Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant · Storage, Security, & Networking by Stanek, William R. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

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Windows Server 2012 R2 Pocket Consultant: Storage, Security, & Networking Acknowledgments Introduction

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1. Managing file systems and drives

Managing the File And Storage Services role Adding hard drives

Physical drives Preparing a physical drive for use

The MBR and GPT partition styles Legacy and protective MBRs Disk types and file systems

Using Disk Management Using removable storage devices Installing and checking for a new drive Understanding drive status

Working with basic, dynamic, and virtual disks

Using basic and dynamic disks Special considerations for basic and dynamic disks Changing drive types

Converting a basic disk to a dynamic disk Changing a dynamic disk back to a basic disk

Reactivating dynamic disks Rescanning disks Moving a dynamic disk to a new system Managing virtual hard disks

Using basic disks and partitions

Partitioning basics Creating partitions and simple volumes Formatting partitions

Compressing drives and data

Compressing drives Compressing directories and files Expanding compressed drives Expanding compressed directories and files

Encrypting drives and data

Understanding encryption and the encrypting file system Encrypting directories and files Working with encrypted files and folders Configuring recovery policies Decrypting files and directories

2. Configuring storage

Using volumes and volume sets

Understanding volume basics Understanding volume sets Creating volumes and volume sets Deleting volumes and volume sets Managing volumes

Improving performance and fault tolerance with RAID Implementing RAID on Windows Server 2012 R2

Implementing RAID-0: disk striping Implementing RAID-1: disk mirroring

Creating a mirror set in Disk Management Mirroring an existing volume

Implementing RAID-5: disk striping with parity

Creating a striped set with parity in Disk Management

Managing RAID and recovering from failures

Breaking a mirrored set Resynchronizing and repairing a mirrored set Repairing a mirrored system volume to enable boot Removing a mirrored set Repairing a striped set without parity Regenerating a striped set with parity

Standards-based storage management

Getting started with standards-based storage Working with standards-based storage Using storage pools and allocating space Creating a storage pool Creating a virtual disk in a storage space Creating a standard volume Troubleshooting storage spaces

Managing existing partitions and drives

Assigning drive letters and paths Changing or deleting the volume label Deleting partitions and drives Converting a volume to NTFS

Understanding the Convert utility syntax Using the Convert utility

Resizing partitions and volumes Repairing disk errors and inconsistencies automatically

Checking disks manually Running Check Disk interactively

Analyzing and optimizing disks

3. Data sharing and redundancy

Using and enabling file sharing Configuring standard file sharing

Understanding SMB changes Viewing existing shares Creating shared folders in Computer Management Creating shared folders in Server Manager Changing shared folder settings

Managing share permissions

Understanding the various share permissions Viewing and configuring share permissions

Managing existing shares

Understanding special shares Connecting to special shares Viewing user and computer sessions

Managing sessions and shares

Ending Individual Sessions Ending All Sessions

Managing open resources

Closing an Open File Closing All Open Files

Stopping file and folder sharing

Configuring NFS sharing Using shadow copies

Understanding shadow copies Creating shadow copies Restoring a shadow copy Reverting an entire volume to a previous shadow copy Deleting shadow copies Disabling shadow copies

Connecting to network drives

Mapping a network drive Disconnecting a network drive

Configuring synced sharing

Getting started with Work Folders Creating sync shares and enabling SMB access Accessing Work Folders on clients

4. Data security and auditing

Object management, ownership, and inheritance

Objects and object managers Object ownership and transfer Object inheritance

File and folder permissions

Understanding file and folder permissions Setting basic file and folder permissions Setting special permissions on files and folders Setting claims-based permissions

Auditing system resources

Setting auditing policies Auditing files and folders Auditing the registry Auditing Active Directory objects

Using, configuring, and managing NTFS disk quotas

Understanding NTFS disk quotas and how NTFS quotas are used Setting NTFS disk quota policies Enabling NTFS disk quotas on NTFS volumes Viewing disk quota entries Creating disk quota entries Deleting disk quota entries Exporting and importing NTFS disk quota settings Disabling NTFS disk quotas

Using, configuring, and managing Resource Manager disk quotas

Understanding Resource Manager disk quotas Managing disk quota templates Creating Resource Manager disk quotas

5. Enhancing computer security

Using security templates

Using the Security Templates and Security Configuration And Analysis snap-ins Reviewing and changing template settings

Changing settings for account, local, and event log policies Configuring restricted groups Enabling, disabling, and configuring system services Configuring security settings for registry and file system paths

Analyzing, reviewing, and applying security templates Deploying security templates to multiple computers

Using the Security Configuration Wizard

Creating security policies Editing security policies Applying security policies Rolling back the last applied security policy Deploying a security policy to multiple computers

6. Managing users and computers with Group Policy

Centrally managing special folders

Redirecting a special folder to a single location Redirecting a special folder based on group membership Removing redirection

User and computer script management

Assigning computer startup and shutdown scripts Assigning user logon and logoff scripts

Deploying software through Group Policy

Getting to know Software Installation policy Deploying software throughout your organization Configuring software deployment options Updating deployed software Upgrading deployed software

Automatically configuring Work Folders Automatically enrolling computer and user certificates Managing Automatic Updates in Group Policy

Configuring Automatic Updates Optimizing Automatic Updates Using intranet update service locations

7. Managing TCP/IP networking

Navigating networking in Windows Server 2012 R2 Managing networking in Windows 8.1 and Windows Server 2012 R2 Installing TCP/IP networking Configuring TCP/IP networking

Configuring static IP addresses

Using the ping command to check an address Configuring a static IPv4 or IPv6 address

Configuring dynamic IP addresses and alternate IP addressing Configuring multiple gateways Configuring networking for Hyper-V

Managing network connections

Checking the status, speed, and activity for network connections Enabling and disabling network connections Renaming network connections

8. Running DHCP clients and servers

Understanding DHCP

Using dynamic IPv4 addressing and configuration Using dynamic IPv6 addressing and configuration Checking IP address assignment Understanding scopes

Installing a DHCP server

Installing DHCP components Starting and using the DHCP console Connecting to remote DHCP servers Starting and stopping a DHCP server Authorizing a DHCP server in Active Directory

Configuring DHCP servers

Configuring server bindings Updating DHCP statistics Auditing and troubleshooting DHCP Integrating DHCP and DNS Integrating DHCP and NAP Avoiding IP address conflicts Saving and restoring the DHCP configuration

Managing DHCP scopes

Creating and managing superscopes

Creating superscopes Adding scopes to a superscope Removing scopes from a superscope Activating and deactivating a superscope Deleting a superscope

Creating and managing scopes

Creating normal scopes for IPv4 addresses Creating normal scopes for IPv6 addresses Creating multicast scopes Setting scope options

Viewing and Assigning Server Options Viewing and Assigning Scope Options Viewing and Assigning Reservation Options

Modifying scopes Activating and deactivating scopes Enabling the Bootstrap Protocol Removing a scope Configuring multiple scopes on a network

Creating and managing failover scopes

Creating failover scopes Modifying or removing failover scopes

Managing the address pool, leases, and reservations

Viewing scope statistics Enabling and configuring MAC address filtering Setting a new exclusion range Reserving DHCP addresses

Releasing addresses and leases

Modifying reservation properties Deleting leases and reservations

Backing up and restoring the DHCP database

Backing up the DHCP database Restoring the DHCP database from backup Using backup and restore to move the DHCP database to a new server Forcing the DHCP Server service to regenerate the DHCP database Reconciling leases and reservations

9. Optimizing DNS

Understanding DNS

Integrating Active Directory and DNS Enabling DNS on the network

Configuring name resolution on DNS clients Installing DNS servers

Installing and configuring the DNS Server service Configuring a primary DNS server Configuring a secondary DNS server Configuring reverse lookups Configuring global names

Managing DNS servers

Adding and removing servers to manage Starting and stopping a DNS server Using DNSSEC and Signing Zones Creating child domains within zones Creating child domains in separate zones Deleting a domain or subnet

Managing DNS records

Adding address and pointer records

Adding a PTR record later

Adding DNS aliases with CNAME Adding mail exchange servers Adding name servers Viewing and updating DNS records

Updating zone properties and the SOA record

Modifying the SOA record Allowing and restricting zone transfers Notifying secondaries of changes Setting the zone type Enabling and disabling dynamic updates

Managing DNS server configuration and security

Enabling and disabling IP addresses for a DNS server Controlling access to DNS servers outside the organization

Creating nonforwarding and forwarding-only servers Creating forwarding servers Configuring conditional forwarding

Enabling and disabling event logging Using debug logging to track DNS activity Monitoring a DNS server

10. Administering network printers and print services

Managing the Print and Document Services role

Using print devices Printing essentials Configuring print servers Enabling and disabling file and printer sharing

Getting started with Print Management Installing printers

Using the autoinstall feature of Print Management Installing and configuring physically attached print devices Installing network-attached print devices Connecting to printers created on the network Deploying printer connections Configuring point and print restrictions Moving printers to a new print server Monitoring printers and printer queues automatically Solving spooling problems

Configuring printer properties

Adding comments and location information Listing printers in Active Directory Managing printer drivers

Updating a printer driver Configuring drivers for network clients

Setting a separator page and changing print device mode Changing the printer port Scheduling and prioritizing print jobs

Scheduling printer availability Setting printer priority Configuring print spooling

Enabling Spooling Other Spooling Options

Starting and stopping printer sharing Setting printer access permissions Auditing print jobs Setting document defaults

Configuring print server properties

Locating the Spool folder and enabling printing on NTFS Managing high-volume printing Enabling print job error notification

Managing print jobs on local and remote printers

Viewing printer queues and print jobs Pausing the printer and resuming printing Emptying the print queue Pausing, resuming, and restarting individual document printing Removing a document and canceling a print job Checking the properties of documents in the printer Setting the priority of individual documents Scheduling the printing of individual documents

11. Data backup and recovery

Creating a backup and recovery plan

Figuring out a backup plan Basic types of backup Differential and incremental backups Selecting backup devices and media Common backup solutions Buying and using backup media Selecting a backup utility

Backing up your data: the essentials

Installing the Windows backup and recovery utilities Getting started with Windows Server Backup Getting started with the Backup Command-Line utility Working with Wbadmin commands Using general-purpose commands Using backup management commands Using recovery management commands

Performing server backups

Configuring scheduled backups Modifying or stopping scheduled backups Creating and scheduling backups with Wbadmin Running manual backups Recovering your server from hardware or startup failure Recovering from a failed start Starting a server in safe mode Backing up and restoring the system state Restoring Active Directory Restoring the operating system and the full system Restoring applications, nonsystem volumes, and files and folders

Managing encryption recovery policy

Understanding encryption certificates and recovery policy Configuring the EFS recovery policy

Backing up and restoring encrypted data and certificates

Backing up encryption certificates Restoring encryption certificates

A. About the author Index About the Author Copyright

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