This will launch either the Add-Hardware wizard or Device Manager. To launch the Add-Hardware wizard please open an elevated cmd or powershellconsole and type the following command: The new name is "Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter".
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Please note that The Microsoft Loopback Adapter was renamed in Windows Server 2012/2012R2.
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Select ‘ Install the hardware that I manually select from a list’, and click next.ĥ. Select Next to skip over the first two screens, then select ‘ Yes, I have already added hardware’ and select next again.ģ. Scroll to the bottom of the list on the following screen, and select the ‘ Add a new hardware device’ option, click next again.Ĥ.
In order to install the loopback adapter in the Windows 2003 Virtual Machine, you need to:ġ. Go through the ‘ Add Hardware’ wizard (from the control panel).Ģ. In fact, Business Intelligence installation will fail for the mentioned environments if the loopback adapter is not properly configured. Having the loopback adapter set up is required before installing OBIEE 11g. The aim of this document is to provide a guide that thoroughly explains the steps of creating and configuring a Loopback Adapter.