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Misc and Advanced Topics. System Administration Notes -11. Final Topics. In Windows. Control Panel. Date/Time (used to set date/time/timezone) Add/Remove Hardware Add/Remove Programs Admin Tools (many tools available) Network (configure TCP/IP settings)
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Misc and Advanced Topics System Administration Notes -11
Final Topics In Windows
Control Panel • Date/Time (used to set date/time/timezone) • Add/Remove Hardware • Add/Remove Programs • Admin Tools (many tools available) • Network (configure TCP/IP settings) • Scheduled Tasks (control running jobs) • System • And many many others…
Control Panel • Add/Remove Hardware • Tool to aid in the addition/removal of hardware • Will list all currently installed hardware • Add/Remove Programs (Software) • Tool to aid in the addition/removal of software • Will list all currently installed software
Control Panel • System Icon • Gather/Change system information: • Type of cpu, amount of ram, O.S. version • Virtual memory size and change • See and Change Environment variables • View hostname and domain/workgroup name, and change if needed • Hardware and driver changes • Startup and recovery settings (for failures) • And others…
Admin Tools • StartProgramsAdministrative Tools • Computer Management (includes many tools) • Configure Your Server (starts configuration wizard) • DHCP • DNS
Event Viewer (view log files) • Local Security Policy • Network Monitor (monitor network performance) • Performance (monitor overall system performance) • Services (view, stop, start, manage services)
More Admin Tools • DHCP • Manage dhcp server • Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol • Help clients bootup (provide their ip address, subnet mask, default gateway and other info) • DNS • Manage dns serve • Domain Name Service • Convert Names to IP numbers (and visa-versa)
Last Admin Tool • Local Security Policy • Local Policy • User rights – backup files, change system time, shutdown system • Account Policies • Password history, length of password, password aging • Account lockout – threshold, duration, reset
Computer Management Tool • Event Viewer (view logs and events) • System Information (like system icon in CP) • Performance Logs and Alerts (performance mon) • Shared Folders (monitor file sharing on server) • Device Manager (monitor hardware devices)
Local Users and Groups (account management) • Disk Management (disk monitor, part., format) • Disk Defragmenter (disk defrag tool) • Logical Drives (monitor all logical drives) • Services and Applications (control services)
Others • Windows Update (startwindows update) • Task Manager • My Computer • My Network Places • StartProgramsAccessories • Wordpad and Notepad • Command Prompt • ipconfig, msconfig, regedit • System Tools (backup, defrag, etc..)
Active Directory • Domains (PDC/BDC) • Enterprise wide • No longer pdc/bdc, but all multimaster domain servers and multimaster replication
Multi-processors • Load Balancing • Clustering • Fault Tolerant Features • RAID (mirroring, raid 5, etc..) • UPS control