> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
> Configuring updates:
> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
> Do not turn off your computer
>
>
> It is the same in another machine.
> We tried 5 times from the beginning.
> It seems that RC0 is a joke.
> How to install it ?
>
>
> Regards
> MarcusB

>We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
>perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
>KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
>Configuring updates:
>Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
>Do not turn off your computer
>
>
>It is the same in another machine.
>We tried 5 times from the beginning.
>It seems that RC0 is a joke.
>How to install it ?
>

>
> THe system We have is original HP DL 380, 10GB RAM, and one CoreDuo 2 Ghz
> CPU.
> 2 x 72 GB SAS disks (on P400 controler) plus MSA60 array with 2 x 500GB
> (on P800 controler)SATA disks.
> There is a fresh installed Windows 2008 Enterprise plus PSP 8.0 från HP.
>
>
> Tee fresh windows with Beta Hyper-V is working perfectly.
> I tried install RC0 Hyper-V KB949219 and it stops at 54% after restart
> like I described.
>
> I do like this:
> Instal Windows 2008
> Instal PSP 8.0 från HP and restart
> Instal Hyper-V role (Beta) restart
> And install KB949219 restart and than hangs at 54%
>
> According Microsoft you should add Hyper-V role before insalling uppgrade.
> If you do not add Hyper-V role before than RC0 will not be installed.
> KB949219 will install okey but when you add Hyper-V role it will ad Beta
> not RC0
>
> Plese help before I will get mad
>
>
> Marcus
>
>
>
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> I've added it on my ML350 without issue. Haven't tried the DL380 yet,
>> I'll have to tomorrow.
>>
>> But I've done it on the three machines I've installed on the same way.
>> Fresh OS install. Run the OOBE down to the Roles portion, skip that,
>> install PowerShell, and then install the KB. Only after the KB is
>> installed do I install the Hyper-V Role. And it's on a fairly clean
>> machine.
>>

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:21:44 +0100, MarcusB <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
>> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
>> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
>> Configuring updates:
>> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
>> Do not turn off your computer
>>
>>
>> It is the same in another machine.
>> We tried 5 times from the beginning.
>> It seems that RC0 is a joke.
>> How to install it ?
>>
>
> Might be a BIOS issue. VT has been notorious for being poorly
> implemented in many PC BIOSes and causing all kinds of problems
> including BSOD. Check if there is a BIOS update available.
>
>
> Bo Berglund

> I've added it on my ML350 without issue. Haven't tried the DL380 yet,
> I'll have to tomorrow.
>
> But I've done it on the three machines I've installed on the same way.
> Fresh OS install. Run the OOBE down to the Roles portion, skip that,
> install PowerShell, and then install the KB. Only after the KB is
> installed do I install the Hyper-V Role. And it's on a fairly clean
> machine.
>

>
> THe system We have is original HP DL 380, 10GB RAM, and one CoreDuo 2 Ghz
> CPU.
> 2 x 72 GB SAS disks (on P400 controler) plus MSA60 array with 2 x 500GB
> (on P800 controler)SATA disks.
> There is a fresh installed Windows 2008 Enterprise plus PSP 8.0 från HP.
>
>
> Tee fresh windows with Beta Hyper-V is working perfectly.
> I tried install RC0 Hyper-V KB949219 and it stops at 54% after restart
> like I described.
>
> I do like this:
> Instal Windows 2008
> Instal PSP 8.0 från HP and restart
> Instal Hyper-V role (Beta) restart
> And install KB949219 restart and than hangs at 54%
>
> According Microsoft you should add Hyper-V role before insalling uppgrade.
> If you do not add Hyper-V role before than RC0 will not be installed.
> KB949219 will install okey but when you add Hyper-V role it will ad Beta
> not RC0
>
> Plese help before I will get mad
>
>
> Marcus
>
>
>
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> I've added it on my ML350 without issue. Haven't tried the DL380 yet,
>> I'll have to tomorrow.
>>
>> But I've done it on the three machines I've installed on the same way.
>> Fresh OS install. Run the OOBE down to the Roles portion, skip that,
>> install PowerShell, and then install the KB. Only after the KB is
>> installed do I install the Hyper-V Role. And it's on a fairly clean
>> machine.
>>

> You can add it after you install the Hyper-V role, that's the way I've
> been doing it. I haven't tried it with Core.
>
> --
> Bob Comer
>
>
> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 09:13:16 -0700, "Charlie Russel - MVP"
> <(email address - cut out)> wrote:
>
>>You should add the KB BEFORE adding the Hyper-V role - that's what's
>>working
>>here. MS says you can do it in either order, but I haven't tried it the
>>way
>>you're doing it.
>>
>>Just to be clear - is this a DL380G5, or an older DL380?
>>
>>And also to be clear - is this the RTM version of Server 2008? Or one of
>>the
>>beta/RC versions? ONLY the RTM is supported.

> It is the new one DL380G5 with latest BIOS 56.
> Yes it is RTM version of Windows Server 2008 Enterprise.
> I tried also the way you talking. But I am not sure if than after adding
> role you will get RC0 and not Beta. I did not find Microsoft saying about
> updating your way.
> After installing your way I think you will not get RC0.
> The funny thing is that installing yur way I was not able to uninstall
> KB949219 update.
>
> Regards
> Marcus
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> You should add the KB BEFORE adding the Hyper-V role - that's what's
>> working here. MS says you can do it in either order, but I haven't tried
>> it the way you're doing it.
>>
>> Just to be clear - is this a DL380G5, or an older DL380?
>>
>> And also to be clear - is this the RTM version of Server 2008? Or one of
>> the beta/RC versions? ONLY the RTM is supported.
>>

>Thus why Beta Hyper-V was working perfectly if it is BIOS isue?
>

>You should add the KB BEFORE adding the Hyper-V role - that's what's working
>here. MS says you can do it in either order, but I haven't tried it the way
>you're doing it.
>
>Just to be clear - is this a DL380G5, or an older DL380?
>
>And also to be clear - is this the RTM version of Server 2008? Or one of the
>beta/RC versions? ONLY the RTM is supported.

> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
> Configuring updates:
> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
> Do not turn off your computer
>
>
> It is the same in another machine.
> We tried 5 times from the beginning.
> It seems that RC0 is a joke.
> How to install it ?
>
>
> Regards
> MarcusB

> You should add the KB BEFORE adding the Hyper-V role - that's what's
> working here. MS says you can do it in either order, but I haven't tried
> it the way you're doing it.
>
> Just to be clear - is this a DL380G5, or an older DL380?
>
> And also to be clear - is this the RTM version of Server 2008? Or one of
> the beta/RC versions? ONLY the RTM is supported.
>

> Did you localize your version of Win2008? There have been some reports of
> installation problems with localized versions of Win2008 and the
> installation of Hyper-V (I don't know about the latest version) and the
> solution was to install Hyper-V before localising Win2008.
>

>I do not run core. I run full Windows version. You did not wrote when you
>added Hyper-V role. Before update or after?
>
> Regards
> Marcus
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> OK, I can confirm this works. The following is the sequence I followed,
>> on an HP DL380 G5, with 2x52xx quad core processors, 16 GB of RAM, and
>> 8x72GB SAS disks (400 disk controller with 512 Mb cache.)
>>
>> 1.) Install RTM Enterprise Core. English, Canadian. 2.) Configure
>> networking via netsh.
>> 3.) Configure firewall, remote management, remote desktop
>> 4.) Assign computer name, reboot
>> 5.) Join domain, reboot
>> 6.) install KB949219.msu. Reboot. (actually, it reboots twice.)
>> 7.) Connect to the Hyper-V Parent Partition via Hyper-V Manager running
>> on Vista SP1.
>> 8.) Acknowledge the license.
>>

> OK, I can confirm this works. The following is the sequence I followed,
> on an HP DL380 G5, with 2x52xx quad core processors, 16 GB of RAM, and
> 8x72GB SAS disks (400 disk controller with 512 Mb cache.)
>
> 1.) Install RTM Enterprise Core. English, Canadian.
> 2.) Configure networking via netsh.
> 3.) Configure firewall, remote management, remote desktop
> 4.) Assign computer name, reboot
> 5.) Join domain, reboot
> 6.) install KB949219.msu. Reboot. (actually, it reboots twice.)
> 7.) Connect to the Hyper-V Parent Partition via Hyper-V Manager running
> on Vista SP1.
> 8.) Acknowledge the license.
>

>I installed HP SupportPack (8.0) for x64 Server 2008. But I
> enabled the one that requires SNMP. And I added SNMP.
>
> Do you think SNMP could be the problem?
>
>
> Regards
> MarcusB
>
> Charlie Russel - MVP wrote:
>> I also did it on that same machine using Full, after I posted this. And
>> in all cases, I've been installing the KB before the role. Though others
>> report that they have been doing it role first, then KB. In the case of
>> the Full install, the sequence was:
>>
>> 1.) Install Enterprise Full
>> 2.) Set TZ, Networking, Updates and Dr. Watson via OOBE.
>> 3.) Enable Remote Desktop via OOBE
>> 4.) Change name and join to network (again, via OOBE). Reboot.
>> 5.) Add PowerShell and Remote Administration Features (and the supporting
>> role requirements for Remote Administration). Reboot.
>> 6.) Open PowerShell window as administrator, change ExecutionPolicy to
>> RemoteSigned.
>> 7.) Install HP SupportPack (8.0) for x64 Server 2008. (You'll have to
>> disable the one that requires SNMP if you haven't enabled that yet.)
>> 8.) Change resolution to something more useful (I'm using 1178x864)
>> Reboot
>> 9.) Log out of local account, log in as Domain Administrator
>> 10.) Run KB. Reboot as required.
>> 11.) Install Hyper-V Role. Configure one NIC for Hyper-V, one for admin.
>> Reboot as required.
>>

> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
> Configuring updates:
> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
> Do not turn off your computer
>
>
> It is the same in another machine.
> We tried 5 times from the beginning.
> It seems that RC0 is a joke.
> How to install it ?
>
>
> Regards
> MarcusB

>> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
>> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
>> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
>> Configuring updates:
>> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
>> Do not turn off your computer
>>
>>
>> It is the same in another machine.
>> We tried 5 times from the beginning.
>> It seems that RC0 is a joke.
>> How to install it ?
>>
>>
>> Regards
>> MarcusB
>
> The keyboard setting needs to be unchanged (USA/English) otherwise it will get stuck at 54%.
>
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> I also did it on that same machine using Full, after I posted this. And
> in all cases, I've been installing the KB before the role. Though others
> report that they have been doing it role first, then KB. In the case of
> the Full install, the sequence was:
>
> 1.) Install Enterprise Full
> 2.) Set TZ, Networking, Updates and Dr. Watson via OOBE.
> 3.) Enable Remote Desktop via OOBE
> 4.) Change name and join to network (again, via OOBE). Reboot.
> 5.) Add PowerShell and Remote Administration Features (and the
> supporting role requirements for Remote Administration). Reboot.
> 6.) Open PowerShell window as administrator, change ExecutionPolicy to
> RemoteSigned.
> 7.) Install HP SupportPack (8.0) for x64 Server 2008. (You'll have to
> disable the one that requires SNMP if you haven't enabled that yet.)
> 8.) Change resolution to something more useful (I'm using 1178x864)
> Reboot
> 9.) Log out of local account, log in as Domain Administrator
> 10.) Run KB. Reboot as required.
> 11.) Install Hyper-V Role. Configure one NIC for Hyper-V, one for admin.
> Reboot as required.
>

> I also did it on that same machine using Full, after I posted this. And
> in all cases, I've been installing the KB before the role. Though others
> report that they have been doing it role first, then KB. In the case of
> the Full install, the sequence was:
>
> 1.) Install Enterprise Full
> 2.) Set TZ, Networking, Updates and Dr. Watson via OOBE.
> 3.) Enable Remote Desktop via OOBE
> 4.) Change name and join to network (again, via OOBE). Reboot.
> 5.) Add PowerShell and Remote Administration Features (and the
> supporting role requirements for Remote Administration). Reboot.
> 6.) Open PowerShell window as administrator, change ExecutionPolicy to
> RemoteSigned.
> 7.) Install HP SupportPack (8.0) for x64 Server 2008. (You'll have to
> disable the one that requires SNMP if you haven't enabled that yet.)
> 8.) Change resolution to something more useful (I'm using 1178x864)
> Reboot
> 9.) Log out of local account, log in as Domain Administrator
> 10.) Run KB. Reboot as required.
> 11.) Install Hyper-V Role. Configure one NIC for Hyper-V, one for admin.
> Reboot as required.
>

> On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 00:21:44 +0100, MarcusB wrote:
>
>> We have Windows 2008 64bit Enterprise running on HP DL380. It run
>> perfectly. We add Hyper-V role, restarted it and after restart we run
>> KB949219 update and than after restart it hangs at 54%.
>> Configuring updates:
>> Stage 3 of 3 - 54% complete
>> Do not turn off your computer
>
> Are you using a non-US keyboard layout by any chance? I've seen some
> reports of this causing the issue you're seeing.
>

> Yes I am using swedish keyboard layout.

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:11 +0100, MarcusB wrote:
>
>> Yes I am using swedish keyboard layout.
>
> Then try it with the US keyboard layout. From what I've seen of this issue
> is that you only need the US layout during the install of the role. Once
> the role is installed you can go back to whatever layout you want.
>

>I tried with US layout and it is no difference.
>I give installation a time but after 48 hours it was still at 54%.
>
>When I tried first uppdate and later add Hyper-V role than it is working
>but not the other way.
>
>Did Microsoft know about the problem?
>Marcus
>
>Paul Adare wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:11 +0100, MarcusB wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I am using swedish keyboard layout.
>>
>> Then try it with the US keyboard layout. From what I've seen of this issue
>> is that you only need the US layout during the install of the role. Once
>> the role is installed you can go back to whatever layout you want.
>>

> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:11 +0100, MarcusB wrote:
>
>> Yes I am using swedish keyboard layout.
>
> Then try it with the US keyboard layout. From what I've seen of this issue
> is that you only need the US layout during the install of the role. Once
> the role is installed you can go back to whatever layout you want.
>

> Not entirely sure if that is causing the issue Marcus was referring to,
> although it -may- b related (I'd be very interested in that if it is).
>
> The reason I'm thinking this: if he did have the Swedish layout
> installed, Hyper-V would not have worked (before applying the RC0 patch)
> in the first place.
>
> Then again; he may have installed the system and directly applied RC)
> without testing int between. If that is the case (Is it Marcus?) It
> would make sense to get rid of the Swedish locale. It's a bit more than
> just putting the layout to US English though.
>
> Here are the details for getting out of the non-US layout issue, without
> having to re-install W2K8:
>
> http://www.servercare.nl/Lists/Posts/Post.aspx?ID=17
>
>
> / ) Regards,
> / /_________
> _|__|__) Paul Weterings
> / (O_) http://www.servercare.nl
> __/ (O_)
> ____(O_)
>
>
> Paul Adare wrote:
>> On Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:30:11 +0100, MarcusB wrote:
>>
>>> Yes I am using swedish keyboard layout.
>>
>> Then try it with the US keyboard layout. From what I've seen of this
>> issue
>> is that you only need the US layout during the install of the role. Once
>> the role is installed you can go back to whatever layout you want.
>>