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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

By : EDRICK GOAD
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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

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By: EDRICK GOAD
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Overview of this book

Automating server tasks allows administrators to repeatedly perform the same, or similar, tasks over and over again. With PowerShell scripts, you can automate server tasks and reduce manual input, allowing you to focus on more important tasks. Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook will show several ways for a Windows administrator to automate and streamline his/her job. Learn how to automate server tasks to ease your day-to-day operations, generate performance and configuration reports, and troubleshoot and resolve critical problems. Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook will introduce you to the advantages of using Windows Server 2012 and PowerShell. Each recipe is a building block that can easily be combined to provide larger and more useful scripts to automate your systems. The recipes are packed with examples and real world experience to make the job of managing and administrating Windows servers easier. The book begins with automation of common Windows Networking components such as AD, DHCP, DNS, and PKI, managing Hyper-V, and backing up the server environment. By the end of the book you will be able to use PowerShell scripts to automate tasks such as performance monitoring, reporting, analyzing the environment to match best practices, and troubleshooting.
Table of Contents (19 chapters)
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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook
Credits
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Credits
About the Author
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About the Author
About the Reviewers
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About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
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www.PacktPub.com
Preface
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Preface
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Understanding PowerShell Scripting
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Understanding PowerShell Scripting
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Introduction
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Managing security on PowerShell scripts
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Creating and using functions
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Creating and using modules
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Creating and using PowerShell profiles
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Passing variables to functions
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Validating parameters in functions
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Piping data to functions
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Recording sessions with transcripts
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Signing PowerShell scripts
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Sending e-mail
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Sorting and filtering
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Using formatting to export numbers
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Using formatting to export data views
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Using jobs
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Dealing with errors in PowerShell
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Tuning PowerShell scripts for performance
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Creating and using Cmdlets
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Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell
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Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Configuring static networking
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Installing domain controllers
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Configuring zones in DNS
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Configuring DHCP scopes
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Configuring DHCP server failover
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Converting DHCP addresses to static
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Building out a PKI environment
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Creating AD users
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Searching for and reporting on AD users
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Finding expired computers in AD
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Creating and e-mailing a superuser report
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Managing IIS with PowerShell
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Managing IIS with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Installing and configuring IIS
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Configuring IIS for SSL
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Configuring a Central Certificate Store
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Configuring IIS bindings
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Configuring IIS logging
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Managing log files
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Configuring NLB across multiple servers
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Monitoring load balancing across NLB nodes
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Placing NLB nodes into maintenance
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Configuring a development/staging/production site scheme
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Promoting content in websites
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Reporting on website access and errors
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Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell
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Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Installing and configuring Hyper-V
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Configuring NUMA
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Securing Hyper-V
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Hyper-V networking
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Creating virtual machines
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Managing VM state
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Configuring VM networking
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Configuring VM hardware
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Quickly deploying VMs using a template
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Managing and reporting on VM snapshots
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Monitoring Hyper-V utilization and performance
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Synchronizing networks between Hyper-V hosts
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Hyper-V replication
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Migrating VMs between hosts
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Migrating VM storage between hosts
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Using failover clustering to make VMs highly available
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Managing Storage with PowerShell
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Managing Storage with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Managing NTFS file permissions
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Managing NTFS alternate streams
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Configuring NTFS deduplication
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Monitoring NTFS deduplication
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Configuring storage pools
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Reporting on storage pools
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Managing file quotas
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Managing Network Shares with PowerShell
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Managing Network Shares with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Creating and securing CIFS shares
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Accessing CIFS shares from PowerShell
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Creating iSCSI target and virtual disk
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Using a iSCSI disk
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Configuring and using iSNS
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Creating an NFS export
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Mounting NFS exports
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Making CIFS shares highly available
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Configuring DFS and DFSR replication
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Configuring BranchCache
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Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell
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Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Installing Windows Server Update Services
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Configuring WSUS update synchronization
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Configuring the Windows update client
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Creating computer groups
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Configuring WSUS auto-approvals
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Reporting missing updates
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Installing updates
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Uninstalling updates
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Configuring WSUS to inventory clients
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Creating an update report
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Exporting WSUS data to Excel
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Managing Printers with PowerShell
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Managing Printers with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Setting up and sharing printers
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Changing printer drivers
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Reporting on printer security
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Adding and removing printer security
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Mapping clients to printers
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Enabling Branch Office Direct Printing
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Reporting on printer usage
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Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell
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Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Testing if a server is responding
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Using troubleshooting packs
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Using Best Practices Analyzers
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Searching event logs for specific events
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Forwarding event logs to a central log server
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Managing Performance with PowerShell
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Managing Performance with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Reading performance counters
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Configuring Data Collector Sets
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Reporting on performance data
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Generating graphs
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Creating a server performance report
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Inventorying Servers with PowerShell
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Inventorying Servers with PowerShell
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Introduction
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Inventorying hardware with PowerShell
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Inventorying the installed software
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Inventory system configuration
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Reporting on system security
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Creating a change report
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Exporting a configuration report to Word
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Server Backup
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Server Backup
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Introduction
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Configuring backup policies
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Initiating backups manually
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Restoring files
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Restoring Windows system state
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Restoring application data
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Creating a daily backup report
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Exporting a configuration report to Word

Once we have identified all of the information about a system, it can be helpful to create a system information report. This report can take many forms, however often the most generally accepted form is using Microsoft Word. Once created, the configuration can be e-mailed, stored electronically, or printed and stored physically with the system.

In this recipe, we will create the framework for a Microsoft Word inventory report. In this situation, we will only be reporting on the network configuration, however it can be easily expanded to include the hardware, software, configuration, and security information.

Getting ready

For this recipe, we will be using a Windows Server 2012 system with Microsoft Word installed.

How to do it...

Perform the following to create a configuration report in Word:

  1. Create our Word object.

    Function New-WordDoc
{
    $oWord = New-Object -Com Word.Application
    Set-Variable -Name oDoc -Value $oWord.Documents.Add() -Scope Global...
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