W2K8 R2 Server Core Commands

 

Yes it has been out for ages, and yes everyone knows, but I am putting these all together as a reference. Enjoy or ignore. ;)

Rename computer

• hostname
• WIN-C6UDA2DS5FF2
• netdom renamecomputer WIN-C6UDA2DS5FF2 /newname:HyperV1
• shutdown /r

Join the domain

• netdom join HyperV1 /domain:PebblyHill /userd:Administrator /passwordd:*
• shutdown /r

IP Address details

• ipconfig
• Windows IP Configuration
• Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection 1:
• Connection-specific DNS Suffix  . : pebblyhill.com.au
• Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : ae70::0d04:dea2:b323:4db5
• IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.20
• Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
• Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 192.168.0.1

Allow ping and RDP through the firewall

• netsh firewall set icmpsetting 8
• Ok.
• netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="Remote Desktop" new enable=yes
• Updated 1 rule(s).
• Ok.
• netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="File and Printer Sharing" new enable=yes
• Updated 16 rule(s).
• Ok.

Or disable the firewall:

• netsh firewall set opmode mode=disable

Enable remote desktop

• cscript C:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /ar 0
• Registry has been updated.

Install Hyper-V

• start /w ocsetup Microsoft-Hyper-V
• shutdown /r

If you did not join a domain, using GPOs for update settings and need to manually setup windows update the following commands are for you (This will use the default time of 3am to check for patches)

• Cscript c:\windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /au 4
• Net stop wuauserv
• Net start wuauserv

Update right now

• Wuauclt /detectnow

Check the update status

• Cscript scregedit.wsf /AU /v

From here on in you can use the RSAT tools on a client to do the rest