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Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook

You're reading from   Windows Server 2016 Automation with PowerShell Cookbook Powerful ways to automate and manage Windows administrative tasks

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2017
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ISBN-13 9781787122048
Length 660 pages
Edition 2nd Edition
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Thomas Lee Thomas Lee
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Preface 1. What's New in PowerShell and Windows Server 2. Implementing Nano Server FREE CHAPTER 3. Managing Windows Updates 4. Managing Printers 5. Managing Server Backup 6. Managing Performance 7. Troubleshooting Windows Server 2016 8. Managing Windows Networking Services 9. Managing Network Shares 10. Managing Internet Information Server 11. Managing Hyper-V 12. Managing Azure 13. Using Desired State Configuration

Securing Hyper-V host

With server virtualization becoming more and more the norm, managing groups of Hyper-V Servers can be simplified by using VM groups. VM Groups are a new feature in Windows Server 2016 that allows you to create and use groups of servers. Server 2016 supports two different types of VM Groups: VM collection groups and management collection groups. A VM collection group is a collection of Hyper-V VMs. You can carry out tasks on the groups rather than on each individual VM. A management collection group is a collection of VM collection groups and other nested management collection groups. VM groups are especially useful for backups and for VM replication. In backup situations, a number of VMs making up a multi-tier application need to be backed up together.

In this recipe, you create a VM collection group containing two servers. Then you set the MAC addresses...

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