Installing SBS 2008 on XenServer
June 17th, 2009
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Hi,
When trying to install Windows Small Business Server 2008 on a XenServer System, i encountered several errors.
The first ones I don’t really remember, but they where fixed by installing the XS-Tools before starting the SBS configuration wizard.
- Install SBS 2008
- On first boot (when the Configuration Wizard shows up), press Ctrl+Shift+Esc
- Choose xs-tools.iso in the DVD Drive dropdown list
- Go back to the Task Manager, click on “File”, “New Task”.
- Browse to the cd and run the setup.
- After this reboot the server (once or twice).
- Continue with normal installation
Then there was another problem when trying to install on XenServer 5.5. At some point in the installation the server rebooted and then stated that you should retry the setup.
The only fix for this problem that I found was to choose ”Other install media” as the Template, and not “Windows Server 2008 x64″