August 18, 2008
We are all aware how helpful the repadmin tool has become (available thru Windows Support Tools in Windows Server 2003 and earlier) for troubleshooting the replication issues. In Windows Server 2008, this tool along with others come pre-packaged within the OS. You no longer have to install the Support Tools to rein in the benefits [...]
Filed under: Active Directory, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
June 8, 2008
Sounds like a no-brainer, but there is catch. I installed DHCP role on my Server Core that I had previously set up as Read-only Domain Controller, using this command.
start /w ocsetup DHCPServerCore
And then I went ahead and set the service configuration to “auto” with this command,
sc config dhcpserver start= auto (note the space [...]
Filed under: Server Core, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
June 6, 2008
Yes there is. Inevitable as it was, we the System Admins like to accomplish easy tasks from the tip of our fingers, and do things in a graphical click-ing environment. You might have heard of this utility, which came out few months back called ‘Server Core Configurator’ by Guy Teverovsky. I had been reading [...]
Filed under: Server Core, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
May 2, 2008
Its pretty simple to turn the automatic updates in Server Core by using scregedit to modify the registry, simply type in this command :
cscript c:\Windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /au 4
After that, you do have to stop and start the Windows Update service
net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv
The swtich /au 4 sets the time for checking the updates at [...]
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May 2, 2008
You can use Windows Remote Shell (WinRS) in Vista and Windows Server 2008 to remotely manage and administer Server Core. The WinRS client passes the commands to a WinRS listener on Server Core, which passes the commands to a prompt, captures the output and returns it to the WinRS client. To do this, you have [...]
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May 2, 2008
So In Windows Server 2008, there are roles such as AD Domain Services, DHCP, DNS, the roles services pertaining to roles such as AD Certificate Services, DFS, and finally there are optional features such as .NET Framework Services, Network Load Balancine (NLB), etc. With the exception of the Active Directory Domain Services role, you install [...]
Filed under: Server Core, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
April 19, 2008
The Windows Server 2008 Server Core installation does support Read Only Domain Controllers (RODC). This support makes Server Core ideal for brance office scenarios. To make a Server Core part of your domain as RODC, you use the unattended answer file with the following text with your settings and passwords
[DCInstall]
InstallDNS=Yes
ConfirmGC=Yes
RebootOnCompletion=Yes
ReplicaDomainDNSName=2008.lab
ReplicaOrNewDomain=readonlyreplica
ReplicationSourceDC=dc3.2008.lab
SafeModeAdminPassword=
SiteName=Default-First-Site-name
UserDomain=2008.lab
UserName=admin08
Password=
CreateDNSDelegation=No
You can place the text file [...]
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April 14, 2008
In order to add your Server Core to a domain you must assign an IP and DNS server to the current IP Configuration and you do that using NETSH tool, otherwise using the answer file your setup will fail complaining about its inability to contact the source DC.
Netsh.exe is a tool an administrator can use to configure [...]
Filed under: Server Core, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
April 13, 2008
So in Server Core the built-in Windows firewall comes on by default. You can choose to disable it completely to get all the networking components working by using this NETSH command,
netsh firewall set opmode disable
You can use the enable switch to turn it back on. However, completely disabling it may be a bad idea, and [...]
Filed under: Server Core, Windows Server 2008 | Comments (0)
April 13, 2008
Even though the Server Core option of Windows Server 2008 does not have shell, you can still RDP (Terminal Services) into it by using RDC from a Windows Client. To do that, you have to first enable the RDP on Server Core by using the following cscript command.
Cscript \windows\system32\scregedit.wsf /ar 0
In order to use TS [...]
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