Windows Server 2008 Portable Command Guide: MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647

Windows Server® 2008 Portable Command Guide MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647   Darril Gibson   All the MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647 Commands in One Compact, Portable Resource   Maximize your efficiency as a Windows Server 2008 administrator, and master the commands, keywords, command arguments, options, and prompts covered on Microsoft’s MCTS 70-640, MCTS 70-642, MCTS 70-643, MCITP 70-646, and MCITP 70-647 exams! This easy, handy reference brings together all the techniques, tips, tools, and examples you’ll need. It’s your perfect take-anywhere guide to running Windows Server 2008 and R2 environments—and passing Microsoft’s five key Windows Server 2008 administration exams.   Covers all the commands you need to score higher on your MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646 and 70-647 exams!   Master the command prompt in Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Manipulate files, folders, and shares Write effective batch files Manage and troubleshoot DNS with dnscmd and nslookup Manage and troubleshoot Active Directory–from basic and advanced ds commands through replication Work with group policy and the Security Configuration Wizard Configure Server Core, including roles and remote administration Control services, routing, printers, licensing, activation, event subscriptions, and more Troubleshoot networking, reliability, and performance Utilize Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Services Create and manage server roles from the command line Administer Windows Server 2008 with PowerShell and VB scripts   Your Perfect Take-Anywhere Windows Server 2008 Command Resource!   Covers commands on the MCTS 70-640, MCTS 70-642, MCTS 70-643, MCITP 70-646, and MCITP 70-647 exams Includes important administration commands that aren’t on the exams Packed with realistic scenarios, high-efficiency examples, and expert tips   Category: Microsoft Certification Covers: Windows Server 2008 Exams (MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647)  

Table of Contents:
Introduction xvii Part I: Command Prompt Basics Chapter 1 Launching and Using the Command Prompt 1 Launching the Command Prompt 1 Launching with Elevated Privileges 2 Using the Built-in doskey Program 3 Creating Mini Macros with doskey 5 Cutting and Pasting to and from the Command Prompt 5     Copying from the Command Prompt Window 6     Pasting Data to the Command Prompt Window 6 Changing the Options and Display 7 Chapter 2 Basic Rules When Using the Command Prompt 9 Using Uppercase or Lowercase 9 Using Quotes 10 Understanding Variables 11 Understanding Switches 13 Understanding Wildcards 13 Getting Help 14 Understanding Paths 17 Using Basic Commands 18 Redirecting Output to Files 19 Chapter 3 Manipulating Files, Folders, and Shares 21 Copying Files with copy, xcopy, and robocopy 21     copy 21     xcopy 22     robocopy 23 Compressing Files with compact 26 Encrypting Files with cipher 27 Manipulating Shadow Copies with vssadmin 28 Manipulating Shares with net share 31 Mapping Drives with net use 32 Manipulating Users and Groups with the net Command 33 Modifying NTFS Permissions with icacls 34 Chapter 4 Creating Batch Files 37 Using Notepad 37 Giving Feedback with echo 38 Using Parameters 39 Calling Another Batch File with call 41 Clearing the Screen with cls 42 Changing the Order of Processing with goto 42 Checking Conditions with if 43 Part II: Managing and Troubleshooting DNS Chapter 5 Using dnscmd 47 Retrieving DNS Information 47 Exporting DNS Data 49 Forcing Zone Transfers 49 Clearing the DNS Cache 49 Working with DNS Partitions 50 Adding DNS Zones 51 Creating and Deleting DNS Records 53 Chapter 6 Using nslookup 55 Verifying Records with nslookup 55 Configuring DNS for nslookup 58 Using nslookup Without PTR Records 59 Using nslookup Without a Reverse Lookup Zone 60 Part III: Managing and Troubleshooting Active Directory Chapter 7 Using Basic ds Commands 63 Understanding Distinguished Names 63 Adding Objects with dsadd 65 Modifying Accounts with dsmod 67 Moving Accounts with dsmove 69 Removing Objects with dsrm 70 Chapter 8 Using Advanced ds Commands 71 Retrieving Information about Objects with dsquery 71 Retrieving Information About Objects with dsget 73 Viewing and Modifying AD Permissions with dsacls 75 Chapter 9 Promoting and Demoting a Domain Controller (DC) 77 Promoting a DC with dcpromo 77 Demoting a DC with dcpromo 79 Using dcpromo with an unattend File 80 Promoting a DC to an RODC with an Existing Account 81 Using dcpromo to Install from Media 83 Forcing Removal of Active Directory 84 Chapter 10 Working with the Schema 87 Modifying the Schema with adprep 87 Registering the Active Directory Schema Snap-In 88 Chapter 11 Working with Active Directory Accounts 91 Using ldifde to Export, Import, and Delete Accounts 91 Using csvde to Export and Import Accounts 95 Redirecting Computer Accounts 97 Redirecting User Accounts 98 Chapter 12 Using ntdsutil 101 Resetting the Directory Services Restore Mode Password 101 Changing the Garbage Collection Logging Level 102 Moving Active Directory to a Different Drive 103 Defragmenting Active Directory 104 Performing an Authoritative Restore 105 Removing a Domain Controller from Active Directory 107 Seizing an Operations Master Role 108 Chapter 13 Using netdom 111 Identifying Operations Master Roles 111 Joining a Computer to a Domain 111 Verifying Trust Relationships 113 Querying and Resetting Secure Channels with netdom 116 Chapter 14 Troubleshooting Replication 119 Checking Replication with repadmin 119 Forcing Replication with repadmin 121 Migrating to DFSR with dfsrmig 123 Part IV: Group Policy and the Command Line Chapter 15 Group Policy Overview 127 Launching the Group Policy Management Console 127 Understanding Group Policy Order of Precedence 128 Filtering GPOs by Modifying Permissions 130 Understanding Group Policy Settings 132     Enabling Auditing Through Group Policy 132     Enabling Advanced Auditing for Directory Services Changes 134     Deploying Applications 135     Configuring Automatic Updates 137 Blocking Inheritance 138 Enforcing GPOs 138 Using Loopback Processing 139 Running Scripts with Group Policy 140 Chapter 16 Group Policy Command-Line Tools 143 Viewing Group Policy Settings with gpresult 143 Refreshing Group Policy Settings with gpupdate 146 Chapter 17 Security Configuration Wizard 149 Understanding the Security Configuration Wizard 149 Using scwcmd 151 Part V: Configuring Server Core Chapter 18 Configuring Server Core after Installation 155 Installing Server Core 155 Restoring the Command Prompt 156 Renaming the Computer 157 Logging Off, Shutting Down, and Rebooting 158 Configuring TCP/IP 159 Setting the Time, Date, and Time Zone 160 Joining a Domain 161 Chapter 19 Adding Roles to Server Core 163 Understanding the Supported Roles 163 Using ocsetup to Add Roles to Windows Server 2008 164     Adding the DHCP Server Role with ocsetup 165     Adding the DNS Server Role with ocsetup 166     Adding File Services with ocsetup 166     Adding the Print Services Role with ocsetup 166     Adding the Web Server (IIS) Role with pkgmgr 166 Using dism to Add Roles to Windows Server 2008 R2 167     Adding the DHCP Server Role with dism 168     Adding the DNS Server Role with dism 168     Adding File Services with dism 169     Adding the Print and Document Services Role with dism 169     Adding the AD CS Role with dism 169     Adding the AD LDS Role with dism 169     Adding PowerShell with dism 170 Adding the AD DS Role 170 Chapter 20 Configuring Server Core for Remote Administration 171 Using the Server Core Registry Editor 171 Enabling Access with Remote Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs) 173 Configuring the Firewall to Reply to Ping 175 Part VI: Managing and Maintaining Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Chapter 21 Manipulating Services 177 Stopping and Starting Services with the net Command 177 Manipulating Services with sc 178 Manipulating Services with wmic 181     Configuring the Firewall to Allow wmic 181     Using the wmic service list Command 182     Using the wmic service call Command 183 Chapter 22 Basic Routing on a Server 187 Viewing the Routing Table with route print 187 Adding Routes to the Routing Table with route add 189 Modifying Routes in the Routing Table with route change 191 Deleting Routes from the Routing Table with route delete 192 Chapter 23 Working with Printers 193 Publishing Printers to Active Directory with pubprn.vbs 193 Migrating Printers with printbrm 196 Controlling the Print Queue with prnqctl.vbs 197 Chapter 24 Licensing and Activation 201 Managing Activation Tasks with slmgr 201     Managing Basic Tasks with slmgr 201     Viewing License Information with slmgr 202     Managing KMS Servers with slmgr 203     Using KMS Activation Keys 204     Managing KMS Clients with slmgr 204 Forcing Registration of KMS Server SRV Records 205 Manually Creating an SRV Record for KMS 206 Chapter 25 Using netsh 209 Understanding netsh 209 Understanding netsh Contexts 210 Configuring IPv4 with netsh 214 Configuring an IPv6 Address with netsh 217 Disabling IPv6 in Windows Server 2008 218 Chapter 26 Working with Event Subscriptions 219 Enabling the Source Computer with winrm 219 Enabling the Collector Computer with wecutil 220 Adding an Account to the Event Log Readers Group 221 Enabling and Testing Event Subscriptions 223 Managing Subscriptions with wecutil 226 Logging Events with eventcreate 228 Chapter 27 Using wbadmin 231 Adding wbadmin to a Server 231 Backing Up System State Data with wbadmin 232 Restoring System State Data with wbadmin 233 Restoring System State Data on a Domain Controller with wbadmin 235 Backing Up Volumes with wbadmin 236 Restoring Volumes with wbadmin 238 Part VII: Troubleshooting Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 Chapter 28 Troubleshooting Networking Issues 241 Viewing and Manipulating TCP/IP Configuration with ipconfig 241 Checking Connectivity with ping 247 Viewing the Router Path with tracert 251 Checking for Data Loss with pathping 251 Chapter 29 Using the Reliability and Performance Monitor 253 Gathering Information from the Reliability Monitor 253 Running System Data Collector Sets 256 Writing a Script to Run Data Collector Sets 258 Scheduling a Script to Run Data Collector Sets 259 Chapter 30 Using Network Monitor and nmcap 261 Installing Network Monitor 261 Starting and Using Network Monitor 262 Using nmcap to Capture Traffic 264 Automatically Starting, Stopping, and Terminating nmcap 265 Adding Filters to nmcap 267 Enabling Promiscuous Mode in nmcap 268 Part VIII: Terminal Services and Remote Desktop Services Chapter 31 Remote Desktop Services 269 Adding the Remote Desktop Services Role 269 Viewing and Manipulating the Install Mode with change user 272 Modifying Logon Capabilities with change logon 272 Connecting and Disconnecting Sessions with tscon and tsdiscon 273 Identifying Open Sessions with query user or quser 274 Resetting Sessions with reset session 275 Chapter 32 Remote Administration 277 Configuring, Verifying, and Removing winrm 277 Using winrs to Issue Commands 278 Connecting to Remote Systems with mstsc 280 Part IX: Working with Some Server Roles from the Command Line Chapter 33 Using Windows Deployment Services 283 Adding the WDS Role 283 Configuring the WDS Role 285 Adding Boot Images to WDS with wdsutil 285 Creating Image Groups Using wdsutil 286 Adding Install Images Using wdsutil 286 Configuring Server Properties Using wdsutil 288 Running the sysprep GUI 290 Running sysprep from the Command Line 291 Chapter 34 Manipulating IIS with appcmd 293 Managing Sites with appcmd 293 Adding a Site with appcmd 294 Adding an Application to a Site with add app 295 Adding a Virtual Directory with add vdir 295 Starting and Stopping Application Pools with appcmd and appcmd stop 296 Part X: Using Visual Basic Scripts (VB Script) Chapter 35 Creating Basic Visual Basic Scripts 297 Working with filesystemobject 297 Accessing a Network Share with filesystemobject 300 Calling Scripts from a Batch File 300 Displaying a Message Box with a Visual Basic Script 300 Using if Statements 302 Checking for a Value with a Message Box 302 Chapter 36 Manipulating Active Directory with Visual Basic Scripts 305 Connecting to Active Directory with a VB Script 305 Creating an OU with a VB Script 305 Creating a User Account with a VB Script 306 Modifying the Tombstone Lifetime 307 Part XI: Using PowerShell Chapter 37 Starting and Using PowerShell 311 Installing and Launching PowerShell 311 Understanding PowerShell Verbs and Nouns 312 Tabbing Through PowerShell Commands 316 Understanding the Different Types of PowerShell Commands 318 Creating Aliases 318 Discovering Windows PowerShell Commands 318 Exploring get-member 320 Redirecting Output with Windows PowerShell 322 Understanding PowerShell Errors 323 Understanding PowerShell Variables 324 Using Comparison Operators 327 Understanding Pipelining 327 Chapter 38 Creating and Running a PowerShell Script 331 Setting the Security Context 331 Creating a PowerShell Profile 332 Creating and Modifying the Global PowerShell Profile 334 Running PowerShell Scripts 336 Logging Processes with a get-process Script 337 Testing for the Existence of a File 338 Creating Output as HTML 340 Running a Script Against Multiple Computers 341 Scheduling PowerShell Scripts 344 Chapter 39 Using the Integrated Scripting Environment 347 Launching the ISE 347 Exploring the ISE 348 Executing Commands in the ISE 350 Creating and Saving a Script in the ISE 351 Chapter 40 Using PowerShell to Manage Active Directory 357 Using the Active Directory Module in Windows Server 2008 R2 357 Creating and Manipulating Objects in Windows Server 2008 359 Creating an OU with PowerShell 359 Creating a User with PowerShell 359 Moving Objects with PowerShell 360 Working with the Domain Object 361 Working with the system.directoryservices Namespace 362 Creating a List of Domain Computers 363 Appendix Create Your Own Journal Here 365     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