Chapter 2: Installing and Upgrading to Windows Server 2008 R2 BAI617

Chapter Topics What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? Installing the Operating System Upgrading to R2 Using Server Manager to Configure Your Servers Getting your Server Ready for Day to Day Admin

What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? Initial Install Changes – Simpler installation – less input / less options – Smaller install foot print – Less Functionality Advantage of this change – Less overhead – Install only required functions – Better security – smaller target

What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? Keeping up with advancing technology – dropping old technology – Windows 2008 supports 32bit and 64 bit – Windows 2008 R2 supports only 64 bit processing This means there is no upgrade path from 32bit Windows 2003 or 2008 to R2

What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? Name change – Services become “roles” Installing the DCHP service is now referred to as a installing the DHCP role. This process is no more dependant on the “Server Manager”

Installing the Operating System Installation options – Attended install Good for organizations that have a few servers to configure and the time to give the attention required – Unattended installation. Follows the same steps as a regular installation but the Administrative input is substituted using an answer file

Installing the Operating System Installation options: – Cloning Using ImageX tools from the Windows Automated Installation Kit Third part solution such as Ghost – Use Windows Deployment Services (replaced RIS service) for a unattended network install

Installing the Operating System Sub SystemRecommendedMaximum CPUP4 2GHz4 processors for Standard Edition 8 processors for Enterprise Edition 64 processors for Datacenter Edition MEMORY2GB +32GB for Standard 2TB for Enterprise & Datacenter DISK10GBNo Theoretical Limit

The Clean Install 1. Enter a license key. 2. Choose an edition and build of Windows Server. 3. Choose between a manual and upgrade install. 4. Configure the disk. 5. Set the default administrator password. 6. Log in.

Installing the Operating System

Considerations for moving to 64 bit computing: – Hardware support – Application support – Upgrade path – Driver support – requirement for digitally signed drivers This is a vendor problem, not a Microsoft problem.

Installing the Operating System

A Word About Licensing License options include retail, OEM, VLK Retail – Smaller organizations – License is not tied to hardware OEM – License is legal for that piece of equipment only VLK (Volume License Key) – Larger installations, better pricing – Not hardware specific ALL licensing versions require activation!

Installing the Operating System

The GUI From the Author (p.33) The GUI: 2008 vs R2 The Windows Server 2008 R2 user interface has a different look and feel from Windows Server Windows Server 2008 has a stripped- down version of the Vista interface. They’re the same generation of operating system. Windows Server 2008 R2 has a newer Windows 7 interface, just toned down a little.

First Login: Initial Config Tools

Choosing to Upgrade

From P.35

Upgrading to R2 Considerations: – Drivers, drivers, drivers… printing, mass storage, backup devices – Health of existing hardware – Test restore methods for existing data – Test / research A/V solution you have in place

Upgrading to R2 What gets carried forward – Active Directory – Server Settings (Firewall, Network Connections, ETC) – Services / Roles (DHCP, DNS, ETC) – Permissions, user rights

Working with Server Manager

Server Manager For many years, Microsoft has been trying to get people to use a single tool for managing the configuration of servers… Welcome to Server Manager. Server Manager is the tool that you will use to manage the configuration of your Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2008 R2 machines. Using it, you can add and remove native functionality, manage that functionality, and diagnose problems.

Server Manager Server configuration is not a regular daily task so you may what to take some advice from the author (p.48)

Getting The Server Ready For Day-to- Day Admin Enabling Remote Admin Adding and removing roles and features: – Roles: A role is a generic function that a server hosts. It could be something like a DNS server or a web server. Each role comes with a set of functionality that can be installed onto a server to allow that computer to perform those tasks. They’re called role services. – Features: A feature is a specific piece of software that adds a very granular piece of functionally to a server.

Remote Admin vs Remote Management Remote Admin will allow an Administrator to connect to another computer and work with through a desktop session (RDP) Remote Management allows you to configure services and features from your machine and MMC – this is accomplished through “Connect To”

Review What Has Changed Since 2000 and 2003? Installing the Operating System Upgrading to R2 Using Server Manager to Configure Your Servers Getting your Server Ready for Day to Day Admin

Questions?

Hands On Identify the roles each of your domain controllers are running – Make a list in MS WORD and save for check off next class Configure your domain controllers for remote administration – Create a screen capture showing you have done this and save it for check off.