Converting from a Server Core to
Server with a GUI in Windows Server 2012 R2
In Windows Server 2012/ 2012 R2, you
can convert Server Core to Server with a GUI or Server with a GUI to Server
Core without reinstalling the entire operating system as in the previous
version in Windows Server 2008 R2.
With this features, administrators can
easily switch between Server Core to Server with a GUI or vice-versa within few
steps. In this article, you are converting from a Server Core to Server with a
GUI install.
For this, we need to create a folder to
mount a Windows Imaging File (WIM). WIM files are images of the operating
system which is located in the sources folder in Windows Server 2012 R2
Installation media. An image file that gets mounted is the install.wim file,
which is located in the sources folder of installation media. As you know that
installation files are located inside the /sources/install.wim file.
To convert a Server Core install into a
Server with a GUI install, perform the following steps:
1.
From the command prompt,
create a directory named mountdir (mkdir c:\mountdir).
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2.
To get the correct index
number associated with the Server with a GUI image you want to install. For
this, you use Dism (Deployment Image Servicing and Management) command-line
tool. For example, you are converting from Server Core with the Windows Server 2012
SERVERSTANDARD as shown in figure.
dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:d:\sources\install.wim, where d: is the installation source drive.
3.
Mount the required image
file with the following command, shown in figure.
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:d:\sources\install.wim /index:4
/mountdir:C:\mountdir /readonly
“The operation
completed successfully” displays on screen, the image mount is complete
4.
Open PowerShell, in the
command line, type PowerShell.
5.
Finally, use the following
Windows PowerShell command from the mounted image as shown in figure.
Install-WindowsFeature
Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell -Source C:\mountdir\windows\winsxs
6.
Restart computer by
simply typing Restart-Computer or shutdown –r –t 0
7.
After the server restart,
the Ctrl-Alt-Delete screen is displayed, and then login. The Server Core
interface is replaced with the full GUI Windows Server 2012 R2.
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