Session 1 Flashcards
Max number of physical memory on Win Server 2012
4TB
Max number of virtual processors per host in Win Server ‘12
2048
List the editions of Windows Server 2012
Standard
Essentials
Foundation
Datacenter
Limitations on the Essentials edition
For small business. Up to 25 users, 50 devices and running on servers with up to two processors
What edition of server 2012 r2 is free?
Hyper-V Server 2012 R2 is a free download
Big differences between Enterprise and Standard editions
Number of virtualized Windows Servers you can run. Standard is only 2. Datacenter is as many as you want.
Microsoft’s cloud-based service?
Azure
MAP
Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit
Agentless (no clients on your PCs)
Scans the network to inventory your current IT infrastructure and generates a readiness profile for your network.
2008 R2 Enterprise SP1 upgrade paths to
Standard or Datacenter 2012
2008 Datacenter upgrade paths to
Data center 2012
Web server 2008 R2 upgrade path to
2012 R2 Standard
2008 Standard upgrades to
Standard 2012
Datacenter 2012
Min Hardware for Server 2012
1.4GHz 64-bit CPU 512 MB RAM 32 GB free disk space GB Ethernet DVD-ROM drive
Preparing for installing Win Server 2012 – Steps
Disable AV software Disconnect UPS Back up servers Be aware / disable Windows Firewall Supply mass storage drivers
Advantages to running server core
Command line (faster to do things!)
More secure – most updates apply to the GUI. Reduced attack surface
Fewer drivers required
Server Core Installation is defined by
No user interface
Fewer resource overhead
Recommended install
Managed via PS comand line
GUI installation is
Graphical management tools
User interface
Features server manager
Features MMC – Microsoft Management Consol
What are the two components of a virtual machine?
VHD (virtual hard drive), XML file
Components of a Windows Installation
Setup.exe
Win PE (Windows Preinstallation Environment)
WIM Files
Win PE does what
runs setups
allows for recoveries
WIM Files
Windows Image Manager file – contains an image of the system to be installed.
Advantages of a WIM file over past .cab files.
Hardware Agnostic. Can build a standard server image and it will work on a variety of hardware.
Compressed
Can have multiple images on a WIM file.
Tools and processes for creating a custom image for Windows Server
Downloading & installing ADK Create Win PE (for capturing images) Create answer filr (for reference server) Install reference server Customize server Sysprep to make the system generic Capture ref server image
ADK
Assessment and Deployment Toolkit – Gives you a set of tools to administrate windows images (WIM)
RSAT
Remote Server Administration Tools – Tools for specific features (SMTP, failover clusters, etc) that allows you to remotely manage those features.
IPAM
IP Address Management feature
Powershell for installing telnet to a remote server.
enter-pssession Server-Name
install-windowsfeature telnet
OR
invoke-command Server-Name1, Server-Name2, Server-Name3 -scriptblock {install-windowsfeature telnet}
How would you use server manager on Windows 8
RSAT tools – Remote Server Administration Tools
Gets you access to a minimalist set of options / menu system from Server Core. Type from the core command prompt
sconfig
PS command to list the features installed on a server
get-windowsfeature
MMC
Microsoft Management Console
DNS, DHCP, Active Directory,
Benefits of on-demand installations for specific components
Save on disk space
Centralize in a central repository
Create and maintain reusable configurations
What PS would you use to uninstall a feature and remove the binary
uninstall-windowsfeature -remove FEATURENAME
WSMT
Windows Server Migration Tools
Can migrate server roles, features and operating system settings and share either Server Core or GUI installation of Server 2012
3 options for migrating data / settings from an older server to Win Server 2012
export / import
powershell
Windows Server Migration Tools
