6430A_08 Maintaining 08 Servers

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Planning and

Administering WindowsServer 2008 Servers


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Module 8: Maintaining Windows Server 2008Servers

Overview of Windows Server 2008 Management Tasks

Planning for Security Update Management

Automating Windows Server 2008 Maintenance


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Lesson: Overview of Windows Server 2008Management Tasks

Windows Server 2008 Management Tasks

Common Tasks for Different Server Roles

Frequency of Management Tasks


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Windows Server 2008 Management Tasks

Health and diagnostics monitoring

Apply security updates

Performance planning

Tuning

Investigative work

Troubleshooting


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Common Tasks for Different Server Roles

Tasks for all servers

Review System and Application event logs

Check free disk space

Check that backups are successful

Check service pack and update status

Specific server roles Check additional event logs

Check protocol logs

Check that additional backuprequirements are successful


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Frequency of Management Tasks

Frequency Tasks

Always on Monitoring

Alerts

Daily

Check anti-virus

Check event logs on critical servers

Check backup status

Weekly Review event logs

Review server disk capacities

Monthly Updating

Configuration changes

Less frequent

Apply service packs

Perform upgrades

Performance monitoring and tuning

Security review

Disaster recovery test


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Lesson: Planning for Security Update Management

WSUS Deployment Considerations

WSUS Group Policy Settings

Obtaining Updates

Server Core Security Updates


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WSUS Deployment Considerations

Internet connectivity

Number of WSUS servers

Simple WSUS deployment

WSUS server hierarchy

Computer groups

Update storage


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WSUS Group Policy Settings

Group Policy can specify:

Which WSUS server to use

Whether update notifications are displayed

Frequency of checking for updates

Auto-restart behavior

WSUS computer group membership

Whether computers should wake up to applyupdates


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WSUS

WSUS

Obtaining Updates

MicrosoftUpdate

WSUS

WSUS


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Server Core Security Updates

To enable Windows Update on Server Core

Cscript c:\Windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /au /4

Manually install updates on to Server Core

Wsua.exe .msu /quiet

Manually remove updates from Server Core

In .xml, replace Install with Remove andsave the file.

pkgmgr /n:.xml


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Lesson: Automating Windows Server 2008Maintenance

Automation Requirements

Task Automation Tools

Tool Selection Process


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Automation Requirements

Simplify individual tasks

Save time and cost

May support delegation

Simplify repeated tasks

Apply configuration to multiple servers

Be easy to implement

Time and cost savings outweigh initial

planning and configuration

Specific skills

In-house or outsourced


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Task Automation Tools

Windows tools

SCW

GPO

Scripting

Other tools

SCOM

SCCM

Third-party tools


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Tool Selection Process

Authorization

Business

IT

Before investing in a management tool, youmust consider the following:

Cost

Fit for purpose

Time taken to implement

Support

Training


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Virtual machine6430A-NYC-DC1-08

6430A-NYC-SVR1-08

User name Woodgrovebank\Administrator

Password Pa$$w0rd

Lab: Developing a Maintenance Plan for WindowsServer 2008

Exercise 1: Evaluating Log Files and Reports

Exercise 2: Planning the Maintenance Schedule

Exercise 3: Automating Maintenance Tasks

Logon information

Estimated time: 60 minutes


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Module Review and Takeaways

Review Questions

Best Practices

Tools

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