{"id":345,"date":"2011-12-01T23:20:48","date_gmt":"2011-12-01T23:20:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=345"},"modified":"2018-09-06T23:20:51","modified_gmt":"2018-09-06T23:20:51","slug":"installing-sbs-2008-and-connecting-to-the-internet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/?p=345","title":{"rendered":"Installing SBS 2008 and Connecting to the Internet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>SBS 2008 installation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The installation process is split into two sections:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Installation of the operating system and other files to the disk<\/li>\n<li>Installation of everything that makes it SBS 2008<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>You cannot separate the two or stop the second half from happening;  although, you will be required to provide input to the server at each  stage.<\/p>\n<h1>Operating system installation<\/h1>\n<p>If you have a DVD for the system, insert the DVD and boot the system  and follow the instructions to boot from a DVD for your system. You will  normally have to press a key to start the process. You will see the  grey bar progressing across the screen as the DVD is read. If you have a  system from a hardware manufacturer then the operating system may  already be installed on the hard disk. If this is the case, simply turn  on the machine.<\/p>\n<p><em>If your machine  will not boot from the DVD and you have a DVD drive on the system, then  check the BIOS settings to ensure that the DVD is the first boot drive.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image1.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You will then be asked to set the <strong>Language to install, Time and currency format<\/strong>, and <strong>Keyboard or input method<\/strong> to match your needs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image2.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are migrating, you must ensure that you have installed the USB memory stick before you click on the <strong>Install Now<\/strong> button. However, if you are performing a clean installation, then simply press the button.<\/p>\n<p>If you wish to carry out a trial installation that gives you 30 days  without activating your installation and fixing your hardware to your  product key, do not enter a product key into the <strong>Product key<\/strong> box. If you are performing your final installation, then enter the key from the SBS 2008 package or the <strong>Certificate of Authenticity<\/strong> on the system case if SBS was pre-installed on the server.<\/p>\n<p><em>If you do not enter  a product key, you will be prompted to enter the key within 30 days.  You can extend the time without a key, but ultimately, you will need to  activate SBS 2008 to continue using it.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image4.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Next, accept the license and click on <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image5.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Select the <strong>Custom (advanced)<\/strong> installation option.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image6.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" height=\"414\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You should see one or more disks presented to you in a list. There  are two schools of thought here on how to configure the first disk. One  school has all the data on the first (or primary) partition and the  other creates two partitions and splits the data and the operating  system. The idea here is that the system partition can be correctly  sized and backed up with a different strategy to the data partition. You  can also easily move the second partition onto larger disks should  there be a need to in the future.<\/p>\n<p>There are merits to both arguments, but if you only have a single  disk, I would simply select this and install SBS 2008 to this disk  without partitioning first. For SBS 2008, this should be absolutely fine  as your data needs are not going to grow too rapidly. If you do have  significant data requirements with multiple disks, then having the data  and system separate does make sense.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>No hard disks showing<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>If you do not see a hard disk shown in the screen, maybe because you need to load RAID disk drivers, click on the <strong>Load Driver<\/strong> button and insert the CD or floppy disk that came with your computer or  motherboard. Provided your system supports Windows 2008, this will  resolve this problem.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s have a look at the following screenshot:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image7.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on <strong>Next<\/strong> and the actual installation will finally start  and take over an hour to complete. You will find yourself watching the  progress on a screen similar to the one shown in the following  screenshot. There is no interaction to this process, which means it can  just be left on its own; however, it is best to check in ever so often  to ensure that an error message has not interrupted the installation.  The only error I&#8217;ve seen was when there was a read error from my DVD (I  had scratched it!). I cleaned the disk and re-started the install again  without any issue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image8.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"413\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>SBS 2008 installation continued<\/h1>\n<p>Once the system has rebooted, you will see a screen informing you  that the installation was successful and that it is now time to  continue. Some of the screens shown only relate to a system that is part  of a migration, while others only relate to a clean installation. If  this is a clean installation and not a migration, then you simply need  to click on <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image9.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"382\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you are performing a migration, you will see the Start the  Migration Guide screen that re-affirms the importance of a backup. I&#8217;m  assuming you do have a backup.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image10.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Check the two boxes regarding a backup and the migration guide, and click on <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>If you have selected to run unattended in the answer file settings,  then you will not see many of the following settings screens. If you did  not ask for an unattended install, then all the answers you have  entered will still be used, but you will be asked to verify the details.  The next sections cover off those sections you will need to complete.<\/p>\n<h1>Time Verification<\/h1>\n<p>Even if you selected an unattended install, you could have still set  for the time to be manually confirmed. As with the SBS 2003 system you  are migrating from, you are next asked to verify the time for the  migration to work. Correct time is an essential part of the security  settings.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image11.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"379\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The small clock picture does not show the time, so the only way to verify the date and time is to click on the <strong>Open Date and Time<\/strong> link. This brings up the normal date and time dialog box scene as shown  in the following screenshot. As this is a new system, it is quite  probable that the date and\/or the time will be wrong or the time zone  will not be correct, so verify all the items.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image12.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"457\" height=\"454\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Network settings for migrating systems<\/h1>\n<p>For the migration to work, the source (SBS 2003) and destination (SBS  2008) servers need to have their IP or network addresses confirmed.  Since this information was in the Answer File, it should simply be a  case of confirming it if the unattended installation is not selected.  Normally, the IP addresses should both be of the form of 192.168.x.y  where x is the same for both addresses and y is different.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image13.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" height=\"311\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The next items that may need confirmation are the settings for the  domain. Do not add certificate information as it can cause issues; leave  this setting blank. Again, this should simply be a case of clicking on <strong>Next<\/strong> to confirm the settings from the Answer File.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\" sSmall Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image14.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\" Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" width=\"550\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Getting installation updates<\/h1>\n<p>You are now presented with an opportunity to download updates for  your server. These updates can cover both the process of the  installation and the security of the server. Since it can take only  minutes for a machine connected to the Internet to be compromised, I  strongly suggest that you get the installation updates. Select <strong>Go online and get the most recent installation updates<\/strong> to get updates.<\/p>\n<p><em>You will need a working Internet connection to be able to get updates.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image15.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"355\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Confirming Company information<\/h1>\n<p>The Company information is used to populate information in the Fax  settings, the intranet site, and Exchange 2007. Even if you are using an  Answer File, you may be prompted to re-confirm these settings. Fill in  the details and click on <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image16.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"485\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Creating an administrator account for new installations<\/h1>\n<p>If you&#8217;re performing a clean installation, you need to create the administrator account. To do this, fill in the <strong>First name<\/strong> and <strong>Last name<\/strong> fields with the name of the administrator of the system. The <strong>Administrator user name<\/strong> should be related to the administration of the system, but should not be <em>Administrator<\/em> as this is a security risk.<\/p>\n<p><em>Think carefully about the name of the administrator as this will be the name used to manage the system. It should not be <em>administrator<\/em>,  and it should not be a regular user&#8217;s account either. It may be that  someone is both a user and administrator of the system, which should  mean that two accounts are created.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image17.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" \/><\/p>\n<h1>Naming your server and domain for new installations<\/h1>\n<p>If this is a new installation, you will need to name your server in the <strong>Server name<\/strong> box and enter an <strong>internal domain name<\/strong>, which should not be confused with the Internet domain name. If your Internet domain name was <em>mycompany.com<\/em> then your internal domain name might be <strong>mycompany<\/strong>. Enter this and then click on <strong>Next<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration\" src=\"http:\/\/www.packtpub.com\/sites\/default\/files\/Article-Images\/sbs08-article1-image18.png\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Small Business Server 2008 \u2013 Installation, Migration, and Configuration \" width=\"550\" height=\"444\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Summary<\/h2>\n<p>You now have a system that is part of a network domain, either an  existing domain if you&#8217;re running a migration or a new domain, your  first, if this is a clean install. The server should be able to send and  receive information with the Internet, but is not yet configured to  take advantage of the many abilities that SBS 2008 offers a small  business.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SBS 2008 installation The installation process is split into two sections: Installation of the operating system and other files to the disk Installation of everything that makes it SBS 2008 You cannot separate the two or stop the second half from happening; although, you will be required to provide input to the server at each [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-2008"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=345"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2649,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/345\/revisions\/2649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/microsoftgeek.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}