This handy resource offers busy network administrators clear and concise information for daily on-the-job tasks - all in a portable format. Key management tasks are presented in logically organized sections. You'll get details on file, print, application, mail, terminal, streaming media, and remote servers - and much more.
Author(s): Nelson Ruest, Danielle Ruest
Edition: 1
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Osborne Media
Year: 2003
Language: English
Pages: 304
Team DDU......Page 1
CONTENTS......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 12
Introduction......Page 14
Administrative Activities......Page 20
GS-01: Run As Shortcuts......Page 23
GS-02: General Service Status Verification......Page 27
GS-03: System Event Log Verification......Page 29
GS-04: Security Event Log Verification......Page 31
GS-05: Service and Admin Account Management......Page 33
GS-06: Activity Log Maintenance......Page 35
GS-07: Uptime Report Management......Page 36
GS-08: Script Management......Page 37
GS-09: Script Certification Management......Page 40
GS-11: Server Reboot......Page 42
GS-12: Security Policy Review/Update......Page 44
GS-13: Security Patch Verification......Page 45
GS-14: Service Pack/Hot Fix Update......Page 48
GS-15: New Software Evaluation......Page 49
GS-16: Inventory Management......Page 50
GS-17: Global MMC Creation......Page 52
GS-18: Automatic Antivirus Signature Reception......Page 54
GS-19: Scheduled Task Generation/Verification......Page 55
GS-20: Security Template Creation/Modification......Page 56
GS-21: Reference Help File Management......Page 58
GS-22: Server Staging......Page 59
GS-23: Administrative Add-on Tool Setup......Page 60
GS-24: Default User Profile Update......Page 61
GS-25: Technical Environment Review......Page 63
GS-27: Service Level Agreement Management......Page 64
GS-29: Workload Review......Page 65
HW-01: Network Hardware Checkup......Page 66
HW-03: Firmware and Server Management Software Update Management......Page 67
HW-04: Device Management......Page 68
Backup and Restore......Page 69
BR-01: System State Backup Generation......Page 70
BR-02: Backup Verification......Page 71
BR-04: Disaster Recovery Strategy Testing......Page 72
BR-05: Restore Procedure Testing......Page 73
BR-06: Backup Strategy Review......Page 74
Remote Administration......Page 75
RA-01: Server RDC Management......Page 76
RA-02: PC RDC Management......Page 78
RA-03: User Support through Remote Assistance......Page 79
RA-04: Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut and Web Access......Page 80
Administrative Activities......Page 82
FS-01: Available Free Space Verification......Page 84
FS-02: Data Backup Management......Page 86
FS-03: Shared Folder Management......Page 87
FS-04: File Replication Service Event Log Verification......Page 90
FS-05: Volume Shadow Copy Management......Page 91
FS-06: Distributed File System Management......Page 93
FS-07: Quota Management......Page 94
FS-08: Indexing Service Management......Page 95
FS-09: Data Disk Integrity Verification......Page 96
FS-11: File Access Audit Log Verification......Page 97
FS-12: Temporary File Cleanup......Page 98
FS-13: Security Parameter Verification......Page 100
FS-15: Data Archiving......Page 101
FS-16: File Replication Service Management......Page 102
FS-17: Disk and Volume Management......Page 104
Print Service Administration......Page 105
PS-01: Print Queue Management......Page 106
PS-02: Printer Access Management......Page 107
PS-03: Printer Driver Management......Page 108
PS-04: Printer Sharing......Page 109
PS-06: Printer Location Tracking Management......Page 110
PS-07: Massive Printer Management......Page 112
PS-08: New Printer Model Evaluation......Page 113
CS-01: Clusters: Cluster State Verification......Page 114
CS-03: Clusters: Server Cluster Management......Page 115
CS-04: Clusters: Quorum State Verification......Page 116
Administrative Activities......Page 118
DW-01: DHCP Server State Verification......Page 120
DW-02: WINS Server State Verification......Page 124
DW-04: DHCP Attribute Management......Page 127
DW-05: DHCP Scope Management......Page 130
DW-06: DHCP Reservation Management......Page 131
DW-07: DHCP Superscope Management......Page 132
DW-08: DHCP Multicast Scope Management......Page 133
DW-09: DHCP Option Class Management......Page 135
DW-10: DHCP/RIS Server Authorization......Page 138
Deployment Servers......Page 139
RI-01: RIS Server State Verification......Page 140
RI-02: RIS Image Management......Page 141
NLB Clusters......Page 143
NC-01: NLB Cluster State Verification......Page 144
NC-02: NLB Cluster Member Management......Page 145
Remote Access/VPNs......Page 146
RV-01: Remote Access Server Status Verification......Page 147
RV-02: RADIUS/IAS Server State Verification......Page 148
RV-03: Wireless Monitoring......Page 149
RV-05: NAT Service Management......Page 150
RV-06: VPN Connection Management......Page 151
Administrative Activities......Page 154
Domain Controller Administration......Page 156
DC-01: User Management......Page 158
DC-02: User Password Reset......Page 160
DC-04: Account Management......Page 163
DC-05: Security Group Management......Page 164
DC-06: KCC Service Status Management......Page 167
DC-07: AD Replication Topology Verification......Page 169
DC-08: Global Catalog Status Verification......Page 171
DC-09: Universal Administration Group Management......Page 173
DC-10: Account Policy Verification......Page 174
DC-11: PKI Service Verification......Page 176
DC-12: AD Service/Admin Account Verification......Page 177
DC-13: Lost And Found Object Management......Page 178
DC-14: Right Delegation Management......Page 179
DC-15: Software Installation Management......Page 183
DC-16: GPO Management......Page 185
DC-17: Computer Object Management......Page 187
DC-19: AD Forest Management......Page 190
DC-20: AD Information Management......Page 193
DC-21: Schema Management......Page 194
DC-22: Schema Access Management......Page 196
DC-23: Schema Content Modification......Page 197
DC-24: Schema-Modifying Software Evaluation......Page 200
DC-25: Operations Master Role Management......Page 201
DC-26: Operations Master Role Transfer......Page 204
DC-27: Operations Master Disaster Recovery......Page 205
DC-28: Domain Controller Promotion......Page 206
DC-29: Domain Controller Disaster Recovery......Page 208
DC-30: Trust Management......Page 211
DC-31: Forest/Domain/OU Structure Management......Page 214
DC-32: Active Directory Script Management......Page 216
DC-33: Forest Time Service Management......Page 218
DC-34: Access Control List Management......Page 221
DC-35: Managing Saved Queries......Page 222
DC-36: Managing Space within AD......Page 224
DC-37: Managing the LDAP Query Policy......Page 226
DC-38: Managing the AD Database......Page 227
Namespace Server Management (DNS)......Page 228
DN-01: DNS Event Log Verification......Page 229
DN-02: DNS Configuration Management......Page 230
DN-03: DNS Record Management......Page 231
DN-04: DNS Application Partition Management......Page 232
Administrative Activities......Page 234
WS-01: Application Event Log Verification......Page 236
WS-02: IIS Server Status Verification......Page 237
WS-03: IIS Server Usage Statistic Generation......Page 239
WS-04: Web Server Log Verification......Page 241
WS-05: IIS Security Patch Verification......Page 242
WS-06: Web Server Configuration Management......Page 243
Administration of Application Servers......Page 245
AS-01: Shared Application State Verification......Page 246
AS-02: COM+ Application Administration......Page 247
AS-03: .NET Application Administration......Page 251
AS-04: Database Server Administration......Page 253
AS-06: User Software Installation......Page 254
Administration of Terminal Services......Page 256
TS-01: Terminal Service Connection Management......Page 258
TS-02: Terminal Service Printer Management......Page 259
TS-03: Session Directory Management......Page 260
TS-04: TS Licensing Administration......Page 261
TS-06: TS Application Management......Page 262
PM-01: Router and Firewall Log Verification......Page 264
PM-02: General Disk Space Monitoring......Page 266
PM-03: System Resource Management......Page 267
PM-04: Network Traffic Monitoring......Page 268
PM-05: Server Capacity Management......Page 271
PM-06: System Diagnostics......Page 272
PM-07: Corporate Error Reporting Management......Page 274
Final Notes......Page 275
A Task Frequency List......Page 278
