Transcript Installing Microsoft Windows Server 2008

Installing Microsoft
Windows Server 2008
Lesson 2
Chapter Objectives
• Install Windows Server 2008.
• Configure networking settings in Windows Server
2008.
• Manage storage disks in Windows Server 2008.
• Use commands within the Server Core.
Installing Windows Server 2008
Installing Windows Server 2008
• You will be
prompted to
enter the
Windows
product key.
• Enter a
legitimate
Windows
product key
and click
Next.
Installing Windows Server 2008
• You will be prompted to either install the full
version of Windows Server 2008 or to perform a
Server Core installation.
• Select a full install.
• Click Next to continue.
Installing Windows Server 2008
• On the following screen, you'll be prompted to
accept the Windows Server 2008 license terms.
– Read the license terms and then place a check mark
next to I accept the license terms.
• Click Next to continue the installation.
Installing Windows Server 2008
Installing Windows Server 2008
• On the following screen, you'll be prompted to
select the hard drive partition on which you wish
to install Windows.
– Select the appropriate partition and click Next.
• The remainder of the installation will run largely
automated until completion.
• On final reboot, you will be prompted to establish
a strong password.
Initial Configuration Tasks
Initial Configuration Tasks
Configuring Basic Network Settings
• To configure the IP address, subnet mask, and
default gateway from the Initial Configuration
Tasks screen, click Configure Networking.
– The Network Connections screen will open.
• Right-click the Local Area Connection icon and
click Properties.
• Double-click Internet Protocol version 4 (IPv4).
Configuring Basic Network Settings
Configuring Basic Network Settings
Configuring Basic Network Settings
Windows Firewall
• The final task in the initial configuration task list is
to configure the Windows Firewall.
• Initially, the Windows Firewall is on by default,
and this allows you to turn it off or to change the
settings.
Windows Firewall
Server Roles
• Server roles define a particular duty that a server
might perform on a 2008 network.
• Server roles improve security and manageability
of Windows Server 2008 computers.
– Reduces the attack surface.
• You can use the Server Manager console to install
one or multiple Server Roles.
Server Manager
Server Manager – Adding Roles
Features
• The Add features option allows adding various
features and facilities that may be useful or
necessary, depending on your network
environment and requirements.
Server Manager – Adding Features
Server Manager - Diagnostics
Server Manager - Configuration
Server Manager - Storage
Storage in Windows Server 2008
• Once you have installed the Windows Server 2008
operating system, you can add and remove
physical hard disks and logical partitions to
increase or modify the available storage on your
server.
• Similar to other administrative tasks in Windows
Server 2008, you can manage storage options
using either a Graphical User Interface or a
command-line interface.
Server Manager – Disk Management
Types of Disks
• Basic Disks.
• Dynamic Disks.
Basic Disks
• Use partition tables that are recognized and
supported by older operating systems, such as
MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows
Me.
• Basic disks do not support advanced storage
options, such as striped volumes, spanned
volumes, and RAID-5 volumes.
• All disk drives in a Windows Server 2008
computer begin as basic disks until they are
converted to dynamic disks.
Dynamic Disks
• Provide access to more advanced configuration
features.
• Once a basic disk is converted to a dynamic disk,
that disk can be accessed only by operating
systems that support dynamic disks: Windows
2000 Professional, Windows XP Professional,
Windows Vista Business, Enterprise or Ultimate,
Windows 2000 Server, Windows Server 2003, and
Windows Server 2008.
Volume
• Describes a logical unit of disk space that is made
up of space contained on one or more physical
disks. Volumes on a dynamic disk can be
configured as simple, spanned, mirrored, striped,
or RAID-5 volumes.
Simple and Spanned Volumes
• Simple volume
– Consists of free space contained on a single physical disk.
– You can configure all of the available space on a disk as a
simple volume, or you can configure multiple simple volumes
using the space on a single disk.
• Spanned volume
– Made up of free space from multiple physical disks.
– Spanned volumes are not fault-tolerant.
• If you lose one disk in the volume, you will lose all data
contained on all disks.
– Created on 2 to 32 disks.
Striped Volume
• Made up of free space from multiple disks.
• Unlike a spanned volume, though, a striped volume uses
RAID-0 striping to interleave the data across the disks.
• Improves the read performance of the volume.
• Striped volumes are also not fault-tolerant and will not
withstand the loss of a disk in the volume.
• A striped volume can be created on a minimum of 2 disks
and a maximum of 32 disks.
Mirrored Volume
• Fault-tolerant volume consisting of two physical
disks, in which the data on one disk is copied
exactly onto the second disk.
• This provides data redundancy, such that if one
disk in the mirror fails, the other disk will continue
to function without loss of data.
RAID-5 volume
• A fault-tolerant volume where data is interleaved across
three or more disks much in the same way as in a striped
volume.
• Has additional information known as parity.
• If one disk in a RAID-5 volume fails, the data contained on
the failed disk can be rebuilt using the parity information
stored on the disks in the rest of the volume.
• A RAID-5 volume can be created using a minimum of
three disks and a maximum of 32 disks.
Mount Points
• When you create a new partition, you can either
assign the partition a drive letter, or else you can
configure it as a mount point that will appear as a
folder within an existing drive letter.
Partition Styles
• All new disks are initialized as basic disks, and can
be initialized using one of two partition styles:
– MBR (Master Boot Record) — This partition style is
recognized by down-level operating systems.
– GPT (GUID Partition Table) — This partition style is
recommended for disks larger than 2TB, or disks that
are used in Itanium computers.
Initialize Disk
System and Boot Volume
• System volume contains files necessary to boot
the computer.
• Boot volume contains the Windows operating
system files.
• The system volume and the boot volume can be,
but do not necessarily need to be, the same
volume.
Server Core
• A server installation that possesses an extremely
small installation footprint.
• Provides only the services required to perform
specific roles, such as the DHCP, DNS, file server,
or domain controller roles.
Server Core
Managing Server Core from the Command Line
• To list the current TCP/IP configuration:
netsh interface ipv4 show config
• To configure a static IPv4 IP address:
netsh interface ipv4 add address "Local Area
Connection" <IP Address> <Subnet Mask>
<Default Gateway>
Managing Server Core from the Command Line
• To add a DNS resolver:
netsh interface ipv4 add dnsserver "Local Area
Connection" <DNS Server IP Address>
Managing Server Core from the Command Line
• To set the correct time zone for the Server Core
computer:
timedate.cpl
Windows Activation
• To help address the ongoing issue of software piracy,
Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 include tools to
assist administrators in automating and managing the
licensing process for operating system software on their
network.
• Volume Activation is used to manage the licensing
process for volume licenses of both Vista as well as
Windows Server 2008.
• Volume Activation can eliminate the need to manually
enter a product key when the operating system software
is installed, and it allows you to protect and manage
volume license keys throughout an organization.
Windows Activation
• Microsoft offers two types of software keys for a
Windows Vista or Windows Server 2008 network,
depending on the needs of your specific situation:
– Multiple Activation Key
– Key Management Service (KMS)
Multiple Activation Key
• Used for a one-time activation with Microsoft’s
hosted activation service.
• A MAK key can be activated via the Internet, over
the phone, or by using the Volume Activation
Management Tool (VAMT).
Key Management Service (KMS)
• Allows you to host an activation service locally within
your own network.
• KMS allows you to contact the Microsoft activation
service one time to activate your KMS host, after which
all activation traffic is managed locally.
• Required to have a minimum of 25 Vista computers and
five Windows Server 2008 computers.
• Any computer on your network that has been activated
by an internal KMS host will attempt to “check in” with
the KMS host every seven days, and will be required to
connect to that host at least once every 180 days to
maintain its license.
Summary
• The Windows Server 2008 distribution media
contains a bootable system that can be used for a
standalone software installation or to repair an
existing installation.
• Windows Server 2008 will be installed on a single
partition specified at the start of the installation
process.
Summary
• Existing files may be preserved, or they can be
destroyed by reinitializing the partition to which
Windows Server 2008 is installed.
• Initial configuration tasks must be performed
after the Windows Server 2008 software is
installed to finish preparing it for use.
– These tasks include setting system parameters and
passwords, adding server roles, adding server
features, and setting up Windows Firewall.
Summary
• Network addressing is fundamental to successful
communication between systems.
• DNS provides name resolution to allow
meaningful names to be used to refer to network
addresses.
Summary
• DHCP is a simple, standard protocol that makes
TCP/IP network configuration much easier for the
administrator by dynamically assigning IP
addresses and providing additional configuration
information to DHCP clients automatically.
Summary
• Clients may be configured to use APIPA or an
alternate static IP address configuration if DHCP is
unavailable.
• Windows Server 2008 allows you to configure
various types of storage including RAID-0, RAID-1,
and RAID-5 storage arrays.
• Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 use
activation technology to help combat piracy of
Microsoft software.