Windows Server 2008 portable command guide : MCTS 70-640, 70-642, 70-643, and MCITP 70-646, 70-647

Table of Contents......Page 3
Launching the Command Prompt......Page 12
Launching with Elevated Privileges......Page 13
Using the Built-in doskey Program......Page 14
Cutting and Pasting to and from the Command Prompt......Page 16
Changing the Options and Display......Page 18
Using Uppercase or Lowercase......Page 20
Using Quotes......Page 21
Understanding Variables......Page 22
Understanding Wildcards......Page 24
Getting Help......Page 25
Understanding Paths......Page 28
Using Basic Commands......Page 29
Redirecting Output to Files......Page 30
Copying Files with copy, xcopy, and robocopy......Page 31
Compressing Files with compact......Page 36
Encrypting Files with cipher......Page 37
Manipulating Shadow Copies with vssadmin......Page 38
Manipulating Shares with net share......Page 41
Mapping Drives with net use......Page 42
Manipulating Users and Groups with the net Command......Page 43
Modifying NTFS Permissions with icacls......Page 44
Using Notepad......Page 46
Giving Feedback with echo......Page 47
Using Parameters......Page 48
Calling Another Batch File with call......Page 50
Changing the Order of Processing with goto......Page 51
Checking Conditions with if......Page 52
Retrieving DNS Information......Page 56
Clearing the DNS Cache......Page 58
Working with DNS Partitions......Page 59
Adding DNS Zones......Page 60
Creating and Deleting DNS Records......Page 62
Verifying Records with nslookup......Page 64
Configuring DNS for nslookup......Page 67
Using nslookup Without PTR Records......Page 68
Using nslookup Without a Reverse Lookup Zone......Page 69
Understanding Distinguished Names......Page 71
Adding Objects with dsadd......Page 73
Modifying Accounts with dsmod......Page 75
Moving Accounts with dsmove......Page 77
Removing Objects with dsrm......Page 78
Retrieving Information about Objects with dsquery......Page 79
Retrieving Information About Objects with dsget......Page 81
Viewing and Modifying AD Permissions with dsacls......Page 83
Promoting a DC with dcpromo......Page 85
Demoting a DC with dcpromo......Page 87
Using dcpromo with an unattend File......Page 88
Promoting a DC to an RODC with an Existing Account......Page 89
Using dcpromo to Install from Media......Page 91
Forcing Removal of Active Directory......Page 92
Modifying the Schema with adprep......Page 94
Registering the Active Directory Schema Snap-In......Page 95
Using ldifde to Export, Import, and Delete Accounts......Page 97
Using csvde to Export and Import Accounts......Page 101
Redirecting Computer Accounts......Page 103
Redirecting User Accounts......Page 104
Resetting the Directory Services Restore Mode Password......Page 106
Changing the Garbage Collection Logging Level......Page 107
Moving Active Directory to a Different Drive......Page 108
Defragmenting Active Directory......Page 109
Performing an Authoritative Restore......Page 110
Removing a Domain Controller from Active Directory......Page 112
Seizing an Operations Master Role......Page 113
Joining a Computer to a Domain......Page 115
Verifying Trust Relationships......Page 117
Querying and Resetting Secure Channels with netdom......Page 120
Checking Replication with repadmin......Page 122
Forcing Replication with repadmin......Page 124
Migrating to DFSR with dfsrmig......Page 126
Launching the Group Policy Management Console......Page 130
Understanding Group Policy Order of Precedence......Page 131
Filtering GPOs by Modifying Permissions......Page 133
Understanding Group Policy Settings......Page 135
Enforcing GPOs......Page 141
Using Loopback Processing......Page 142
Running Scripts with Group Policy......Page 143
Viewing Group Policy Settings with gpresult......Page 145
Refreshing Group Policy Settings with gpupdate......Page 148
Understanding the Security Configuration Wizard......Page 150
Using scwcmd......Page 152
Installing Server Core......Page 155
Restoring the Command Prompt......Page 156
Renaming the Computer......Page 157
Logging Off, Shutting Down, and Rebooting......Page 158
Configuring TCP/IP......Page 159
Setting the Time, Date, and Time Zone......Page 160
Joining a Domain......Page 161
Understanding the Supported Roles......Page 162
Using ocsetup to Add Roles to Windows Server 2008......Page 163
Using dism to Add Roles to Windows Server 2008 R2......Page 166
Adding the AD DS Role......Page 169
Using the Server Core Registry Editor......Page 170
Enabling Access with Remote Microsoft Management Consoles (MMCs)......Page 172
Configuring the Firewall to Reply to Ping......Page 174
Stopping and Starting Services with the net Command......Page 175
Manipulating Services with sc......Page 176
Manipulating Services with wmic......Page 179
Viewing the Routing Table with route print......Page 184
Adding Routes to the Routing Table with route add......Page 186
Modifying Routes in the Routing Table with route change......Page 188
Deleting Routes from the Routing Table with route delete......Page 189
Publishing Printers to Active Directory with pubprn.vbs......Page 190
Migrating Printers with printbrm......Page 193
Controlling the Print Queue with prnqctl.vbs......Page 194
Managing Activation Tasks with slmgr......Page 197
Forcing Registration of KMS Server SRV Records......Page 201
Manually Creating an SRV Record for KMS......Page 202
Understanding netsh......Page 205
Understanding netsh Contexts......Page 206
Configuring IPv4 with netsh......Page 210
Configuring an IPv6 Address with netsh......Page 213
Disabling IPv6 in Windows Server 2008......Page 214
Enabling the Source Computer with winrm......Page 215
Enabling the Collector Computer with wecutil......Page 216
Adding an Account to the Event Log Readers Group......Page 217
Enabling and Testing Event Subscriptions......Page 219
Managing Subscriptions with wecutil......Page 222
Logging Events with eventcreate......Page 224
Adding wbadmin to a Server......Page 227
Backing Up System State Data with wbadmin......Page 228
Restoring System State Data with wbadmin......Page 229
Restoring System State Data on a Domain Controller with wbadmin......Page 231
Backing Up Volumes with wbadmin......Page 232
Restoring Volumes with wbadmin......Page 234
Viewing and Manipulating TCP/IP Configuration with ipconfig......Page 237
Checking Connectivity with ping......Page 243
Checking for Data Loss with pathping......Page 247
Gathering Information from the Reliability Monitor......Page 249
Running System Data Collector Sets......Page 252
Writing a Script to Run Data Collector Sets......Page 254
Scheduling a Script to Run Data Collector Sets......Page 255
Installing Network Monitor......Page 257
Starting and Using Network Monitor......Page 258
Using nmcap to Capture Traffic......Page 260
Automatically Starting, Stopping, and Terminating nmcap......Page 261
Adding Filters to nmcap......Page 263
Enabling Promiscuous Mode in nmcap......Page 264
Adding the Remote Desktop Services Role......Page 265
Modifying Logon Capabilities with change logon......Page 268
Connecting and Disconnecting Sessions with tscon and tsdiscon......Page 269
Identifying Open Sessions with query user or quser......Page 270
Resetting Sessions with reset session......Page 271
Configuring, Verifying, and Removing winrm......Page 272
Using winrs to Issue Commands......Page 273
Connecting to Remote Systems with mstsc......Page 275
Adding the WDS Role......Page 278
Adding Boot Images to WDS with wdsutil......Page 280
Adding Install Images Using wdsutil......Page 281
Configuring Server Properties Using wdsutil......Page 283
Running the sysprep GUI......Page 285
Running sysprep from the Command Line......Page 286
Managing Sites with appcmd......Page 288
Adding a Site with appcmd......Page 289
Adding a Virtual Directory with add vdir......Page 290
Starting and Stopping Application Pools with appcmd and appcmd stop......Page 291
Working with filesystemobject......Page 292
Displaying a Message Box with a Visual Basic Script......Page 295
Checking for a Value with a Message Box......Page 297
Creating an OU with a VB Script......Page 299
Creating a User Account with a VB Script......Page 300
Modifying the Tombstone Lifetime......Page 301
Installing and Launching PowerShell......Page 304
Understanding PowerShell Verbs and Nouns......Page 305
Tabbing Through PowerShell Commands......Page 309
Discovering Windows PowerShell Commands......Page 311
Exploring get-member......Page 313
Redirecting Output with Windows PowerShell......Page 315
Understanding PowerShell Errors......Page 316
Understanding PowerShell Variables......Page 317
Understanding Pipelining......Page 320
Setting the Security Context......Page 323
Creating a PowerShell Profile......Page 324
Creating and Modifying the Global PowerShell Profile......Page 326
Running PowerShell Scripts......Page 328
Logging Processes with a get-process Script......Page 329
Testing for the Existence of a File......Page 330
Creating Output as HTML......Page 332
Running a Script Against Multiple Computers......Page 333
Scheduling PowerShell Scripts......Page 336
Launching the ISE......Page 339
Exploring the ISE......Page 340
Executing Commands in the ISE......Page 342
Creating and Saving a Script in the ISE......Page 343
Using the Active Directory Module in Windows Server 2008 R2......Page 348
Creating and Manipulating Objects in Windows Server 2008......Page 350
Working with the Domain Object......Page 352
Working with the system.directoryservices Namespace......Page 353
Creating a List of Domain Computers......Page 354