Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Creating a daily backup report

Restoring application data

Restoring Windows system state

Restoring files

Initiating backups manually

Configuring backup policies

Introduction

Chapter 12. Server Backup

Exporting a configuration report to Word

Creating a change report

Reporting on system security

Inventory system configuration

Inventorying the installed software

Inventorying hardware with PowerShell

Introduction

Chapter 11. Inventorying Servers with PowerShell

Creating a server performance report

Generating graphs

Reporting on performance data

Configuring Data Collector Sets

Reading performance counters

Introduction

Chapter 10. Managing Performance with PowerShell

Forwarding event logs to a central log server

Searching event logs for specific events

Using Best Practices Analyzers

Using troubleshooting packs

Testing if a server is responding

Introduction

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell

Reporting on printer usage

Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing

Mapping clients to printers

Adding and removing printer security

Reporting on printer security

Changing printer drivers

Setting up and sharing printers

Introduction

Chapter 8. Managing Printers with PowerShell

Exporting WSUS data to Excel

Creating an update report

Configuring WSUS to inventory clients

Uninstalling updates

Installing updates

Reporting missing updates

Configuring WSUS auto-approvals

Creating computer groups

Configuring the Windows update client

Configuring WSUS update synchronization

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Introduction

Chapter 7. Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell

Configuring BranchCache

Configuring DFS and DFSR replication

Making CIFS shares highly available

Mounting NFS exports

Creating an NFS export

Configuring and using iSNS

Using a iSCSI disk

Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk

Accessing CIFS shares from PowerShell

Creating and securing CIFS shares

Introduction

Chapter 6. Managing Network Shares with PowerShell

Managing file quotas

Reporting on storage pools

Configuring storage pools

Monitoring NTFS deduplication

Configuring NTFS deduplication

Managing NTFS alternate streams

Managing NTFS file permissions

Introduction

Chapter 5. Managing Storage with PowerShell

Using failover clustering to make VMs highly available

Migrating VM storage between hosts

Migrating VMs between hosts

Hyper-V replication

Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts

Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance

Managing and reporting on VM snapshots

Quickly deploying VMs using a template

Configuring VM hardware

Configuring VM networking

Managing VM state

Creating virtual machines

Hyper-V networking

Securing Hyper-V

Configuring NUMA

Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Introduction

Chapter 4. Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell

Reporting on website access and errors

Promoting content in websites

Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme

Placing NLB nodes into maintenance

Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes

Configuring NLB across multiple servers

Managing log files

Configuring IIS logging

Configuring IIS bindings

Configuring a Central Certificate Store

Configuring IIS for SSL

Installing and configuring IIS

Introduction

Chapter 3. Managing IIS with PowerShell

Creating and e-mailing a superuser report

Finding expired computers in AD

Searching for and reporting on AD users

Creating AD users

Building out a PKI environment

Converting DHCP addresses to static

Configuring DHCP server failover

Configuring DHCP scopes

Configuring zones in DNS

Installing domain controllers

Configuring static networking

Introduction

Chapter 2. Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell

Creating and using Cmdlets

Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance

Dealing with errors in PowerShell

Using jobs

Using formatting to export data views

Using formatting to export numbers

Sorting and filtering

Sending e-mail

Signing PowerShell scripts

Recording sessions with transcripts

Piping data to functions

Validating parameters in functions

Passing variables to functions

Creating and using PowerShell profiles

Creating and using modules

Creating and using functions

Managing security on PowerShell scripts

Introduction

Chapter 1. Understanding PowerShell Scripting

Customer support

Reader feedback

Conventions

Who this book is for

What you need for this book

What this book covers

Preface

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

www.PacktPub.com

About the Reviewers

About the Author

Credits

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Credits

About the Author

About the Reviewers

www.PacktPub.com

Support files eBooks discount offers and more

Preface

What this book covers

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Chapter 1. Understanding PowerShell Scripting

Introduction

Managing security on PowerShell scripts

Creating and using functions

Creating and using modules

Creating and using PowerShell profiles

Passing variables to functions

Validating parameters in functions

Piping data to functions

Recording sessions with transcripts

Signing PowerShell scripts

Sending e-mail

Sorting and filtering

Using formatting to export numbers

Using formatting to export data views

Using jobs

Dealing with errors in PowerShell

Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance

Creating and using Cmdlets

Chapter 2. Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell

Introduction

Configuring static networking

Installing domain controllers

Configuring zones in DNS

Configuring DHCP scopes

Configuring DHCP server failover

Converting DHCP addresses to static

Building out a PKI environment

Creating AD users

Searching for and reporting on AD users

Finding expired computers in AD

Creating and e-mailing a superuser report

Chapter 3. Managing IIS with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing and configuring IIS

Configuring IIS for SSL

Configuring a Central Certificate Store

Configuring IIS bindings

Configuring IIS logging

Managing log files

Configuring NLB across multiple servers

Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes

Placing NLB nodes into maintenance

Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme

Promoting content in websites

Reporting on website access and errors

Chapter 4. Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing and configuring Hyper-V

Configuring NUMA

Securing Hyper-V

Hyper-V networking

Creating virtual machines

Managing VM state

Configuring VM networking

Configuring VM hardware

Quickly deploying VMs using a template

Managing and reporting on VM snapshots

Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance

Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts

Hyper-V replication

Migrating VMs between hosts

Migrating VM storage between hosts

Using failover clustering to make VMs highly available

Chapter 5. Managing Storage with PowerShell

Introduction

Managing NTFS file permissions

Managing NTFS alternate streams

Configuring NTFS deduplication

Monitoring NTFS deduplication

Configuring storage pools

Reporting on storage pools

Managing file quotas

Chapter 6. Managing Network Shares with PowerShell

Introduction

Creating and securing CIFS shares

Accessing CIFS shares from PowerShell

Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk

Using a iSCSI disk

Configuring and using iSNS

Creating an NFS export

Mounting NFS exports

Making CIFS shares highly available

Configuring DFS and DFSR replication

Configuring BranchCache

Chapter 7. Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell

Introduction

Installing Windows Server Update Services

Configuring WSUS update synchronization

Configuring the Windows update client

Creating computer groups

Configuring WSUS auto-approvals

Reporting missing updates

Installing updates

Uninstalling updates

Configuring WSUS to inventory clients

Creating an update report

Exporting WSUS data to Excel

Chapter 8. Managing Printers with PowerShell

Introduction

Setting up and sharing printers

Changing printer drivers

Reporting on printer security

Adding and removing printer security

Mapping clients to printers

Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing

Reporting on printer usage

Chapter 9. Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell

Introduction

Testing if a server is responding

Using troubleshooting packs

Using Best Practices Analyzers

Searching event logs for specific events

Forwarding event logs to a central log server

Chapter 10. Managing Performance with PowerShell

Introduction

Reading performance counters

Configuring Data Collector Sets

Reporting on performance data

Generating graphs

Creating a server performance report

Chapter 11. Inventorying Servers with PowerShell

Introduction

Inventorying hardware with PowerShell

Inventorying the installed software

Inventory system configuration

Reporting on system security

Creating a change report

Exporting a configuration report to Word

Chapter 12. Server Backup

Introduction

Configuring backup policies

Initiating backups manually

Restoring files

Restoring Windows system state

Restoring application data

Creating a daily backup report