CN2140 Server II Kemtis Kunanuraksapong MSIS with Distinction MCT, MCITP, MCTS, MCDST, MCP, A+

Agenda Chapter 11: Maintaining Windows Server 2008 File Services Exercise Lab Quiz

Shadow Copies of Shared Folders Copies of files on a server volume in multiple versions from specific points in time ▫Users can access the shadow copies to restore earlier versions Designed to prevent administrators from having to load backup media to restore individual files for users ▫A file-based fault tolerance mechanism that does not provide protection against disk failures

Volume Shadow Copies Service (VSS) Shadow Copies of Shared Folders functionality is enabled at the volume level ▫It will be enabled or disabled for all shared folders on the C:\ drive, the D:\ drive, etc Shadow copies are read-only; you cannot modify the contents of a shadow copy Minimum of 300MB to 3GB (Or 10% of the source volume) If you want to move Shadow copies to another drive, you have to delete all of the old copies

Configuring shadow copies Right click on the volume and choose configure shadow copies ▫You can schedule how often and when you want to create a snapshot

Disk Quotas Quotas are based on the notion of file ownership ▫The quota system tracks all of the files owned by each user and adds their sizes.

File Server Resource Manager (FSRM) Provides tools that enable file server administrators to monitor and regulate their server storage ▫Establish disk quotas ▫Create file screens ▫Create templates ▫Automatically send messages to users and/or administrators when quotas are exceeded or nearly exceeded ▫Generate reports providing details of users’ storage activities

Hard and Soft Quota Hard quota ▫Prohibits users from consuming any disk space beyond the allotted amount Soft quota ▫Allows the user storage space beyond the allotted amount and just sends an notification to the user and/or administrator Administrators can also specify the thresholds ▫Dictate the percentage of available disk space at which the system should send notifications ▫Configure the server to generate event log entries ▫Reports in response to quota thresholds

Quota Templates A collection of settings that defines a number of configuration items for disk quotas

Generating Storage Reports File Server Resource Manager is capable of generating a variety of reports ▫Duplicate files ▫File screening audit ▫Files by file group ▫Files by owner ▫Large files ▫Least/Most Recently Accessed file ▫Quota usage

Backing Up Windows Server 2008 To back up Active Directory, you must install ▫Windows Server Backup feature from the Server Manager console. ▫PowerShell, if you want to do via command line Windows Server Backup supports ▫the use of CD and DVD drives as backup destinations ▫Does not support magnetic tapes as backup media or dynamic volumes

Backing Up Windows Server 2008 Windows Server 2008 supports two types of backup: ▫Manual backup ▫Scheduled backup  Will reformat the target drive Using Server Backup or the Wbadmin.exe Must be a member of the Administrators group or the Backup Operators group

Restoring from Backups Restores of Windows Server 2008 can be performed using ▫The Windows Server Backup MMC snap-in ▫The wbadmin command-line utility ▫Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE)  A special boot mode that provides a centralized platform for operating system recovery  Bare-metal restore allows you to restore operating system and data files onto a server that does not have a pre-existing operating system

Restoring from Backups Two types of restoration ▫Files and folders  Recovery destination  To restore to its original location or somewhere else  Overwrite option  Create copies/Overwrite/Do not recover ▫Volumes

Assignment Summarize the chapter in your own word ▫At least 75 words ▫Due BEFORE class start on Thursday Lab 11 ▫Due BEFORE class start on Monday