Install HP Support Pack on Hyper-V R2 Core Server

If you are using Microsoft Hyper-V R2 Core Server, installing the HP Support Pack is a little different. This post should show you how this is done.

1. Download the latest HP Support Pack for Windows Server 2008 R2 and extract that on your Management Server or PC.
2. Now copy the extracted folder to the Hyper-V Core Server. In my case i copied in the C:\ root of the Core Server via the administrative network share. If you have easy physical access to the server, you could also use a USB stick or something like that.
   
3. Now connect to the Core Server and use the cmd.exe to navigate to the folder with the HP Support Pack
   
4. Run the “hpsum.exe” to start the HP Smart Update Manager
   
5. When the HP Smart Update Manager is started you can use it like on a Full Server installation of Windows Server 2008
   

You could also try to run the HP Smart Update Manager on another machine and use the remote connection feature.