A ještě termíny uvedení všech certifikací pro Windows 2008

 

Exam No.      English Date   Local Lang Date
70-640          27/2/08         27/4/08
70-642          27/2/08         27/4/08
70-643          27/2/08         27/4/08
70-646          20/3/08         20/5/08
70-647          20/3/08         20/5/08
70-648 (V2)   18/4/08         18/6/08
70-649 (V2)   18/4/08         18/6/08

 P.S.: Jen pro informaci. U zkoušek 70-648 a 70-649 se bude jednat o update stávajících verzí (jsou již od podzimu dostupné) na verzi 2.0.

Dostupné BETA certifikační zkoušky pro Windows 2008 MCITP EA+SA

Dnes večer našeho času byly zveřejněny informace o BETA testech na certifikační zkoušky pro Windows Server 2008 70-646 a 70-647. Jedná se o hlavní zkoušky pro získání certifikace Microsoft Certified IT Professional Enterprise a Server Administrator. BETA testování by mělo začít 21. prosince 2007 a trvat by mělo přibližně týden. Samotné finální verze zkoušek by měly být podle neověřených informací k dispozici 20. března 2008. Dále jsou převzaté informace z Microsoftu.

 

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The Windows Server 2008 MCITP betas (70-646 and 70-647) open on December 21, I think. And invites will go out right round then, so please keep clam.

In the meantime, you might want to try this on for size: "Windows Server 2008 RC1 with Hyper-V Beta is publicly available here." Alternately, you could put that in your pipe, and smoke it.

Try the Windows Server learning portal or Windows Server 2008 info on TechNet for help brushing up on items below.

 

Skills measured by Exam 70-646

 

Planning for Server Deployment (19%)

• Plan server installations and upgrades.
• May include but is not limited to: Windows Server 2008 edition selection, Rollback planning, Bitlocker implementation requirements
• Plan for automated server deployment.
• May include but is not limited to: Standard server image, Automation and scheduling of server deployments
• Plan infrastructure services server roles.
• May include but is not limited to: Address assignment, Name resolution, Network access control, Directory services, Application services, Certificate services
• Plan application servers and services
• May include but is not limited to: Virtualization server planning, Availability, resilience, and accessibility
• Plan file and print server roles
• May include but is not limited to: Access permissions, Storage quotas, Replication, Indexing, File storage policy, Availability, Printer publishing

Planning for Server Management (23%)

• Plan server management strategies.
• May include but is not limited to: Remote administration, Remote desktop, Server management technologies, Server Manager and ServerManagerCMD, Delegation policies and procedures
• Plan for delegated administration.
• May include but is not limited to: Delegate Authority, Delegate Active Directory objects, Application Management
• Plan and implement group policy strategy.
• May include but is not limited to: GPO Management, GPO backup and recovery, Group policy troubleshooting, Group policy planning

Monitoring and Maintaining Servers (20%)

• Implement patch management strategy.
• May include but is not limited to: Operating system patch level maintenance, Windows Server Update Services (WSUS), Application patch level maintenance
• Monitor servers for performance evaluation and optimization.
• May include but is not limited to: Server and service monitoring, Optimization, Event management, Trending and baseline analysis
• Monitor and maintain security and policies.
• May include but is not limited to: Remote access, Monitor and maintain NPAS, Network access, Server security, Firewall rules and policies, Authentication and authorization, Data security, Auditing

Planning Application and Data Provisioning (19%)

• Provision applications.
• May include but is not limited to: Presentation virtualization, Terminal server infrastructure, Resource allocation, Application virtualization alternatives, Application deployment, System Center Configuration Manager
• Provision data.
• May include but is not limited to: Shared resources, Offline data access

Planning for Business Continuity and High Availability (19%)

• Plan storage.
• May include but is not limited to: Storage solutions, Storage management
• Plan high availability.
• May include but is not limited to: Service redundancy, Service availability
• Plan for backup and recovery.
• May include but is not limited to: Data recovery strategy, Server recovery strategy, Directory service recovery strategy, Object level recovery

Skills measured by Exam 70-647

 

Planning Network and Application Services (23%)

• Plan for name resolution and IP addressing.
• May include but is not limited to: Internal and external naming strategy, Naming resolution support for legacy clients, Naming resolution for directory services, IP addressing scheme, TCP/IP version coexistence
• Design for network access.
• May include but is not limited to: Network access policies, Remote access strategy, Perimeter networks, Server and domain isolation
• Plan for application delivery.
• May include but is not limited to: Application virtualization, Presentation virtualization, Locally installed software, Web-based applications
• Plan for Terminal Services.
• May include but is not limited to: Terminal Services licensing, Terminal Services infrastructure

Designing Core Identity and Access Management Components (25%)

• Design Active Directory forests and domains.
• May include but is not limited to: Forest structure, Forest and domain functional levels, Intra-organizational authorization and authentication, Schema modifications
• Design the Active Directory physical topology.
• May include but is not limited to: Placement of servers, Site and replication topology, Printer location policies
• Design the Active Directory administrative model.
• May include but is not limited to: Delegation, Group strategy, Compliance auditing, Group administration, Organizational structure
• Design the enterprise-level group policy strategy.
• May include but is not limited to: Group policy hierarchy and scope filtering, Control device installation, Authentication and authorization

Designing Support Identity and Access Management Components (29%)

• Plan for domain or forest migration, upgrade, and restructuring.
• May include but is not limited to: Cross-forest authentication, Backward compatibility, Object migration, Migration planning, Implementation planning, Environment preparation
• Design the branch office deployment.
• May include but is not limited to: certificate request and installation; self-enrollments; delegation; Active Directory Metadirectory Services (AD MDS); Windows Server virtualization
• Configure the read-only domain controller (RODC).
• May include but is not limited to: Authentication strategy, Server security
• Design and implement public key infrastructure.
• May include but is not limited to: Certificate services, PKI operations and maintenance, Certificate life cycle management
• Plan for interoperability.
• May include but is not limited to: Inter-organizational authorization and authentication, Application authentication interoperability, Cross-platform interoperability

Designing for Business Continuity and Data Availability (23%)

• Plan for business continuity.
• May include but is not limited to: Service availability, Directory service recovery
• Design for software updates and compliance management.
• May include but is not limited to: Patch management and patch management compliance, Microsoft Update and Windows Update, Security baselines, System health models
• Design the operating system virtualization strategy.
• May include but is not limited to: Server consolidation, Application compatibility, Virtualization management, Placement of servers
• Design for data management and data access.
• May include but is not limited to: Data security, Data accessibility and redundancy, Data collaboration

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Microsoft Virtualization. Jak pracuje HYPERVISOR.

Dne 13. října 2007, měl významný engineer z Microsoftu Eric Traut prezentaci na University of Illinois o virtualizačních technologiích společnosti Microsoft a také se zmínil o Windows 7 – příští verzi Windows po systému Vista. ZDE je k dispozici přibližně hodinový záznam této prezentace, ukazující hlubší pohled na to, jak pracuje technologie Hypervisor.

Uvedení nových verzí VMware ESX Serveru 3.5 a VirtualCenter 2.5

Společnost VMware vydala 11. prosince 2007 novou verzi vlajkové lodi na poli virtualizace – VMware ESX Server verzi 3.5. Zároveň byla vydána nová verze VirtualCenter 2.5, což je hlavní nástroj pro konfiguraci a správu virtuálních prostředí od společnosti VMware. Vzhledem k tomu, že virtualizace pro enterprise zákazníky od společnosti Microsoft bude vydána až po uvedení Windows Serveru 2008 na trh, zůstává otázkou zda tito zákazníci budou nadále čekat na "levnější integrované řešení" nebo se rozhodnou pro novou verzi VMware ESX Serveru.

 

Nové vlastnosti VMware ESX Server 3.5 a VirtualCenter 2.5 (převzato ze stránek výrobce):

Virtualization platform enhancements help deliver significant performance gains for the most memory and I/O intensive workloads:

• Large memory pages for both ESX Server as well as guest operating systems improve memory processing for memory intensive workloads such as databases
• Support for TCP Segmentation Offload and jumbo frames reduces the CPU overhead associated with processing network i/o, and benefits workloads such as Citrix and Windows Terminal Services
• Support for paravirtualized Linux improves the performance of Linux workloads

VMware Storage VMotion enables live migration of virtual machine disks from one data storage system to another with little to no disruption or downtime. Administrators can dynamically balance storage workloads and address performance bottlenecks by migrating virtual machine disks to the best available storage resource, minimizing service disruptions.

VMware Update Manager automates patch and update management for VMware ESX Server hosts and virtual machines by tracking certain patch levels and manually applying the latest security/bug fixes. Patching of offline virtual machines enforces higher levels of patch standards compliance than physical environments. Integration with VMware Distributed Resource Scheduler (DRS) enables zero-downtime VMware ESX Server host patching capabilities.

VMware Guided Consolidation, a feature of VMware VirtualCenter enables smaller companies to easily and quickly get started with server consolidation in a step-by-step tutorial fashion. A wizard discovers physical servers, identifies consolidation candidates, converts them to virtual machines, and intelligently places them onto the optimal VMware ESX Server or VMware Server hosts.

VMware Distributed Power Management is an experimental feature that reduces power consumption in the data center through intelligent workload balancing. Working in conjunction with VMware DRS, Distributed Power Management is designed to automatically power off servers not currently needed in order to meet service levels, and automatically power on servers as demand for compute resources increases.

Celou tiskovou zprávu si můžete přečíst ZDE.

Plán certifikací pro System Center na rok 2008

Přikládám obrázek s popisem certifikací pro oblast System Center. Budou zde 2 zkoušky MCTS – 70-400 a 70-401 a 1 MCTIP – 70-402. V obrázku jsou i předběžné termíny pro uvedení jednotlivých zkoušek do života.

 

 

Šablony do Microsoft Visio pro System Center produkty

Pokud někdo potřebujete vytvořit ve Visiu strukturu prostředí pro System Center Operation Manager 2007 nebo System Center Configuration Manager 2007,  jsou zde k dispozici šablony pro tyto produkty – OpsMgr 2007, SCCM 2007.

 

OpsMgr 2007 Visio Template Stencils obsahuje šablony pro tyto komponenty:

 

• Database
• Data Warehouse
• Root Management Server
• Reporting Server
• Management Server
• Agent
• Console
• Gateway Server
• Audit Database
• Agent w/ Audit Collection
• Web Console Server
• Agent-less Managed Server
• Database Cluster
• RMS Cluster
• Network Device
• RMS w/ Operations Database
• Data Warehouse Cluster
• Management Server (AEM Enabled)
• RMS with Audit Collector
• OMCF Redirector
• Operations Manager Root Management Server (AEM enabled)
• Firewall

Configuration Manager 2007 Visio Stencils obsahuje šablony pro tyto komponenty:

 

• Primary Site Server
• Secondary Site Server
• SQL Server
• Configuration Manager Database
• Management Point
• Software Update Point
• Device Management Point
• Server Locator Point
• State Migration Point
• Software Update Point
• Reporting Point
• Protected Distribution Point
• Branch Distribution Point
• Distribution Point
• System Health Validation Point
• Proxy Management Point
• PXE Service Point

 

Jak na… – kompletní instalaci OpsMgr 2007 pomocí příkazové řádky

Na internetu se objevil kompletní seznam parametrů pro instalaci OpsMgr 2007 pomocí příkazové řádky a to včetně instalace Audit Collection a také pro upgrade na Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1. Zde to je.

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Agent – (MOMAgent.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOMAgent.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMAgent_install.log  USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<MSDNSName>

ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<AccountUser> ACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain> ACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword>
 

Typical – (MOM.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOM.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMTypical_install.log ADDLOCAL=ALL USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name> MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<MSName>

SQLSVR_INSTANCE=<servername\InstanceName> ADMIN_ROLE_GROUP=“DomainName/Account” ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<AccountName>  ACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain> 

ACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword> SDK_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 SDK_ACCOUNT=<AccountName> SDK_DOMAIN=<DomainName> SDK_PASSWORD=<Password>
 

Database –(MOM.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOM.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMDB_install.log  ADDLOCAL=MOMDB USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name>

SQLSVR_INSTANCE=<servername\InstanceName> DB_SIZE=500 ADMIN_ROLE_GROUP=<AD Security Group Name> DATA_DIR=<SQL data files folder> LOG_DIR=<SQL log files folder>
 

Server –(MOM.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOM.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMServer_install.log  ADDLOCAL=MOMServer USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name>

MOM_DB_SERVER=<ServerName\Instance> ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<AccountName> ACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain>  ACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword>

SDK_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 SDK_ACCOUNT=<AccountName> SDK_DOMAIN=<AccountDomain> SDK_PASSWORD=<AccountPassword>
 

UI –(MOM.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOM.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMUI_install.log  ADDLOCAL=MOMUI USE_SETTINGS_FROM_AD=0 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=<MG_Name>

ROOT_MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<RMSDNSName>
 

WebConsole (MOM.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\MOM.msi /qn /l*v \logs\MOMUI_install.log  ADDLOCAL=MOMWebConsole WEB_CONSOLE_AUTH_TYPE=0 ROOT_MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<RMSNetbiosName>

( ‘0’ is windows auth and ‘1’ is Forms auth)
 

Data Warehouse-  (Reporting2007.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\Reporting2007.msi /qn /l*v "D:\LOGS\REPORTING_INSTALL.LOG" ADDLOCAL=”MOMREPORTINGDB” SQLSVR_INSTANCE=”<COMPUTERNAME\INSTANCE1>"

MOMREPORTINGDBNAME=”SCOMDW” DB_SIZE=”1000”
 

Reporting Server (Reporting2007.msi)

msiexec.exe /i \\path\Directory\Reporting2007.msi /qn /l*v "D:\LOGS\REPORTING_INSTALL.LOG" ADDLOCAL=”MOMREPORTING” SQLSVR_INSTANCE="<COMPUTERNAME\INSTANCE>"

MOMREPORTINGDBNAME=”SCOMDW” MGSERVER=<COMPUTERNAME> PREREQ_COMPLETED="1" REPORT_SERVER_FULL_HTTP_PATH="http://%COMPUTERNAME%:80/ReportServer$INSTANCE1"

DATAREADER_USER=<AccountUser> DATAREADER_PASSWORD=<AccountPassword> DATAREADER_DOMAIN=<AccountDomain>  DBWRITEACTIONSUSER=<AccountUser>

DBWRITEACTIONSPASSWORD=<AccountPassword> DBWRITEACTIONSDOMAIN=<AccountDomain>

 

Gateway Server (MOMGateway.msi)

msiexec /i \\path\Directory\MOMGateway.msi /qn /l*v D:\GATEWAY_SERVER_INSTALL_1.LOG ADDLOCAL=MOMGateway,MOMNonRootServer SECURE_PORT=5723 MANAGEMENT_GROUP=MyConfigGroup

MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<MS_Name> IS_ROOT_HEALTH_SERVER=0 ROOT_MANAGEMENT_SERVER_AD=<RMS_Name> ROOT_MANAGEMENT_SERVER_DNS=<RMS_Name> ROOT_MANAGEMENT_SERVER_PORT=5723

ACTIONS_USE_COMPUTER_ACCOUNT=0 ACTIONSUSER=<DomainUser> ACTIONSDOMAIN=<domainname> ACTIONSPASSWORD=<password>

 

Audit Collection Server (AdtSetup.exe)

The cmd line you will use would look like this:\\PATH\Directory\AdtSetup.exe /i /s /p:ACSInstallParameters.xml

You will need to specify ACSInstallParameters.xml while passing the command line you will configure all your setting in the XML file before passing it. The XML file is

attached.

For ‘/i‘ is for ‘install’, ‘/s’ is for ‘silent’, and ‘/p’ is for parameter (file)… 

 

These are the command line parameter to upgrade from OpsMgr 2007 RTM to SP1 RC. Users must upgrade the RMS first which will remotely upgrade the DB. When you upgrade the

Reporting Server setup will remotely upgrade the Data Warehouse as well. In order to upgrade the RMS, MS or UI you will need to run step 1 and then step 2 of the command

line.

SP1RC Upgrade of RMS, MS and UI: Step 1

msiexec /p MOM2007QFEPreSP1.msp REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL  /qn /l*v D:\logs\QFERollup.log

 

SP1 RC Upgrade of RMS, MS and UI: Step 2 (DB gets upgraded automatically)

msiexec /p MOM2007SP1.msp SP1UPGRADE=1 REINSTALLMODE=omus REINSTALL=ALL /qn /l*v D:\logs\SP1Update.log

 

SP1 RC Upgrade of Gateway Server

msiexec /i MOMGateway.msi SP1UPGRADE=1 SET_ACTIONS_ACCOUNT=0  REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL /qn /l*v D:\logs\GatewayUpdate.log

 

SP1 RC Upgrade of Reporting (DW gets upgraded automatically)

msiexec /i Reporting2007.msi SP1UPGRADE=1 SET_ACTIONS_ACCOUNT=0 REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL /qn /l*v D:\logs\ReportingUpdate.log
 

SP1 RC Upgrade of Agent

msiexec /i MOMAgent.msi SP1UPGRADE=1 SET_ACTIONS_ACCOUNT=0 REINSTALLMODE=vomus REINSTALL=ALL /qn /l*v D:\logs\AgentUpdate.log

SP1 RC Upgrade of Audit Collection

msiexec /i AdtServer.msi ADDLOCAL=ALL REINSTALLMODE=vamus REINSTALL=ALL /qn /l*v D:\logs\ACSUpdate.log

 

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