Компонент windows server gui mgmt infra

Trying to get exchange re-installed in our lab for a POC environment.  AD prep all done and ok.  New Windows 2016 Std Server x64 fully patched.

Readyiness Checks pass but for one error which the URL redirect to fix it is worthless

Error:
The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin.
For more information, visit: http://technet.microsoft.com/library(EXCHG.160)/ms.exch.setupreadiness.ServerGuiMgmtInfraNotInstalled.aspx 

This issue is around on multiple forums multiple variations and not seeing any help from Microsoft on this.  Their own website is denoting no current fix.

I have tried three different Windows 2016 server installed / builds. (ruling out the OS).  Done basic and no patching of OS.. Done full pre-installation of pre-reqs and also let it do with via switch option..none seem to fix this.

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Questions:

1) is their a CLI work around this?

2) Is their anyone who can direct me to a method to further debug this via some kind of log (nothing is output but the single error.

ArrowSIVAC

Everytime I try to install the Management GUI on Server Core I get this error.

Install-WindowsFeature : The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.
Installation of one or more roles, role services, or features failed.
The source files could not be downloaded.
Use the "source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more
information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077. Error: 0x800f0906
At line:1 char:1
+ Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Source C:mountdirWindowsWinSxS
+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    + CategoryInfo          : InvalidOperation: (@{Vhd=; Credent...Name=localhost}:PSObject) [Install-WindowsFeature],Exception
    + FullyQualifiedErrorId : DISMAPI_Error__Cbs_Download_Failure,Microsoft.Windows.ServerManager.Commands.AddWindowsFeatureCommand

Under DISM I Get the following

Error: 0x800f081f

The source files could not be found.
Use the "Source" option to specify the location of the files that are required to restore the feature. For more information on specifying a source location, see http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=243077.

The DISM log file can be found at C:WindowsLogsDISMdism.log

DISM Log: https://gist.github.com/michael-manley/5329139

I do know usually this happens when it attempts to download from Windows Update bu as you see with the command I’m attempting to use the WIM File. I tried both the wim:D:sourcesinstall.wim:2 method, and the mounting and using C:mountdirWindowsWinSxS methods, both fail. Server is fully up to date. I have tried a patched WIM as well from a freshly installed Server 2012 Standard fully updated.

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Today I was installing Microsoft Exchange 2016 on a new Windows Server 2016 purely for lab and education purposes. The Windows Installation was finished all Windows Updates were installed and now it was time to start the Microsoft Exchange installation! I had downloaded the installation media some time ago from the Microsoft website (this is where the mistake began), please read further for the explanation.

Exchange 2016 – Readiness Checks Error

After starting the setup wizard and the Readiness Checks the following error appeared:

Error: The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin.

Exchange 2016 – Running PowerShell Commands

So I tried installing the required components with the following PowerShell command, just as requested by the Readiness Checks page:

### PowerShell installation command
Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra, Server-Gui-Shell -Restart

This is the result of running this PowerShell command-let on the Windows Server 2016 machine. The error states “The role, role service, or feature name is not valid“.

Apparently “Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra” isn’t something you can install on Windows Server 2016 machine…

Solution to the installation problem

So after some thinking, I realized that the Exchange 2016 application was released much earlier than the Windows Server 2016 operating system… After some searching, I found the latest “Exchange 2016 CU6 release” on the Microsoft.com website.

It appears that every Cumulative Update (CU) is released in the form of a new ISO file which is also the installation media and update media. After downloading the CU6 iso and running the installation everything was working without any problems.

I have Exchange 2013 CU16 installed on a Windows Server 2016 DC.  (Please don’t tell me about how this is a bad idea, this is a small firm with only 2 servers, one DC and one RDS, so there is no option.)  Windows 2016 is installed with the full
GUI.  Exchange Mgmt. Shell and Admin Center are also installed and operational.

This has been running fine for a year. However, when I try to run any CU (I’ve tried 18, 19 and 20), I get the following prerequisite errors:

«The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin.

Setup can’t verify that the ‘Host’ (A) record for this computer exists within the DNS database on server 192.168.1.101.»

The host record definitely exists (otherwise my network would be in big trouble)! I think that error might be caused by the fact that the domain is a «.local» since it was upgraded from SBS2008.  However I also know that this won’t prevent
me from installing because I got past it before. However, the Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra error can’t be bypassed.

I’ve searched the web but can’t find any posts on this issue that are current.  The only «solutions» I’ve found are posts saying that Exchange 2013 can’t run on Windows Server 2016 or that you have to use CU4 or higher. Obviously, these don’t
apply to my situation.

Any help would be appreciated.

Deb

I have Exchange 2013 CU16 installed on a Windows Server 2016 DC.  (Please don’t tell me about how this is a bad idea, this is a small firm with only 2 servers, one DC and one RDS, so there is no option.)  Windows 2016 is installed with the full
GUI.  Exchange Mgmt. Shell and Admin Center are also installed and operational.

This has been running fine for a year. However, when I try to run any CU (I’ve tried 18, 19 and 20), I get the following prerequisite errors:

«The Windows component Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra isn’t installed on this computer and needs to be installed before Exchange Setup can begin.

Setup can’t verify that the ‘Host’ (A) record for this computer exists within the DNS database on server 192.168.1.101.»

The host record definitely exists (otherwise my network would be in big trouble)! I think that error might be caused by the fact that the domain is a «.local» since it was upgraded from SBS2008.  However I also know that this won’t prevent
me from installing because I got past it before. However, the Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra error can’t be bypassed.

I’ve searched the web but can’t find any posts on this issue that are current.  The only «solutions» I’ve found are posts saying that Exchange 2013 can’t run on Windows Server 2016 or that you have to use CU4 or higher. Obviously, these don’t
apply to my situation.

Any help would be appreciated.

Deb

Introduction

Server Core was introduced in Windows Server 2008 but was confusing to many administrators. This was mainly because that you, as an administrator, were restricted to a command line and needed to know the commands for doing your tasks.

One of the main problems with it was that if you installed your server as a Server Core, you would need to reinstall it if you want the graphical user interface (GUI).

This changed in Windows Server 2012. It was now possible to install your server with a GUI and remove the GUI once you’ve set everything up.

It was also possible to install your server as a Server Core and then add the GUI by just entering a simple Powershell command.

In this blog post, I will explain how to install the GUI for a Windows Server Core installation or remove the GUI if you have Windows Server 2012 or Windows Server 2012 R2.

Enter this command into a Powershell prompt, running as Administrator.

Then run:

Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra

Once installed, you need to restart the server. Use this command:

If you do not have Internet connectivity, the installation will hang at 68% and, after a while, displays an error message to you:

Install-WindowsFeature: The request to add or remove features on the specified server failed.

This means that the source files for the GUI installation cannot be located.

To solve the error, follow these steps:

Start by creating a mount directory (i.e C:Mount), by opening a command prompt:

Get the index number of the WIM file for the GUI (if Windows Server 2012 R2 media is on D:). Since all of the Windows Server 2012 R2 installations are stored in the same *.wim, we need to specify what version we want to mount. In this case, we’ll be using the Datacenter version with GUI, which is Index #4

dism /get-wiminfo /wimfile:d:sourcesinstall.wim

Mount the WIM file:

dism /mount-wim /wimfile: d:sourcesinstall.wim /Index:3 /mountdir:C:Mount /readonly

Install and specify the source:

Install-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra -Source C:MountWindowsSXS

Once installed, you need to restart the server. Use this command:

How to remove the GUI from a full installation, using the GUI:

Open Server Manager, open the Manage menu and go to Remove Roles and Features

Press Next until you reach the Features page

There are two different features that you can choose:

• Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure (server-GUI-mgmt-infra) basically provides Powershell, MMC, and Server Manager.
• Adding the Server Graphical Shell (server-GUI-shell) will add the rest of the GUI experience. This feature is dependent on the first, so you can’t just add this one.

Note that if you remove Graphical Management Tools and Infrastructure, you will also remove Server Graphical Shell.

Once deselecting one of the features, you will get a popup. Here, press Remove Features.

Removing the GUI from a full installation, using Powershell:

Enter this command:

Uninstall-WindowsFeature Server-Gui-Shell, Server-Gui-Mgmt-Infra

References

• Microsoft Docs – What is Server Core?

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