Windows Server 2003 Pocket Administrator

Nelson Ruest, Danielle Ruest9780072229776, 0-07-222977-2

This handy resource offers busy network administrators clear and concise information for daily on-the-job tasks – all in a portable format. Key management tasks are presented in logically organized sections. You’ll get details on file, print, application, mail, terminal, streaming media, and remote servers – and much more.

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Table of contents :
Team DDU……Page 1
CONTENTS……Page 6
Acknowledgments……Page 12
Introduction……Page 14
Administrative Activities……Page 20
GS-01: Run As Shortcuts……Page 23
GS-02: General Service Status Verification……Page 27
GS-03: System Event Log Verification……Page 29
GS-04: Security Event Log Verification……Page 31
GS-05: Service and Admin Account Management……Page 33
GS-06: Activity Log Maintenance……Page 35
GS-07: Uptime Report Management……Page 36
GS-08: Script Management……Page 37
GS-09: Script Certification Management……Page 40
GS-11: Server Reboot……Page 42
GS-12: Security Policy Review/Update……Page 44
GS-13: Security Patch Verification……Page 45
GS-14: Service Pack/Hot Fix Update……Page 48
GS-15: New Software Evaluation……Page 49
GS-16: Inventory Management……Page 50
GS-17: Global MMC Creation……Page 52
GS-18: Automatic Antivirus Signature Reception……Page 54
GS-19: Scheduled Task Generation/Verification……Page 55
GS-20: Security Template Creation/Modification……Page 56
GS-21: Reference Help File Management……Page 58
GS-22: Server Staging……Page 59
GS-23: Administrative Add-on Tool Setup……Page 60
GS-24: Default User Profile Update……Page 61
GS-25: Technical Environment Review……Page 63
GS-27: Service Level Agreement Management……Page 64
GS-29: Workload Review……Page 65
HW-01: Network Hardware Checkup……Page 66
HW-03: Firmware and Server Management Software Update Management……Page 67
HW-04: Device Management……Page 68
Backup and Restore……Page 69
BR-01: System State Backup Generation……Page 70
BR-02: Backup Verification……Page 71
BR-04: Disaster Recovery Strategy Testing……Page 72
BR-05: Restore Procedure Testing……Page 73
BR-06: Backup Strategy Review……Page 74
Remote Administration……Page 75
RA-01: Server RDC Management……Page 76
RA-02: PC RDC Management……Page 78
RA-03: User Support through Remote Assistance……Page 79
RA-04: Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut and Web Access……Page 80
Administrative Activities……Page 82
FS-01: Available Free Space Verification……Page 84
FS-02: Data Backup Management……Page 86
FS-03: Shared Folder Management……Page 87
FS-04: File Replication Service Event Log Verification……Page 90
FS-05: Volume Shadow Copy Management……Page 91
FS-06: Distributed File System Management……Page 93
FS-07: Quota Management……Page 94
FS-08: Indexing Service Management……Page 95
FS-09: Data Disk Integrity Verification……Page 96
FS-11: File Access Audit Log Verification……Page 97
FS-12: Temporary File Cleanup……Page 98
FS-13: Security Parameter Verification……Page 100
FS-15: Data Archiving……Page 101
FS-16: File Replication Service Management……Page 102
FS-17: Disk and Volume Management……Page 104
Print Service Administration……Page 105
PS-01: Print Queue Management……Page 106
PS-02: Printer Access Management……Page 107
PS-03: Printer Driver Management……Page 108
PS-04: Printer Sharing……Page 109
PS-06: Printer Location Tracking Management……Page 110
PS-07: Massive Printer Management……Page 112
PS-08: New Printer Model Evaluation……Page 113
CS-01: Clusters: Cluster State Verification……Page 114
CS-03: Clusters: Server Cluster Management……Page 115
CS-04: Clusters: Quorum State Verification……Page 116
Administrative Activities……Page 118
DW-01: DHCP Server State Verification……Page 120
DW-02: WINS Server State Verification……Page 124
DW-04: DHCP Attribute Management……Page 127
DW-05: DHCP Scope Management……Page 130
DW-06: DHCP Reservation Management……Page 131
DW-07: DHCP Superscope Management……Page 132
DW-08: DHCP Multicast Scope Management……Page 133
DW-09: DHCP Option Class Management……Page 135
DW-10: DHCP/RIS Server Authorization……Page 138
Deployment Servers……Page 139
RI-01: RIS Server State Verification……Page 140
RI-02: RIS Image Management……Page 141
NLB Clusters……Page 143
NC-01: NLB Cluster State Verification……Page 144
NC-02: NLB Cluster Member Management……Page 145
Remote Access/VPNs……Page 146
RV-01: Remote Access Server Status Verification……Page 147
RV-02: RADIUS/IAS Server State Verification……Page 148
RV-03: Wireless Monitoring……Page 149
RV-05: NAT Service Management……Page 150
RV-06: VPN Connection Management……Page 151
Administrative Activities……Page 154
Domain Controller Administration……Page 156
DC-01: User Management……Page 158
DC-02: User Password Reset……Page 160
DC-04: Account Management……Page 163
DC-05: Security Group Management……Page 164
DC-06: KCC Service Status Management……Page 167
DC-07: AD Replication Topology Verification……Page 169
DC-08: Global Catalog Status Verification……Page 171
DC-09: Universal Administration Group Management……Page 173
DC-10: Account Policy Verification……Page 174
DC-11: PKI Service Verification……Page 176
DC-12: AD Service/Admin Account Verification……Page 177
DC-13: Lost And Found Object Management……Page 178
DC-14: Right Delegation Management……Page 179
DC-15: Software Installation Management……Page 183
DC-16: GPO Management……Page 185
DC-17: Computer Object Management……Page 187
DC-19: AD Forest Management……Page 190
DC-20: AD Information Management……Page 193
DC-21: Schema Management……Page 194
DC-22: Schema Access Management……Page 196
DC-23: Schema Content Modification……Page 197
DC-24: Schema-Modifying Software Evaluation……Page 200
DC-25: Operations Master Role Management……Page 201
DC-26: Operations Master Role Transfer……Page 204
DC-27: Operations Master Disaster Recovery……Page 205
DC-28: Domain Controller Promotion……Page 206
DC-29: Domain Controller Disaster Recovery……Page 208
DC-30: Trust Management……Page 211
DC-31: Forest/Domain/OU Structure Management……Page 214
DC-32: Active Directory Script Management……Page 216
DC-33: Forest Time Service Management……Page 218
DC-34: Access Control List Management……Page 221
DC-35: Managing Saved Queries……Page 222
DC-36: Managing Space within AD……Page 224
DC-37: Managing the LDAP Query Policy……Page 226
DC-38: Managing the AD Database……Page 227
Namespace Server Management (DNS)……Page 228
DN-01: DNS Event Log Verification……Page 229
DN-02: DNS Configuration Management……Page 230
DN-03: DNS Record Management……Page 231
DN-04: DNS Application Partition Management……Page 232
Administrative Activities……Page 234
WS-01: Application Event Log Verification……Page 236
WS-02: IIS Server Status Verification……Page 237
WS-03: IIS Server Usage Statistic Generation……Page 239
WS-04: Web Server Log Verification……Page 241
WS-05: IIS Security Patch Verification……Page 242
WS-06: Web Server Configuration Management……Page 243
Administration of Application Servers……Page 245
AS-01: Shared Application State Verification……Page 246
AS-02: COM+ Application Administration……Page 247
AS-03: .NET Application Administration……Page 251
AS-04: Database Server Administration……Page 253
AS-06: User Software Installation……Page 254
Administration of Terminal Services……Page 256
TS-01: Terminal Service Connection Management……Page 258
TS-02: Terminal Service Printer Management……Page 259
TS-03: Session Directory Management……Page 260
TS-04: TS Licensing Administration……Page 261
TS-06: TS Application Management……Page 262
PM-01: Router and Firewall Log Verification……Page 264
PM-02: General Disk Space Monitoring……Page 266
PM-03: System Resource Management……Page 267
PM-04: Network Traffic Monitoring……Page 268
PM-05: Server Capacity Management……Page 271
PM-06: System Diagnostics……Page 272
PM-07: Corporate Error Reporting Management……Page 274
Final Notes……Page 275
A Task Frequency List……Page 278