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Networking: A Beginner's Guide
Chapter Summary
No single chapter can do justice to all the tools and knowledge needed to administer
a Windows Server 2008 professionally. This chapter briefly covered how the most
common and important tasks are handled. If you are or will be administering a
Windows Server 2008 system, you should pursue more detailed knowledge about the
topics discussed in this chapter and the many other subjects you will need to master.
In particular, start out by researching and learning about these important tools:
Reliability and Performance Monitor for troubleshooting, performance
tuning, and ongoing monitoring of important server statistics. Reliability and
Performance Monitor can be configured to take certain actions when triggers
that you set occur, such as beeping you or sending alert messages to other
computers on the network. It is also an extremely useful tool for resolving any
performance problems you encounter.
Event Viewer is key to your ability to find and diagnose Windows Server 2008
problems. You should use Event Viewer on a regular basis (I recommend using
it daily) to view new events and decide whether they need your immediate
attention. You can use Event Viewer to save the event logs periodically, creating
a long-term record of error and informational messages stored in its logs.
Task Scheduler can be used to schedule recurring tasks you want to run
frequently on your server, such as virus scans (with third-party virus software),
disk defragmentation, and disk testing.
These are some of the core tools you should learn for basic Windows Server 2008
administration. In Chapter 19, you can also read about some other network services
that are available on Windows Server 2008.
Summary :
276 Networking: A Beginner's Guide Chapter Summary No single chapter can do justice to all the tools and knowledge needed to administer a Windows Server 2008 professionally. If you are or will be administering a Windows Server 2008 system, you should pursue more detailed knowledge about the topics discussed in this chapter and the many other subjects you will need to master.
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