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Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V can't create VMs

I have a Windows Server 2012 server. It is a Supermicro SuperServer 6037R-73RF with 128GB RAM, Dual Xeon E5-2620 processors and 2TB of SAS RAD 10 using the on-board LSI 2208 controller. I have installed Windows Server 2012 Data Center and all of that went just fine. I enabled the Hyper-V role and that went without error. However, I have been trying to create a Windows Server 2008R2 SP2 virtual machine and I keep getting the error "a required CD/DVD drive device is missing" right after I click on the "Install Now" button.

I researched the error and almost every one that I found on Google referred to having mad install media. However, I have tried using an ISO from Microsoft, a CD a different ISO that I had used several times before for standard W2K8 server installs and I am still getting the same problem. It doesn't seem that the problem is with the install media.

One thing I want to note is that when I installed the Host Server 2102 OS, right after the initial install, I checked device manager and there were no exclamation marks on any of the devices so I didn't run the chipset and device installs form the CD provided with the Supermicro motherboard. Could that cause this kind of issue?

Any ideas.

Thanks,

Dave

dcadler

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As a side note, I just created a Window7 VM on this server. So,the problem seems specific to W2K8R2

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Madisontech

Also, sometimes you have to add the DVD drive but NOT attache the media. Save.
Then go back and add the media.
Give it a try.
-Lee

dcadler

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It turned out that I must have had multiple defective ISO files, even though I had success with the same ISO files in the past.

I finally got a VM of Windows 7 Pro and after that, I was able to get VMs using Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2008R2 and Windows 8.