LECTURER INFORMATION

Full Name: Nguyn Hoi Linh

Mobile: 0906 356 270
Business email: LinhNH2@fpt.edu.vn
Personal email: HLINH1988@gmail.com
Experience:

Operator at iGreen Data Center: 01 (year)

System Engineer at Vietnix Hosting: 01 (year)

Certified:

MCP, MCTS, MCSA + MCSE (Windows Server

2003), MCITP EA (Windows Server 2008), CCNA, LINUX LPI
1+2, VCA - Data Center Virtualization, VCA - Cloud, VCA Workforce Mobility.

Module 1: Installing and

Configuring Servers

Chapter 1: Installing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 Editions
Windows Server 2008 Installation Requirements
Common Installation Scenarios
Process for Installing Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 Editions

Edition

Server Core

Windows Server 2008 Standard

Yes

Windows Server 2008 Enterprise

Yes

Windows Server 2008 DataCenter

Yes

Windows Web Server 2008/2008 R2

No/Yes

Windows Server 2008 for Itaniumbased Systems

No

Benefits of a Server Core Installation

Benefits of a Server Core installation include:
Reduced maintenance
Reduced attack surface
Reduced management
Less disk space required

Windows Server 2008 Installation Requirements

Component
Processor

Requirement
Minimum: 1 Ghz
Recommended: 2 Ghz
Optimal: 3 Ghz or faster
Minimum: 512 MB RAM
Recommended: 1 GB RAM
Optimal: 2 GB RAM (Full) or 1 GB RAM (Server Core) or

Memory

more
Maximum (32-bit): 4 GB (Standard) or 64 GB (Enterprise
and Datacenter)
Maximum (64-bit): 32 GB (Standard) or 2 TB (Enterprise,
Datacenter, and Itanium-based systems)

Available Disk
Space

Minimum: 8 GB
Recommended: 40 GB (Full); 10 GB (Core)
Optimal: 80 GB (Full); 40 GB (Core)

Optical Drive

DVD-ROM

Display and
Peripherals

Super VGA (800 x 600) or higher-resolution monitor

Keyboard
Microsoft mouse or compatible pointing device

Common Installation Scenarios

Clean installations
Upgrades
Unattended installations

Process for Installing Windows Server 2008

1 Provide language and preferences

2 Setup copies and installs Windows
Administrator configures the server using the

3 Initial Configuration Tasks page at first logon

Installing Windows Server 2008

DEMO

Tools Used for Administrative Tasks

Tools Used for Administrative Tasks

What Are Server Roles?

A server role describes the primary function of a server

Administrators can dedicate an entire computer to one

role or install multiple server roles on a single computer
Each role can include one or more role services
or subelement of a role
Server Manager is the tool that is used to install,
configure, and remove Server Roles

What Are Server Features?

Server features provide auxiliary or supporting functions

to servers

Typically, administrators add features, not as the

primary function of a server, but to augment the
functionality of installed roles
Server Manager is the tool that you can use to install,
configure, and manage features in
Windows Server 2008

Chapter 2: Planning Storage Solutions

Disk Management
Basic Disk v.s Dynamic Disk

Simple Volume

Spanned Volume

Stripped Volume (RAID 0)

Mirrored Volume (RAID 1)

RAID 5 Volume (Redundant Array of Independent

Disks)

DEMO

Disk Management
Open Command Prompt: diskmgmt.msc
Open Server Manager Storage Disk Management:

Basic Disk v.s Dynamic Disk

Basic Disk:
-

Simple Volume

Dynamic Disk:
-

Simple Volume

Spanned Volume

Stripped Volume (RAID 0)

Mirrored Volume (RAID 1)

RAID 5 Volume (Redundant Array of Independent

Disks)

Simple Volume
A simple volume must reside on a single disk and cannot

be extended beyond the space available on that disk.

Dynamic Disk: The equivalent of a partition on a basic disk

Spanned Volume
span multiple physical disk drives or be comprised of

multiple, non-contiguous volumes on a single disk drive

Stripped Volume
Minimum 2 disks
Excellent performance (as blocks are striped)
No redundancy (no mirror, no parity)
Dont use this for any critical system

Mirrored Volume
Minimum 2 disks
Good performance (no striping, no parity)
Excellent redundancy (as blocks are mirrored)

RAID 5 Volume
Minimum 3 disks
Good performance (as blocks are striped)
Good redundancy (distributed parity)
Best cost effective

option providing
both performance
and redundancy.
Use this for DB
that is heavily
read oriented.
Write operations
will be slow.

Planning Storage Solutions

DEMO