This training provides the skills and knowledge needed to manage storage and virtualization with Windows Server 2016/2019 and understand the scenarios, needs and storage available and applicable with Windows Server 2016/2019.
Content
Installing Windows Server
- Prerequisites, choice of an edition and installation options
- Installation of roles and features
- Installation and configuration of a Core server
- Implementing Windows PowerShell Desired State Configuration
- Upgrading and migration of servers 2008 and 2012 to 2016
- Windows Server 2016 activation templates
- Scenarios for using a Nano Server
- Installation, management and configuration of a Nano Server
- New Windows Server 2019 – Windows Admin Center
- Planning for server virtualization
- Evaluation of the virtualization of activities with MAP
- Linux and FreeBSD Deployment Planning
- Features of Windows Deployment Images
- Windows Image Deployment Tools
- Image management and maintenance
- Practical work:
- Installation and configuration of a Core server
- Creating and installing a Nano server
- Deploy a Windows Server 2016 MDT Basic Image using the Windows Deployment Service Role
Implementation of storage solutions
- Configuration of MBR & GPT partitions
- Create VHD and VHDX virtual hard drives
- Handling of physical & virtual hard drives
- Choose NTFS & ReFS file system
- Demonstration: Creating and configuring a virtual hard drive
- SMB & NFS Share Configuration
- Configuring Shares Using PowerShell
- Implementation of file and folder rights
- Configure and extend storage pools
- Implement disk mirrors (Raid)
- Configure optimized storage
- Implementation of iSCSI targets and initiators
- Configure iSNS
- Configure Data Center Bridging (DCB)
- Configure Multi-Path I/O (MPIO)
- Storage replication
- Implement and configure data deduplication
- Monitor data deduplication
- Data backup and deduplication solutions
- New Windows Server 2019: Storage and deduplication
- Practical work:
- Creating virtual disks
- Creating a storage pool and an iSCSI target server
Implementation of Hyper-V
- Prerequisites for installation of Hyper-V
- New Hyper-V 2016
- Upgrade from previous versions
- VM Management Tools
- Implement interlocked virtualization
- New on Hyper-V 2019
- RAM and Pagination Management
- NUMA support
- Configuring Resource Consumption
- Managing integration services
- Generation 1 or 2 VM
- Implement extended session mode
- Linux and FreeBSD Virtual Machines
- Implement secure startup
- Import and export virtual machines
- DDA (Discrete Device Assignment)
- Create VHD and VHDX
- Virtual disks
- Characteristics of VHDS and differentiation discs
- Edit Virtual Disks
- Managing checkpoints
- Implement a Fibre Channel adapter
- Configure Service Quality of Storage (QoS)
- Hyper-V network interfaces
- Types of Hyper-V switches
- Presentation of Hyper-V switches
- Optimize network performance
- Configure MAC Addresses
- The association of network cards with Hyper-V
- The queues of virtual machines
- RDMA
- bandwidth management
- Practical work:
- Installing Hyper-V Role in a Virtual Machine
- Creating a virtual disk and a virtual switch
Implementation of Windows containers
- Presentation of Windows containers
- Windows Container Components
- Windows Server and Hyper-V containers
- Docker on Windows Server 2016
- Components of the Docker solution under Windows
- Create Windows Server and Windows Hyper-V containers
- New Windows Server 2019: Containers
- Manage container related networks and volumes
- Create container images using Dockerfile, Docker Hub or Azure
- Practical work: Deployment of a Docker Container
Implementation of high availability
- New Windows Server 2016
- Configure Cluster Networks
- Configure Quorum
- Configure storage
- Cluster backup and restoration
- Update adapted to clusters
- Upgrading Cluster OS (Rolling Upgrade)
- Configure and optimize CSV
- File Servers with Parallel Rise
- The guest cluster
- Implement cluster storage spaces and storage replication
- Shared discs and cluster storage
- Roles and resources in a changeover cluster
- Configure virtual machine monitoring
- Configure changeover settings and preferences
- Features of an extended multi-site cluster
- Quorum in a multi-site cluster
- New Windows Server 2019 : Cluster
- Features of a Hyper-V cluster
- Implementing Hyper-V Replicas
- Switch with a Hyper-V replica
- Implementing dynamic migration
- Authentication of dynamic migration
- Other possible types of migration
- Network protection options for virtual machines
- Set stops with flow (drain on shutdown)
- Characteristics of direct storage spaces
- Components of direct storage space
- Presentation of Network Load Balancing
- Features of a NLB cluster
- Configuration of a NLB cluster
- Network configuration of a NLB cluster
- NLB cluster considerations
- Practical work:
- Implementation of network load balancing (NLB)
- Implementation of a Hyper-V Replica
Maintenance and monitoring of server environments
- Prerequisites and Presentation of the Update Server Role (WSUS)
- Windows Client Configuration
- WSUS administration, reporting and troubleshooting
- Windows Defender
- Manage Windows Server built-in backup
- Monitoring Tools in Windows Server 2016
- Monitor activities in real time
- Data collectors and alerts
- Observer for events
- Event subscriptions
- Server Manager
- Practical work:
- Configuring a WSUS Server
- Creating a performance meter
Duration: 3 days
Price € 3000
