Managing Windows Server Managing Windows Server 2003 Best Practices2003 Best Practices

Daniel van Soest

IT Pro Technology Advisor

Microsoft BV

danielvs@microsoft.com

Agenda

• MOF Introduction

• WINS Operations

• DHCP Operations

• DNS Operations

• AD Operations

• MOM 2005

• Summary

IT Project Life Circle

MOF Process Model

Manage Your Server

WINS Operating Quadrant

• Daily– Data backup – Proactive analysis and review

• Weekly– Storage resource management

• As needed– Data backup, restore and recovery

WINS Supporting Quadrant

• Daily– Investigation and diagnosis– Proactive analysis and review

• Weekly– Investigation and diagnosis

WINS Optimizing Quadrant

• Monthly– Managing resources and server performance

• Capacity management– Monitoring– Analyzing– Performance tuning– Reporting

WINS Changing Quadrant

• Daily– Change classification and authorization

• Monthly– Reviewing configuration items

DHCP Operating Quadrant

• Daily– Data backup– Service monitoring and control

• Weekly– Storage resource management

• As needed– Data backup, restore and recovery

DHCP Supporting Quadrant

• Daily– Classification and initial support– Investigation and diagnosis

• Weekly– Investigation and diagnosis

• As needed – Problem management

DHCP Optimizing Quadrant

• Monthly– Managing resources and server performance

• Capacity management– Monitoring– Analyzing– Performance tuning– Reporting

DHCP Changing Quadrant

• Daily– Change classification

• Monthly – Configuration management

• Address pool exclusions• Lease durations• Reservations

DNS Operating Quadrant

• Daily– Data backup – Proactive analysis and review

• Weekly– Storage resource management

• As needed– Data backup, restore and recovery

DNS Supporting Quadrant

• Daily– Proactive analysis and review

• Weekly– Proactive analysis and review

• Monthly– Incident closure

• As needed– Problem recording and classification

DNS Optimizing Quadrant

• Daily– Managing resource and service performance

• Monthly– Managing resource and service performance

• As needed– Design for recovery

DNS Changing Quadrant

• Daily– Change classification and authorization

• Monthly– Reviewing configuration items

AD Operating Quadrant

• Daily– Back up Active Directory

• As needed– Restore Active Directory– Manage a SYSVOL– Manage Sites– Recover a domain controller through reinstallation

• Security– As needed

ADSI Edit tool

AD Supporting Quadrant

• Daily– Investigation and diagnosis– Proactive analysis and review

• Weekly– Investigation and diagnosis

AD Optimizing Quadrant

• Availability management– As needed

• Managing the Active Directory database• Adding a Global Catalog• Managing the Windows Time Service• Managing trusts

• Capacity management– As needed

• Removing Global Catalog• Reducing workload on PDC emulator

AD Changing Quadrant

• Release Management– As needed

• Installing a domain controller for an existing domain

• Change Management– As needed

• Removing Active Directory

Up to 10 MonitoredUp to 10 MonitoredComputersComputers

• Event and Performance Management– Enterprise event collection– Rules based filtering and

consolidation – Proactive alerting/action

response• Automation

– Scripts– Tasks– Diagnostics

• Apps/Role Monitoring– Health Model– Rules libraries– Built-in knowledge-base

Product Limitations:Product Limitations:• Requires ADRequires AD• No ReportingNo Reporting• No MCFNo MCF

MOM 2005 Workgroup

MOM Stateview

MOM AD Site Links

MOM AD Connection Objects

MOM Report

Session Summary

• MOF includes how to plan and deploy and maintain IT operational processeswww.microsoft.com/mof

• Use MOM for pro-active monitoring of ADwww.microsoft.com/mom

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Daniel van Soestdanielvs@microsoft.com