LKBEN10919: Howto check the status of your server roles and install a new one on a windows 2008 server core-installation
LKB | Created: 02/04/2020 | Version: 0 | Language: EN | Rating: 0 | Outdated: False | Marked for deletion: False
Author: Wim Peeters - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Symptom
You have a windows server 2008 core server and need to install a new role or check the status of them
Cause
none
Solution
With server core you do not have a gui (graphical user interface) and you need to fall-back to the command line. To check your roles you use the oclist command. e.g.
oclist
This will show you an overview of all installed and also "not installed" roles.
To install a certain role you use the ocsetup command. e.g.
start /w ocsetup DNS-Server-Core-Role
You do not need the start /w in front of it, it is used to launch another command line and wait after the command has been executed. With oclist you can get an overview of available roles and features.
About the Author
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.