Install/Configure Windows Deployment Services
Install/Configure Windows Deployment Services
Install/Configure Windows Deployment Services
SERVICES
1. On MS1, Install the Windows Deployment Services Role with the
Deployment Server and Transport Server role services.
2. Open Windows Deployment Services console.
3. Expand Servers, right click on the WDS Server and select Configure
Servers.
4. On the Install Options page, select Integrated with Active Directory
option and configure as follows:
a. Select E:\RemoteInstall as the Remote Installation Folder Location.
b. Ensure Respond only to known client computers is selected.
c. Uncheck Add images to the server now as we will do this later.
5. View your configurations, go to the properties of your WDS server in the
Windows Deployment Services console. You can make changes here if necessary.
6. If not already started, start the WDS Services on your WDS Server.
DEPLOYING/CONFIGURING WSUS
1. On your WSUS server, install Windows Update Services role with the following
settings:
a. Do not select Store updates in the following location * Note, this is for our lab
environment as we do not wish to download a copy of updates to our virtual machines.
2. From WSUS server, open Windows Server Update Services console
3. You will be prompted to complete the WSUS Installation, click Run to complete the
setup, then Close.
4. Go through the configuration wizard using the following options:
a. Uncheck: Yes, I would like to join the Microsoft Update Improvement Program
b. Synchronize from Microsoft Update (Note: as you deploy more WSUS servers, this is
where you can define different WSUS upstream servers, also, this is where you can
define if this is a replica server or autonomous)
c. Connect to Upstream Server
d. Ensure only Windows Server 2012 R2 patches are selected
e. Leave defaults for classifications page
f. Synchronize manually
g. Check Begin Initial Synchronization and click finish.
To mount an image
1. Open a command prompt with administrator privileges. If you are using a version of
Windows other than Windows 8, use the Deployment Tools Cmd Prompt installed with
the ADK or navigate to the DISM directory on your local computer.
2. Mount the image.
Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:C:\test\images\myimage.wim /index:1
/MountDir:C:\test\offline
MANAGING SERVICES
1. This is a discovery task geared towards familiarizing yourself with typical tasks for
managing services.
2. Using your Tool Kit mmc console, select Services for DC1
3. Locate Print Spooler
4. Make note of the following:
a. Startup types
b. Service status
c. Log On
d. Recovery including recovery options
e. Dependencies
MANAGING PERFORMANCE
1. To show NP Pool and Paged Pool for all processes in Task Manager, follow the steps
below:
a. Open task manager (CTRL+ALT+DEL then select Task Manager)
b. Select More details, if more details is not shown.
c. Select the Details tab, Right click on a column -> Select Columns. Check Paged
Pool and NP Pool.
2. To identify the highest current CPU usage, follow the steps below:
a. Server Manager -> Tools -> Resource Monitor
b. In the CPU tab, click on the CPU column to sort in order of current CPU usage.
3. Using Performance Monitor to create an alert, do the following:
a. Open performance Monitor Server Manager -> Tools -> Performance Monitor
b. Expand Data Collector Sets, right click User Defined folder and choose new ->
Data Collector Set.
c. Name the collector set Alerts, select Create Manually (Advanced) and click Next
d. Choose Performance Counter Alert and click Next
e. Add Performance Counter for %Processor Time (Total) and alert when above 70 and
click Finish
f. Under User Defined, click on Alerts and double click on your Data collector set
(DCS). Select Alert Action tab and check Log an entry in the applications event
log
4. Explore Task Manager, Resource Monitoring and Performance Monitor.
Click Start, click in the Start Search box, type taskschd.msc, and then press ENTER. If you
are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide
confirmation.
Alternatively, you can open the Task Scheduler snap-in from within Server Manager. In the
Server Manager tree pane, expand Configuration, and then go on to step 2.
2.
Right-click RAC, point to View, and then either click Show Hidden Tasks, or verify that it is selected.
RESOLUTION
To resolve this issue, follow these steps:
Click Start, type Task Scheduler in the Search box, and then click Task Scheduler.
Enable the trigger that regularly starts the RacTask task.
In Task Scheduler, expand Task Scheduler Library, expand Microsoft, and then
expand Windows.
Right-click RAC, click View, and then click to select the Show Hidden Tasks command.
Note If the Show Hidden Tasks command is already selected, go to step 2c.
Double-click RacTask.
In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click the Triggers tab.
On the Triggers tab, double-click the One time trigger.
In the Edit Trigger dialog box, click to select the Enabled option, and then click OK.
In the RacTask Properties dialog box, click OK.
Close Task Scheduler.
FILE SCREENING
1. Create a file group:
a. In FSRM, expand the File Screening Management node and select the File Groups
node.
b. Right click on File Groups and select Create File Group.
c. Name the group Our Office Docs
d. Add to the inclusion list: *
e. Add to the exclusion list: *.docx, *.pptx, *.pdf and *.txt
f. Click OK to create the file group.
2. Create a file screen using our file group we created:
a. In FSRM, Expand the File Screening Management node and select File Screens
b. Right click on File Screens and select Create File Screen
c. Enter the path of your team folders
d. Select Define custom file screen properties
e. Set screening type to Active Screening
f. Select the Our Office Docs file group
g. Click the Report tab and select Generate reports and select File Screening Audit
h. Click OK until all dialog boxes are closed. Select Save the custom file screen
without creating a template and click OK.
3. Test out the file screening by creating various document types and copying them to
your team folders.