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70-413: Designing and Implementing a Server Infrastructure Course 01 - Server Infrastructure - Upgrade and Migration

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70-413: Designing and Implementing

a Server Infrastructure

Course 01 - Server Infrastructure -

Upgrade and Migration

Slide 1

Course 01

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Slide 2

Choose the appropriate edition

Choose between migration or in-place upgrade

Analyze current infrastructure

Plan installation procedures

Plan for monitoring

Plan for backup and restore

Plan for maintenance

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Standard

o All roles and features available within Windows Server 2012

o Supports up to 64 sockets

o Supports up to 4 TB of memory

o Includes 2 virtual machine licenses

Data Center

o All roles and features available on Windows Server 2012

o Supports up to 64 socket

o Supports up to 640 processor cores

o Supports 4 TB of RAM

o Unlimited virtual machine that licenses for any virtual machine run on the same hardware

Foundation

o Allows a maximum of 15 users

o Supports 1 processor core

o Supports up to 32 GB RAM

o Includes limited server roles

Essentials

o Equivalent to small business server

o Does NOT support the following roles:

• Hyper-V server

• Failover Clustering server

• Server Core

• Remote Desktop Services server

o Up to 25 users

o Supports up to 50 devices

o Supports 2 processor cores

o Supports 64 GB of RAM

o Must be a root server in the domain

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Windows Server 2012 Data Center vs. Windows Server 2012 Standardo The choice between these 2 versions is based on virtualization

requirements

Windows Server 2012 Essentialso Best for corporations with:

o Less than 25 userso No virtualization requirements

o No need for Server Core

Windows Server 2012 Foundationo Best for the smallest organizations:

o No active directory requirementso Fewer than 15 users

o Offered through OEM programs

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Component Requirement

Processor Architecture X64

Processor Speed 1.4 GHz

Memory 512 MB

Hard Disk Space 32 GB

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Windows Server 2003 X64

Windows Server 2008 SP2

Windows Server 2008 R2

Same processor architecture required

Same or higher Edition

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Slide 7

Upgrades preserve file settings and applications from the original server

An upgrade is done to keep these items

Start your upgrade by running the setup.exe

Existing servers must meet hardware requirements

Software must support in-place upgrade

You need to keep existing roles and features in settings

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Slide 8

Migrate from X86 or X64 version of Windows Server

Windows Server Migration Tools feature is availableo Use when migrating from an x86 version

o Windows Server 2003

o Windows Server 2003 R2

o Windows Server 2008

o Windows Server 2008 R2

Software product migration is done in a separate environment

Server roles, features and settings migrations are done in a separate environment

Best when you’re new deployment does not affect current IT infrastructure

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Slide 9

WSUS

Print and Document Services

Hyper-V

AD FS Role Services

Network Policy Server

RemoteAccess

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/jj134039

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Plan for roles that do not affect performance or disk usage of the server when combined

Ensure the co-hosting of roles is supported

Be aware of high-availability configurations that it may have specific requirements

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Slide 11

IT infrastructure inventory

Reports for planning

Performance statistics of current infrastructure

To virtualize: physical to virtual

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Application Compatibility Toolkit

Deployment Tools

o DISM

o Windows System Image Manager (SIM)

o BCD Boot

Windows PE

USMT

VAMT

Windows Performance Toolkit

Windows Assessment Toolkit

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/hardware/hh825486.aspx

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Every copy must be licensed and activated

License keys are during installation

Activation is after installation

o No longer a grace period

o No operating system customization without activation

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Manual activationo Small number of serverso Product key manually enteredo Retail product key or multiple activation key (MAK)o OEM keys special type of key provided to a manufacturero OEM keys are activated the 1st time it’s turned on

Automatic activationo Larger number of servers managed by the Volume Activation Services

server role• Manages a KMS server through a new interface

• Simplifies installing KMS keys

o Volume Activation Management Tool• Generates license reports

• Manages client and server activation

• Best on networks that are not connected directly to the Internet

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Slide 15

Deploy physically

o If software puts hardware under resource pressure

o If server role requires exclusive access to hardware resources

Deploy virtually

o Software uses minimal hardware resources

o Server can be migrated to another host

o Servers configured for high-availability

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Read technical information first!

Use testing environment

Migrate or convert to a virtual environment

Monitor performance in old and new environment

Pay attention to application best practices

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Slide 17

Windows Server 2012 Standard Total Number of Virtual Machines

1 2

2 4

3 6

Windows Server 2012 Data Center Edition

Total Number of Virtual Machines

1 unlimited

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Slide 18

Management monitoring

Backup and restore

Memory

Processors

Network

Storage

High-availability

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Slide 19

Choose the server workloads to virtualize

o Needs for specialized architecture

Evaluate hardware needs:o CPU usage: biggest constraint

• Multiple virtual machines can consume large amounts of CPU processing

o Memory requirements

• Very expensive to provision

• Often most critical resource

o I/O traffic

• Disk usage much higher with multiple virtual machines

• Sometimes make virtualization impractical

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Slide 20

Hyper-Vo Hardware virtualizationo Provides virtual machines with direct access to host hardwareo Installed as a role

Microsoft system Center 2012 Virtual Machine Manager (VMM)o Use templates for common configurationso Can create virtual machines self-service portals

Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization (MED-V)o Centrally managed form of client hosted virtualizationo Administrators deploy and manage virtual machines running on clientso Allows applications that are compatible with previous versions of Windows to be

published

Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)o Desktop virtualizationo Virtual machines hosted centrally

Presentation Virtualizationo Each user is assigned their own virtual machineo Users sign into their own sessiono Provided by Remote Desktop Services server role

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Slide 21

Do not use differencing VHDs

o Too easy to revert to previous versions

o Decreases performance

Do not use copies of the VHD files from a deployed Domain

Controller

o Will create USN rollbacks

Do not use Hyper-V export feature for Domain Controller

Do not use Hyper-V snapshots on a Domain Controller

Disable time sync with the host server within virtual machine integration features (clear checkbox)

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Slide 22

Create DcCloneConfig.xml

file

Store it in the AD DS database

location

C:\windows\NTDS

Take virtual domain controller off-line

Export virtual domain controller

Create new virtual machine by

importing virtual domain controller

Promote to unique domain controller

Cloned domain controllers automatically run sysprep based on settings in DefaultDCCloneAllowList.xml

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Virtual hard disk using the file format to represent a traditional hard drive

Can be mounted into the file system of the physical computer, Windows 7/Windows Server 2008 or newer

Used by virtual machines

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Better performance

Use of logging for protection

Support for larger virtual hard drives (64 TB)

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Windows Imaging Format (WIM)

High touch retail media deployments

High touch standard image deployments

Lite touch high-volume deployments

Zero touch high-volume deployments

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A single WIM file can address many hardware configurations

WIM files can be serviced while the computer is off-line

Image can be installed on a smaller partition

When you apply the image it does not delete the volume contents

Works with Windows PEo WIM files are loaded into a RAM disk and one directly from memory

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• Memory location of key resources (metadata resource, lookup table, XML data)

• Contains file attributes (version, size, and compression type)WIM Header

• Captured dataFile Resource

• Memory location of resource filesLookup Table

• How capture is organized

• File structure and file attributes

• 1 metadata resource for each image in the WIM fileMetadata Resource

• Additional data about the image: directory and file counts, creation or modification times, description, total bytesXML Data

• Security hash information to verify integrity of the image

• Created when we use/check during ImageX capture operationIntegrity Table

WIM file structure

contains 6 types of

resources

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Small deployments

Automation through Windows Setup program

o Hard drive partitions

o Driver installation

o Application installation

o Configuration

o Applying updates

o Adding roles and features

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Create or modify unattend.XML using Windows SIM

Copy unattend.XML to removable media

Attach removable media to the computer

Attach retail media to the computer

Complete the deployment

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Similar to high touch with a retail media

Create a server image from a reference computer

Standard server image includes:

o Applications

o Settings

Requirements

o Windows Server 2012 retail or volume license media

o Windows ADK

o Removable storage device

o Reference computer

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1. Setup source machinea) Install operating system

b) Best to do from answer file to make it consistent

2. Install applications

3. Install drivers

4. Configure settings

5. Apply updates

6. Run Sysprep

7. Boot the computer into Windows PE

8. Capture the image using ImageX

9. Prepare the installation mediaa) Create an answer file

b) Create new installation media by replacing install.WIM with the file you captured

10. Activate the machines after deployment

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Limited manual intervention

Requirements

o MDT 2012

o Windows ADK

o Windows Deployment Services

o Pre-boot Execution Environment (PXE)

o 1 volume license media

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Complete end-to-end deployment of operating systems

Requires DNS and DHCP

Provides low support cost

Use Configuration Manager 2012 with MDT 2012 update 1

Create tasks sequences to accomplish the followingo Providing input about which custom image file needs to be used

o Provides options to choose which boot.WIM image

o Options for device driver packages

o Option to install updates

o Options to install additional applications

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Select the deployment scenario

Select deployment method

Verify required infrastructure

Determine processing rules (MDT or Configuration Manager)

Plan out monitoring

Training of team members

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User input is limited or not required at all during software installation

Streamlined deployments

Consistency across deployments

Lower total cost of ownership

Automatic deployment technologies available:o Windows ADK

o MDT

o Windows DS

o ACT

o Configuration Manager

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Thicko Everything is contained inside the image

• Operating system | Applications | All updates

o Good and standardized environmentso Sysprep is run after the images createdo Images are more difficult to maintaino Least amount of flexibility

Thino Only the Operating Systemo Images kept smallo More flexible deploymento More complex | applications require additional time

Hybrido Combined thick and thin strategieso Most commonly used by organizations

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DistributionImage

StorageTestPlan

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New machine

Side-by-side

In-place migration

Pre-staged media

Off-line deployment with removable media

Wipe and load

PXE boot

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Windows setup command line options (setup.exe)

o Creates and manages unattended answer files

Answer file

Catalogo All available components and packages that can be used as part of an

unattended answer file

o Modified with Windows SIM

Windows ADK

o Windows PE images for customized deployments (Windows Server 2012, Windows 8)

o ImageX is tool used within Windows ADK

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Capture apply images

View contents of WIM file

Maintain images

Store multiple images in a single WIM file

Compress image files

Create scripts for image creation

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Command line tool used for servicing Windows imageso Unattended installation answer file

• When the answer file is applied, the updates that are specified in the answer file are implemented on the Windows image

• The unattended answer file can also be applied to the running operating system

• Windows default settings, drivers, packages, software updates, or other applications

o Windows SIM• Used by DISM to create unattended answer files

• Creates distribution shares

• Modify files in a configuration set

o ImageX

• Command line tool to mount or apply an image

o Ocsetup

• Command-line tool for applying updates to an online Windows image

• Installs the removes Component-Based Servicing (CBS)

• Can install Microsoft System Installer (.MSI) by calling the MSIexec.exe service

• Can be used with packages that have custom installers

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Tools and documentation for Windows Deployments

Installed in C:\program files\Windows AIK

o Windows AIK users guide

o Imaging APIs for Windows

o Windows PE user guide

o Component platform interface reference

o Windows unattended setup reference

o Step-by-step guide for basic Windows Deployment

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Windows SIM

ImageX

DISM

Windows PE

User State Migration Tool (USMT)

Volume Activation Management Tool (VMAT)

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Special-purpose Windows operating system

Preps and initiates a computer for Windows operating system setup

Used for imaging tasks

Recovering Windows 8 operating system

Not a general purpose operating system

Use it to start a computer that has no functioning operating

system

A replacement for the MS-DOS-based boot disks

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Uses PXE over the network for a rapid Windows deployment

Lite touch installations

Zero touch installations

Can be combined with MDT to customize installations and images

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• PXE server

• TFTP to install and retrieve OS

• Shared folder for images

Server

• Runs Windows PE

• Communicates of server and installs operating system

Client

• Server management

• Driver groups

• Client computer accounts

• Operating system images

• Bootable images

Management

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Standalone server mode

Expected Deployment Results Wizard

Performance improvements with TFTP

VHDx file supporto Larger storage capacity

o Data corruption protection

o Enhanced multicast

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Supports device drivers, updates, applications

Updating or modifying images is simplified

End-to-end guidance

o Planning | building | deploying

Used in multiple deployment typeso Lite touch installations Managing the deployment shares and

images

o Zero touch installations Task sequences

o User driven installations UDI wizard designer

• Customize wizard pages for different deployment scenarios

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Zero touch installations

Deployment scenarioso Operating system installation

o Operating system refresh

o In-place upgrade

o Side-by-side migration

Componentso Management point

o PXE

o Distribution points

o Boot media

o State migration point

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Package or Image Contains

Boot Image Package Boot image for ZTI deployments

Microsoft Deployment Files Package Contents of Microsoft deployment distribution shared directory(Scripts and control files)

Windows 7 Operating System Image Operating system image to be deployed to the target

Client Package Configuration Manager client installation

files

User State Migration Tool (USMT) USMT files used to capture and restore

the user state

Custom Settings Package Unattended files, Customsettings.ini

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Package or Image Contains

Sysprep Files Package Sysprep files defined for a package specifically. This is only needed for legacy operating systems like Windows XP.

Application Packages Options that allow for customize deployments with different installations of applications.

Driver Packages Import drivers into the distribution point of Configuration Manager. This allows for plug-and-play drivers from the catalog.You can also create a dedicated custom driver package.

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Review Questions:

1. True or False: When choosing the appropriate Windows Server 2012 edition, the

number of users that connect to the server is usually the first consideration.

A. True

B. False

2. True or False: Windows Server 2012 Essentials is best for corporations with

under 50 users.

A. True

B. False

3. True or False: Windows Server 2012 needs a minimum of 512 MB of memory to

run.

A. True

B. False

4. In order to upgrade Windows Server 2012, which of the following would you run?

A. Setup.exe

B. Setup.MSI

C. Upgrade.exe

D. WinNTup.exe

5. Which of the following Windows Server versions are supported with the server

migration tools?

A. Windows Server 2003

B. Windows Server 2003 R2

C. Windows Server 2008

D. All of the above

6. True or False: The WSUS role cannot be migrated onto the Server 2012

platform.

A. True

B. False

7. True or False: The MAP toolkit allows you to do an IT infrastructure inventory.

A. True

B. False

8. True or False: When you’re installing Windows Server 2012, you have a 30 day

grace period to enter in your license key.

A. True

B. False

9. True or False: The volume activation management tool will generate license

reports, as well as manage clients and server activation.

A. True

B. False

10. How many Hyper-V licenses come with Windows Server 2012 Standard edition?

A. 1

B. 2

C. 4

D. 8

Answer Key:

1. A

True. Because many editions limit the number of users that can be connected,

this is typically one of the first considerations.

2. B

False. Windows Server 2012 Essentials is best for less than 25 users.

3. A

True. Although not recommended, you can run Windows Server 2012 with a

minimum of 512 MB of memory.

4. A

Setup.exe is used, whether doing a clean install or upgrade.

5. D

You can use the migration tools when migrating from any x86 version, 2003,

2003 R2, 2008 and above.

6. B

False. The WSUS role can be migrated, as well as many other roles like Print

and Document Services, Hyper-V, DFS Role Services, and the Network Policy

Server.

7. A

True. The MAP toolkit allows you to do an IT infrastructure inventory, as well as

supply you with many reports for planning.

8. B

False. There is no longer a grace period, every copy must be licensed and

activated during installation.

9. A

True. The volume activation management tool does generate license reports, as

well as manage activations. It is best to be used on a network that is not directly

connected to the Internet.

10. B

Windows Server 2012 Standard comes with 2 virtual machine licenses.