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Server Core

Configure VM 

Rename-VMSwitch Intel* External
New-VM PLABDMCORE02 1024 1 -SwitchName External -NewVHDPath 'D:\VHD\PLABDMCORE02\Virtual Hard Disks\PLABDMCORE02.vhdx' -NewVHDSize 127gb
Set-VMDvdDrive ... # Can't find way to pass through host drive Z:\
Add DVD drive Z: of host to VM's DVD drive (no Powershell equivalent found yet). 
Start-VM PLABDMCORE02
Install Windows, then continue configuring VM 
# PLABDMCORE02
Rename-Computer PLABDMCORE02
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.7 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet -ServerAddresses 192.168.0.1
Restart-Computer
Join computer to domain 
Add-Computer -DomainName practicelabs.com -DomainCredential practicelabs\administrator
Restart-Computer
Install packages remotely 
# PLABDC01
Enter-PSSession PLABDMCORE02
Add-WindowsFeature -Name dns,rsat-dns-server -IncludeManagementTools
Add PLABDMCORE02 as a DNS server while remotely connected to DC (no Powershell equivalent found yet).

Add a secondary lookup zone to PLABDMCORE02 (doesn't work; asks for Zonefile) 

Add-DnsServerSecondaryZone -Name practicelabs.com -MasterServers 192.168.0.1

Nano Server

# PLABDM01
Copy-Item Z:\NanoServer\NanoServerImageGenerator\*.ps* C:\nanoserver
Import-Module C:\nNanoserver\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1
Create the VHD image 
New-NanoServerImage -Edition Standard -MediaPath z:\ -Basepath c:\nanoserver -Targetpath c:\nanoserver\PLABNANOSRV01.vhdx -DeploymentType Guest -ComputerName PLABNANOSRV01 -Storage -Package Microsoft-NanoServer-DNS-Package
Set-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName PLABNANOSRV01 -Path C:\nanoserver\PLABNANOSRV01.vhdx

DISM

# PLABSA01 
Set-Location C:\
mkdir updates,images,mount,drivers
Copy-Item \\plabdm01\Win10\sources\install.wim C:\updates
(Get-Item C:\updates\install.wim).IsReadOnly = $false
Move specified .msu installers to C:\updates and uncompress device driver to C:\drivers

Using Powershell: 

Mount-WindowsImage -Path C:\mount -ImagePath C:\images\install.wim -Index 1
Add-WindowsPackage -Path C:\mount -PackagePath C:\updates 
Add-WindowsDriver -Path C:\mount -Driver C:\drivers\display.driver\nv_dispi.inf
Save-WindowsImage -Path C:\mount 
Dismount-WindowsImage -Path C:\mount -Save
Using dism.exe: 
dism /mount-wim /wimfile:c:\images\install.wim /index:1 /mountdir:c:\mount
dism /image:c:\mount /add-package /packagepath:c:\updates
dism /image:c:\mount /add-driver /driver:c:\drivers\display.driver\nv_dispi.inf
dism /commit-wim /mountdir:c:\mount
dism /unmount-wim /commit /mountdir:c:\mount

NLB lab

Configure a Network Load Balancing cluster. [Practice Lab][pl:70-740]

# PLABDM01 and PLABSA01
Install-WindowsFeature web-server, web-webserver, web-mgmt-tools -IncludeManagementTools

# PLABDM01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1

# PLABSA01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.40 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
Install-WindowsFeature -Name nlb -IncludeAllSubFeature -IncludeManagementTools
Using the Network Load Balancing Manager, create a new cluster named PLAB-NLB1 specifying multicast operation mode at 192.168.0.25, and create an appropriate DNS record on PLABDC01.

Install NLB on PLABDM01 and add it to the cluster through the NLB Manager. Edit the image located at C:\inetpub\wwwroot\iisstart.png on either server. Once saved, these edits will now be visible when that server's website is visited at its hostname. Copy the contents of C:\inetpub\wwwroot to new directory C:\nlbport on PLABDM01. Host that directory as a website on port 6789, opening the firewall appropriately. 

New-Website -Name nlbport -PhysicalPath "c:\nlbport" -Port 6789
New-NetFirewallRule -DisplayName NLBPort -Protocol TCP -LocalPort 6789
Returning to the NLB Manager, open Cluster Properties > Port Rules and remove the single defined port rule. Add a new port rule that specifies port 80 for "multiple host" filtering mode, and another that specifies port 6789 for "single host" filtering mode. Then from the host-specific port rule dialog box, select a handling priority of 10.

iSCSI Storage

Network topology 

# PLABDC01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.10 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2

# PLABDM01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.1.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1,Ethernet2 -ServerAddresses 192.168.0.1
iSCSI target 
# PLABDC01
Add-WindowsFeature fs-iscsitarget-server -IncludeManagementTools
New-iSCSIVirtualDisk -SizeBytes 5gb -Path 'C:\CorporateHD.vhdx'
New-iSCSIServerTarget -TargetName plabdc01 -InitiatorId @('ipaddress:192.168.0.20','ipaddress:192.168.1.20')
Add-iSCSIVirtualDiskTargetMapping -Path 'C:\CorporateHD.vhdx' -TargetName plabdc01
iSCSI initiator 
# PLABDM01
Start-Service msiscsi
Get-NetFirewallServiceFilter -Service msiscsi | Get-NetFirewallRule | Enable-NetFirewallRule
Connect-iSCSITarget -NodeAddress (Get-iSCSITarget).NodeAddress
Multipath ... Finally, mount the drive 
New-Volume -DiskNumber 5 -FriendlyName iSCSI-Volume1 -FileSystem NTFS -DriveLetter R

Data deduplication

# PLABDM01
Add-WindowsFeature fs-data-deduplication -IncludeManagementTools
Get-DedupVolume
Get-DedupStatus
Enable-DedupVolume -Volume 'D:'
Set-DedupVolume -Volume 'D:' -ExcludeFolder 'D:\win81','D:\virtual machines' 
New-DedupSchedule $name -Days Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday -DurationHours 6 -Enabled $true -Type Optimization -Memory 50
Start-DedupJob D: -Type Optimization -Memory 50

Failover cluster lab

Network topology 

# PLABDM01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.21 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (Internal network 1)"
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.1.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2
Set-DnsClientServerAddresses Ethernet1,Ethernet2 -ServerAddresses 192.168.0.1
Disable-NetAdapter "vEthernet (Internal network 1)"

# PLABSA01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.40 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.41 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias "vEthernet (Internal network 1)"
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.1.40 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2
Set-DnsClientServerAddress Ethernet1,Ethernet2 -Serveraddresses 192.168.0.1
Disable-NetAdapter "vEthernet (Internal network 1)"
iSCSI target 
# PLABDC01
Add-WindowsFeature FS-iSCSITarget-Server -IncludeManagementTools
Then go into Server Manager > File and Storage Services > iSCSI and start the New iSCSI Virtual Disk Wizard. Create a fixed 500 MB iSCSI virtual disk on C:\ named "QuorumHD" and assign it to the PLABDC01 iSCSI target server. Add plabdm01.practicelabs.com and plabsa01.practicelabs.com as initiators, and keep authentication disabled, and confirm the disk has been created. Create another virtual disk, 30 GB dynamic on D:\ names "CSVHD", and assign it to the same PLABDC01 iSCSI target server.

Configure iSCSI initiators to iSCSI Target Server

On PLABDM01, open Server Manager and click on Tools > iSCSI Initiator and connect to plabdc01.practicelabs.com. Bring disks 5 and 6 online and initialize them with [MBR][MBR] partition style. This can be done within diskmgmt.msc, where the shared volumes that have been created will appear beneath the local disks, or using PowerShell: 

# PLABDM01
New-Volume -DiskNumber 5 -DriveLetter Q -FileSystem NTFS -FriendlyName 'Quorum'
New-Volume -DiskNumber 6 -DriveLetter V -FileSystem NTFS -FriendlyName 'CSV'
Only bring the disks online on the other client 
# PLABSA01
Set-Disk -Number 4,5 -IsOffline $false

Install failover clusters

On both PLABDM01 and PLABSA01: 

Install-WindowsFeature failover-clustering -IncludeManagementTools
Then validate the installation through the Failover Cluster Manager (cluadmin.msc). Open the Validate Configuration wizard and enter plabdm01.practicelabs.com and plabsa01.practicelabs.com into the list of selected servers.

Open the Create Cluster Wizard and create cluster "PLHYPVCL01" using those same two nodes, choosing 192.168.0.25 and 192.168.1.25 for the administrative access points.

Open the Configure Cluster Quorum Wizard and configure a disk witness using the Quorum shared volume.

Open Hyper-V Manager (virtmgmt.msc) and move PLABDC02 and PLABWIN811 to V:\PLABDC02 and V:\PLABWIN811 respectively, specifying the VM's storage. Confirm the move has taken place by inspecting each VM's hard drive in the settings.

Add the Virtual Machine role to the Failover Cluster Manager, and select PLABDC02 and PLABWIN811. This will create the "PLABWIN811" Role, which actually includes both selected VMs. Open PLABWIN811 Properties, then the Failover tab, and select "Allow failback" specifying between 1 and 2 hours.

Open Hyper-V Manager and start PLABDC02. Wait until it has booted completely, then return to Failover Cluster Manager, open Nodes, right-click on PLABDM01 and then Stop Cluster Service. This option forces a failover of the VM, which drains to PLABSA01. This can be confirmed by returning to PLABSA01 and opening Hyper-V Manager, where it is revealed that PLABDC02 is running.

Scale-Out Fileserver lab

Plan network topology 

# PLABDM01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.1.20 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1,Ethernet2 -ServerAddresses 192.168.0.1
Disable-NetAdapter -InterfaceAlias 'vethernet (internal network 1)'

# PLABSA01
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.0.40 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1
New-NetIpAddress 192.168.1.40 -PrefixLength 24 -InterfaceAlias Ethernet2
Set-DnsClientServerAddress -InterfaceAlias Ethernet1,Ethernet2 -ServerAddresses 192.168.0.1
Configure iSCSI target 
# PLABDC01
Install-WindowsFeature fs-iscsitarget-server -IncludeManagementTools
New-IscsiVirtualDisk -Fixed -SizeBytes 500mb -Path 'C:\QuorumHD.vhdx'
New-IscsiVirtualDisk -SizeBytes 30gb -Path 'D:\CSVHD.vhdx'
New-IscsiServerTarget -TargetName PLABDC01 -InitiatorId @('iqn:iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:plabsa01.practicelabs.com','iqn:iqn.1991-05.com.microsoft:plabdm01.practicelabs.com')
Add-IscsiVirtualDiskTargetMapping -Path 'C:\QuorumHD.vhdx' -TargetName plabdc01
Add-IscsiVirtualDiskTargetMapping -Path 'D:\CSVHD.vhdx' -TargetName plabdc01
Configure iSCSI initiator on both clients 
# PLABDM01 and PLABSA01
Start-Service msiscsi
Get-NetFirewallServiceFilter -Service msiscsi | Get-NetFirewallRule | Enable-NetFirewallRule
Connect-iSCSITarget -NodeAddress (Get-iSCSITarget).NodeAddress
Install Failover Clustering role on nodes of the cluster 
# PLABDM01 and PLABSA01
Install-WindowsFeature failover-clustering -IncludeManagementTools
Create a failover cluster through the GUI (the Powershell commands for cluster creation appear not to support adding multiple network networks) 
# PLABDM01
New-Cluster -Name PLABSCL01 -Node PLABDM01, PLABSA01 -StaticAddress 192.168.0.25 -IgnoreNetwork 192.168.1.0/24
Set-ClusterQuorum -DiskWitness 'Cluster Disk 1'

Hyper-V storage lab

Create a VM with VHDX disks 

New-VM -Name PLABWIN102 -Generation 1 -MemoryStartupBytes 1536mb -SwitchName 'Private network 1' -NewVHDPath 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual hard disks\PLABWIN102.vhdx' -NewVHDSizeBytes 127gb
Set-VMDvdDrive -VMName PLABWIN102 -Path C:\Users\Administrator.PRACTICELABS\Documents\Eval81.iso
New-VHD -Path 'D:\Virtual Machines\PLAB1.vhdx' -Dynamic -SizeBytes 127gb
Add-VMHardDiskDrive -VMName PLABWIN102 -ControllerType IDE -ControllerNumber 0 -Path 'D:\Virtual Machines\PLAB1.vhdx'
Add a differencing disk 
New-VHD -Path 'D:\Virtual Machines\PLAB2.vhdx' -Differencing -ParentPath 'C:\Users\Public\Documents\Hyper-V\Virtual hard disks\PLABWIN102.vhdx'
Add-VMHardDrive PLABWIN102 SCSI -Path 'D:\Virtual Machines\PLAB2.vhdx'
Add a passthrough disk 
Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsOffline $true
Add-VMHardDiskDrive PLABWIN102 IDE 1 -DiskNumber 1
Create a SAN 
New-VMSan -Name "PLABS-Fc"
Add-VMFibreChannelHBA -VMName PLABDC02 -SanName "PLABS-Fc"

Hyper-V replica lab

Emphasizes VMReplication cmdlets.

# PLABDM01
Enable-NetFirewallRule VIRT-HVRHTTPL-In-TCP-NoScope,VIRT-HVRHTTPSL-In-TCP-NoScope
Enable incoming replication on the receiving server 
#PLABSA01
Enable-NetFirewallRule VIRT-HVRHTTPL-In-TCP-NoScope,VIRT-HVRHTTPSL-In-TCP-NoScope
Set-Disk -Number 1,3,4 -IsOffline $false -IsReadOnly $false
New-Volume -DiskNumber 1 -FileSystem NTFS -FriendlyName VMReplica -DriveLetter E
Set-VmReplicationServer -ReplicationEnabled $true -AllowedAuthenticationType kerberos -ReplicationAllowedFromAnyServer $true -DefaultStorageLocation E:\VHD
Configure one VM and initiate initial replication 
# PLABDM01
Test-VMReplicationConnection PLABDC02 plabsa01.practicelabs.com 80 Kerberos
Enable-VMReplication PLABDC02 plabsa01.practicelabs.com 80 Kerberos
Start-VMInitialReplication PLABDC02
Repeat for another VM 
Enable-VMReplication PLABWIN811 plabsa01.practicelabs.com 80 Kerberos
Start-VMInitialReplication PLABWIN811
Initiate a planned failover 
Start-VMFailover PLABDC02
Start-VM PLABDC02

WSUS lab

Almost totally GUI configuration of WSUS server after installation 

# PLABDM01
Add-WindowsFeature updateservices,updateservices-widdb,updateservices-services -IncludeManagementTools
mkdir C:\updates
'C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe' postinstall content_dir=C:\updates

WSUS (Sec+)

# PLABDM01
Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsOffline $false
Set-Disk -Number 1 -IsReadOnly $false
New-Volume -DiskNumber 1 -Filesystem NTFS - FriendlyName WSUS -DriveLetter E
Add-WindowsFeature updateservices,updateservices-widdb,updateservices-services -IncludeManagementTools
'C:\Program Files\Update Services\Tools\wsusutil.exe' postinstall content_dir=E:\updates
$wsus = Get-WsusServer
$config = $wsus.GetConfiguration()
Proxy 
$config.UseProxy = $true
$config.ProxyName = 'proxy'
$config.ProxyServerPort = 80
English language 
$config.AllUpdateLanguagesEnabled = $false
$config.SetEnabledUpdateLanguages('en')
$config.Save()
Upstream server is Microsoft Update 
Set-WsusServerSynchronization –SyncFromMU
Select products and classifications 
Get-WSUSProduct | Where-Object {$_.Product.Title -In ('Windows 10','Windows 8.1')} | Set-WSUSProduct
Get-WSUSClassification | Where-Object {$_.Classification.Title -eq 'Critical Updates'} | Set-WSUSClassification
Get WSUS Subscription and perform initial synchronization 
$sub = $wsus.GetSubscription()
$sub.StartSynchronization()
$sub.SynchronizeAutomatically = $false

Storage replica lab

Actually from the [Practice test][mu:70-740]. 

# On both origin and replica servers
Install-WindowsFeature storage-replica -Restart

Test-SRTopology
New-SRGroup -ComputerName server1
New-SRPartnership -SourceComputerName server1 -SourceRGName rg1 -SourceVolumeName D: -SourceLogVolumeName E: -DestinationComputerName server2 -DestinationRGName rg2 -DestinationVolumeName D: -DestinationLogVolumeName E:

Certificates

  • ADCSCertificationAuthority Install?
  • ADCSWebEnrollment [Install][Install-AdcsWebEnrollment][?][msdocs:Install-AdcsWebEnrollment]
  • WindowsFeature Add?

Add-WindowsFeature -Name ADCS-Cert-Authority,ADCS-Web-Enrollment -IncludeManagementTools
Install-ADCSCertificationAuthority -CAType EnterpriseRootCA
Install-ADCSWebEnrollment
Make a duplicate of the "User" template named "SecureUser", with the following changes - In the Request Handling tab, select "Prompt the user during enrollment" - In the Security tab ensure that Authenticated Users has Autoenroll allowed - In the Superseded Templates tab, select User - In the Subject Name tab, clear checkboxes for "Include e-mail name in subject name" and "E-mail name" 
Add-CATemplate SecureUser

Hyperconverged failover cluster

[MeasureUp][mu:70-740] 

New-Cluster -Name HC-CLU1 -Node node1, node2, node3, node4 -NoStorage
Enable-ClusterStorageSpacesDirect -CacheMode Disabled -AutoConfig:0 -SkipEligibilityChecks
New-StoragePool -StorageSubSystemFriendlyName *Cluster* -FriendlyName S2DPool -ProvisioningTyupeDefault Fixed -PhysicalDisk (Get-PhysicalDisk | Where-Object -Property CanPool -eq $true)
$pool = Get-StoragePool S2DPool
New-StorageTier -StoragePoolUniqueID ($pool).UniqueID -FriendlyName Performance -MediaType HDD -ResiliencySettingName Mirror
New-StorageTier -StoragePoolUniqueID ($pool).UniqueID -FriendlyName Capacity -MediaType HDD -ResiliencySettingName Parity
New-Volume -StoragePool $pool -FriendlyName SharedVol1 -FileSystem CSVFS_REFS -StorageTierFriendlyNames Performance, Capacity -StorageTierSizes 2gb, 10gb