
server.

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Virtual PC1
Create a new virtual pc on Hyper-V Server. And load the windows 7 CD and install the OS.
And add new DNS server ip address to network settings. Add this pc into the domain.

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Virtual PC2
Create a new virtual pc on Hyper-V Server. And load the CentOS 7 CD and install the OS.
add new DNS server ip address to network settings. And install samba server and add this pc
into the windows domain.

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Testing
As testing create folder on Server 2012 and share the folder. pc1 and pc2 should be able to
access the shared folder using Server name.
PC1 accessing the Server share folder
PC2 accessing the Server share folder

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Validation Test Plan
Hardwar
e Configuration (ESX) Virtual Machine
HP
Probook
430 2.3GHz 2 i5-core Intel
2 vCPUs two virtual machines
configured
16GB RAM 2GB memory
4Gb Ethernet card 1 Ethernet card
100GB SAS drives 20Gb Drivers
As testing pc1 should be able to access the server share folder and check the user have the
read/write permission. Pc1 user should be able to add files into share folder.
PC1 and PC2 should be able to ping to domain name controller.