In this recipe, we will go through the steps to use VMM 2012 to discover a physical computer, install an operating system, add the Hyper-V role, and then add the machine to a host group with streamline procedures in a highly automated operation.
Before starting a Bare Metal deployment, a one-time configuration of the environment is required, and then when that is completed, you can start provisioning physical servers.
Go through the following steps to prepare the infrastructure for a Bare-Metal deployment:
Deploying a PXE Server: Install a new server (for example, w2012-wds01) with Windows Deployment Services (WDS) to provide PXE services. Configure both the deployment server and transport server options.
Configuring the PXE server in VMM 2012: Configuring is possible by adding the server to VMM 2012 management...