Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook电子书

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Table of Contents

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

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Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Errata

Piracy

Questions

1. Understanding PowerShell Scripting

Introduction

Managing security on PowerShell scripts

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating and using functions

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating and using modules

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating and using PowerShell profiles

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

See also

Passing variables to functions

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Validating parameters in functions

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Piping data to functions

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Recording sessions with transcripts

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Signing PowerShell scripts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Sending e-mail

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Sorting and filtering

How to do it...

How it works...

Using formatting to export numbers

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Using formatting to export data views

How to do it...

How it works...

Using jobs

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Dealing with errors in PowerShell

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating and using Cmdlets

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more

See also

2. Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell

Introduction

Configuring static networking

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Installing domain controllers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring zones in DNS

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring DHCP scopes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring DHCP server failover

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Converting DHCP addresses to static

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Building out a PKI environment

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Creating AD users

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Searching for and reporting on AD users

How to do it...

How it works...

Finding expired computers in AD

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Creating and e-mailing a superuser report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

3. Managing IIS with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing and configuring IIS

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring IIS for SSL

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring a Central Certificate Store

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Configuring IIS bindings

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Configuring IIS logging

How to do it...

How it works...

Managing log files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring NLB across multiple servers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Placing NLB nodes into maintenance

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Promoting content in websites

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reporting on website access and errors

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

4. Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring NUMA

Getting Ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Securing Hyper-V

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Hyper-V networking

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating virtual machines

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Managing VM state

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring VM networking

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring VM hardware

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Quickly deploying VMs using a template

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Managing and reporting on VM snapshots

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Hyper-V replication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Migrating VMs between hosts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Migrating VM storage between hosts

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Using failover clustering to make VMs highly available

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

5. Managing Storage with PowerShell

Introduction

Managing NTFS file permissions

Getting ready

How to do it...

Editing the permissions on an Excel spreadsheet

Cloning permissions for a new folder

Taking ownership and reassigning permissions

Enabling and disabling inheritance

How it works...

Managing NTFS alternate streams

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring NTFS deduplication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Monitoring NTFS deduplication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring storage pools

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reporting on storage pools

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Managing file quotas

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

6. Managing Network Shares with PowerShell

Introduction

Creating and securing CIFS shares

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Accessing CIFS shares from PowerShell

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Using a iSCSI disk

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring and using iSNS

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating an NFS export

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Mounting NFS exports

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more…

Making CIFS shares highly available

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

Configuring DFS and DFSR replication

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring BranchCache

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

7. Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Configuring WSUS update synchronization

Getting ready

How to do it…

How it works…

There's more...

Configuring the Windows update client

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating computer groups

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring WSUS auto-approvals

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Reporting missing updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Installing updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Uninstalling updates

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Configuring WSUS to inventory clients

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Creating an update report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Exporting WSUS data to Excel

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

8. Managing Printers with PowerShell

Introduction

Setting up and sharing printers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Changing printer drivers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Reporting on printer security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Adding and removing printer security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Mapping clients to printers

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Reporting on printer usage

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

9. Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell

Introduction

Testing if a server is responding

Getting started

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Using troubleshooting packs

Getting ready

How to do it

How it works...

There's more...

Using Best Practices Analyzers

Getting started

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Searching event logs for specific events

Getting started

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Forwarding event logs to a central log server

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

10. Managing Performance with PowerShell

Introduction

Reading performance counters

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Configuring Data Collector Sets

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reporting on performance data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Generating graphs

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a server performance report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

11. Inventorying Servers with PowerShell

Introduction

Inventorying hardware with PowerShell

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Inventorying the installed software

How to do it...

How it works...

Inventory system configuration

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Reporting on system security

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Creating a change report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Exporting a configuration report to Word

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

See also

12. Server Backup

Introduction

Configuring backup policies

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

See also

Initiating backups manually

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Restoring files

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Restoring Windows system state

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Restoring application data

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

There's more...

Creating a daily backup report

Getting ready

How to do it...

How it works...

Index