One of the more proven methods to make virtual machines highly available is to configure multiple Hyper-V Servers into a failover cluster. The virtual machines are then placed on the cluster nodes instead of the individual servers. The cluster is configured to migrate VMs from one host to another when instructed, when a host is placed into maintenance, or when a host unexpectedly fails.
Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook
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Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook
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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)
Windows Server 2012 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewers
www.PacktPub.com
Preface
Free Chapter
Understanding PowerShell Scripting
Managing Windows Network Services with PowerShell
Managing IIS with PowerShell
Managing Hyper-V with PowerShell
Managing Storage with PowerShell
Managing Network Shares with PowerShell
Managing Windows Updates with PowerShell
Managing Printers with PowerShell
Troubleshooting Servers with PowerShell
Managing Performance with PowerShell
Inventorying Servers with PowerShell
Server Backup
Index
Customer Reviews