Click next. On the Server Roles tab, you can choose any of the roles you would like to add to the server. If you only want to install features, you do not have to check any of these checkboxes. For this lecture, we are going to install and uninstall roles and features so you understand how it works. You will get a popup stating that you need to add required features in order to install this role. The Features tab looks very similar to Server Roles tab.
If we had not selected any roles to install, we would not be able to progress past this screen. It is important for you to know that you do not have to install roles, but you must at least install features in order to complete this wizard. The features required by the Fax Server role are already checked for installation, so simply click next to continue. The next screen will prompt us about the new Fax Server role we are installing.
Generally when you add a new server role, you will have some type of informational tabs added to the wizard. Click Next through the prompts. When you are brought to the Role Services tab, you can check additional services if you would like them.
Since this role is temporary and just an example, I am not going to include any of these optional role services. Click Next. Now we are brought to the Confirmation tab. As a general rule, it is a good idea to check this checkbox. Note that you may close this wizard at any time, and the installation will still continue. Once the window is closed, you may view the progress by clicking on the flag icon on the top right-hand corner of Server Manager.
Once the installation is complete, refresh Server Manager by either pressing F5 or by pressing the refresh button next to the notifications button. On the notifications button you will see new notification stating that you must complete the post-deployment configurations. Just about every role you install will require some type of post-deployment configuration — since we are about to uninstall this role, we do not need to complete this.
You will get the popup stating that you can remove the features that were required by the server role. Notice that this list is not exactly the same as the features we were required to install.
This is because we will need to uninstall additional roles as well. Again, you will be prompted to remove features that require the role. Click the Remove Features button.
Click Next until you reach the confirmation Window. Select Yes when you receive the warning message about the reboot. Click the Remove button and wait for the uninstall to finish and the Server to reboot. Windows Domains have been around since with the release of Windows NT. They provide System Administrators an efficient way to manage small or large networks.
Domain controllers hold the tools Active Directory and Group Policy among others - so when you need to create new user accounts or change domain policies, this is all done from a domain controller.
You can have several domain controllers within a domain but there is only one primary or main domain controller. The primary reason for having more than one DC is fault tolerance. The critical information user, computer account information, etc is replicated between the DCs so if one goes down the client computers will switch to the other DC that is still functioning.
This tool is used to not only manage user and computer accounts but also acts as a directory service for resources on your network like printers, file shares etc. When a domain user searches for a printer to install, they will find all the printers that have been added to the Domain Controller with AD.
AD is a tool to manage domain users, computers, printers, file shares, groups, and more — these are all considered AD objects. Groups contain members which can be any valid AD object user, computer, etc. All of these AD objects are stored within folders called Organizational Units. It allows an administrator to manage all domain users or domain computers remotely. You can target specific AD objects, specific OUs, or the entire domain.
Remember that any server running the AD DS role is considered a domain controller. This is the name of my website and if you would like you can create any domain name you want. You should already know how to install a server role on the server you are currently logged in to but I am going to cover the steps again. You will see a popup window stating you cannot install AD DS unless certain role services or features are also installed:.
We do not need any additional features as all the required features were already added. Again click Next. Now you will be brought to the AD DS screen. It tells us that we will also need install the DNS role if we do not already have it set up. Click Next and continue on to the Confirmation screen.
Here we can see the roles and features we are about to install. Click Install and wait for the installation to finish. Once the installation is complete you will have post-deployment configuration steps to complete as well:.
The AD DS configuration wizard will appear giving us three options:. This option is not suitable for us now because we have not created a domain yet. Let me explain. We are going to create a domain called itflee. If that domain already existed we could create a sub or child domain called courses. In theory we could setup this sub domain called courses. You could configure this sub domain so that Admins from the itflee. Again this is not an appropriate option for us because the itflee.
This allows us to create and specify a new domain. Choose this option and specify a root domain name. I am going to enter itflee. It will take a second before the Domain Controller Options screen will appear to just be patient while it processes. You need to specify the OS you are using in this case it is Windows Server If you remember, when we installed the AD DS role it said that we had to install this in order for the DC to function properly.
The Global Catalog option means that the server will list all active directory objects. This is a requirement for a primary domain controller or when we are creating a new domain forest.
If you choose the Read Only Domain Controller option, then the domain controller will not be able to make changes to the domain.
We will want to make changes to our domain so do not check this checkbox. Type in a DSRM password and make sure that you either write it down or memorize it. Click next to proceed on to the DNS options. This warning means that people on the internet will not be able to resolve local DNS names on your local DNS server names like itflee.
Click next and proceed on to the Additional Options. I recommend that you leave them at the default setting and click next. We are brought to the Review Options screen where we can see all of the options we have chosen so far. Close the PowerShell script and click next. The wizard is going to go verify that the server is ready to be promoted as a DC.
This will take a few minutes before it is ready so just be patient wait for it to complete the checks. Once the checks complete at the top you will see that all prerequisite checks have passed:. If you have errors, you can address the errors Google is your friend and click the rerun prerequisite checks text:. Under the view results window we can see there are various warnings. None of these are critical but it is worth reading through them.
We can see that the first one is a security setting stating that anything with crypography not compatible with Windows NT 4. This is not an issue for us because we are not using old servers or old technology.
The second is in regards to our first networking adapter not having a static IP address. This is because the first adapter is connected to our NAT adapter and will not be used for our local domain. This can be ignored. The third warning is about the DNS delegation. Again we do not care if people on the internet can resolve our DNS records within our network. Click the install button and wait for the installation to complete and the server to reboot.
This can take a good while depending on the speed of your server so you will need to be patient while it works. If we had multiple domain names we could specify a different domain name by typing the name of the domain we want to use followed by a backslash and the name of the user account you want to log into.
Type in the password you used to create the administrator account when you installed the server and log in. That is all we have to do to get our Windows Domain and Domain Controller fully operational. To download Windows 10, open your preferred web-browser on your Host computer and navigate to google.
The first result with be Microsofts software downloads page that allows us to download the Windows 10 Media Creation Tool. Click the Download tool now button and wait for the download to complete. Once the installation has begun, accept the license terms and on the following screen you want to select Create installation media for another PC and click Next. On the next screen you can leave the default settings or if you want you could customize them by unchecking the Use the recommended options for this PC checkbox.
I am going to leave them at the default setting and click Next. On the next screen choose the ISO file checkbox. Click Next and choose where you want to save the new ISO file. I recommend that you change the name from Windows.
Click Save and now we simply need to wait for the download to finish. Next we need to create a new VM and install Windows The reason why we are doing this is so we can later join the new computer to our Windows Domain and learn how to manage a client computer from a DC.
To get started, the first thing we need to do is create a new Virtual Machine. Open VirtualBox and click on the New button. If you see the Expert button at the bottom of the Window, go ahead and switch over to that mode.
Make sure you check the Create a virtual hard disk now checkbox and click Create. The Create Virtual Hard Disk window will appear. Leave the file location at the default setting. Specify the HDD size you want in gigabytes. I am going to use 80 GB. Make sure Dynamically Allocated is checked and click Create.
Now we need to mount the Windows 10 ISO we downloaded earlier. Right-click on the VM and select Settings. Navigate to the Storage tab. Select the empty disc icon and under Attributes on the right side of the window click the disc icon and select Choose Virtual Optical Disk File…. The last thing we need to do is put our VM on the Host-only network we previously created for our domain controller.
Click on the Network tab and choose Adapter 2. Click OK to close the settings Window. We are now ready to begin the installation of Windows The VM will begin to power on an it will load the Windows installation files. Once the initial loading is complete you will be prompted to enter your language, time settings and keyboard method. Make sure you select the correct Keyboard method as this can making using the OS nearly impossible if it is wrong. Mine is configured correctly by default so I am just going to click Next.
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Do you have to server hundreds of movies to multiple independent PCs throughout a house, or do you just need a convenient place to put your music to play on your HTPC? The use of a home fileserver will strongly guide the next steps. Think about storage space. How much do you need? This is also tied closely to the last question. If all you have is a couple HD movies or many DVD-quality movies and a bit of music, you could probably get away with a single GB drive.
For many HD movies, a large music collection, and lots of family photos, a larger hard drive or an array of many hard drives may be better suited. If you decided you need a lot of space in the previous step, a RAID array might be what is needed. Decide about RAID level. RAID 1 mirrors the content in all disks, offering the most reliability with capacity of the single disk only. For less paranoid, RAID 6 tolerates as much as two disk failures without data loss.
RAID 5 gives the most capacity just one disk less than total number of disks. RAID 10 provides the most performance, offering half of the capacity. Finally, RAID 0 is fastest but loses data in all disks after any single disk fails, so is generally not a good choice if you have no other backup source. Not all levels are possible with any number of disks - usually the more disks, the more choices you have.
There are also more levels - read up on the standard RAID levels on a web. Think about a RAID controller. Hardware controllers are fast, reliable, easy to install and offer wider choice of possible RAID configurations.
However they are not cheap and if your motherboard has enough hard drive ports you can also try software RAID without controller. It will outperform the cheapest hardware RAID cards. However you need to search the web for setup instructions and likely use Linux. Think about the rest of the PC. Gigabit Ethernet allows for future expansion and high speeds when loading content from the server.
A power supply needs to provide enough power for all your hard drives. The 3.
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