How do I install "Server-with-GUI" on a running "Infrastructure Server" environment?

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I am running a virtual lab/dev environment with no Internet connectivity. I have many RHEL7 Server virtual machines, mostly built with the Infrastructure Server environment packages during install.

A few instances now require a GUI desktop. How can I easily install the Gnome3 Desktop (such as comes with the Server with GUI environment packages) without access to the RHSM network or repos, just the initial 7.2 Server DVD? I don't want to rebuild the VMs, I want to add the packages.

Packages groups don't seem to be working normally anymore, with 7. I know they do work in some cases, but not if I simply mount the DVD and create a .repo file that points to the DVD path. It finds the packages well enough, but no group definitions or info.

Are there a few key packages I can install that will invoke the proper dependencies and achieve the same affect? How do I identify them?

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you could do a :

sudo yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"

Maybe my original post not clear on the groupinstall issue:

[jpettorino@localhost ~]$ sudo yum groupinstall "Server with GUI"
[sudo] password for jpettorino:
Loaded plugins: langpacks
There is no installed groups file.
Maybe run: yum groups mark convert (see man yum)
artifactory-rhel71                                       | 1.3 kB     00:00
Warning: group Server with GUI does not exist.
Maybe run: yum groups mark install (see man yum)
No packages in any requested group available to install or update
[jpettorino@localhost ~]$

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HI

First check available groups by using : yum grouplist

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