Great Resource For IIS Training

 IT Admin Tips, Learning  No Responses »
Jan 302012
 

I have been working lately on trying to round out my skill set again instead of being primarily focused just on the operating system.  One of the areas that I have started to look at again is Internet Information Server 7.  One of the best sites out there for free training material is http://learn.iis.net.   The site has a great overview that gets you up to speed on what IIS is capable of doing.  The site also has a download section, community section, forums section, and a blogs section.  The people that provide content are experts with IIS 7.  The videos that I have watched so far are spot on.  Check out the links below to learn more about the site.

Overview of The site –  learn.iis.net
http://www.iis.net/overview

 Download Section –  learn.iis.net
 http://www.iis.net/download

Forums Section – learn.iis.net
http://forums.iis.net/

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Server Benchmark

 IT Admin Tips, performance, Tools  No Responses »
Jan 182012
 

Server benchmark is the latest tool that I have discovered over the past couple of days.  I am a true geek at heart and can never find enough of these programs to test and burn in a new system.  Server Benchmark is a free tool and can be downloaded from SourceForge.  It is very strait forward and easy to use.  Check out the screenshot below for the user interface.  This tool is great for pushing both the memory and cpu of the server.  With that said this tool is not meant to be a benchmark tool for your standard PC as it does push your video card. Let us know if you have used this great tool and what you think.

Server Benchmark

 

Server Benchmark’s Main Site
http://www.cibengineering.com/blog/server-benchmark/

Server Benchmark’s Download On SourceForge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/serverbenchmark/

Features From SourceForge

  • Server “burn in” (memory and processor benchmark)
  • Citrix & XenApp performance testing
  • VMware and XenDesktop performance testing
  • Server 2008 R2 support
  • 64 bit & 32 bit support

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PoshWSUS on Codeplex

 IT Admin Tips, Windows Server 2008  No Responses »
Jan 162012
 

 

PowerhShell has turned into one of the best tools that we have as administrators of windows products.  Support from the community is truly amazing.  PoshWSUS is a module that was created to help administrate WSUS.  The below commands can be used instead of executing everything through the GUI.  Stop by the CodePlex site and check it out.  Below are also a couple more links you can reference.  Please leave a comment if you have used it and what you think.

Current Commands From The PoshCode website.  (http://poshwsus.codeplex.com/)

Current commands are:

  • Add-WSUSClientToGroup
  • Approve-WSUSUpdate
  • Connect-WSUSDatabaseServer
  • Connect-WSUSServer
  • Deny-WSUSUpdate
  • Disconnect-WSUSServer
  • Export-WSUSMetaData
  • Get-WSUSChildServer
  • Get-WSUSClient
  • Get-WSUSClientGroupMembership
  • Get-WSUSClientPerUpdate
  • Get-WSUSClientsInGroup
  • Get-WSUSCommand
  • Get-WSUSContentDownloadProgress
  • Get-WSUSCurrentUserRole
  • Get-WSUSDatabaseConfig
  • Get-WSUSDownstreamServer
  • Get-WSUSEmailConfig
  • Get-WSUSEvent
  • Get-WSUSGroup
  • Get-WSUSInstallableItem
  • Get-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Get-WSUSServer
  • Get-WSUSStatus
  • Get-WSUSSubscription
  • Get-WSUSSyncEvent
  • Get-WSUSSyncHistory
  • Get-WSUSSyncProgress
  • Get-WSUSUpdate
  • Get-WSUSUpdateApproval
  • Get-WSUSUpdateCategory
  • Get-WSUSUpdateClassification
  • Get-WSUSUpdateFile
  • Get-WSUSUpdatePerClient
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummary
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerGroup
  • Get-WSUSUpdateSummaryPerClient
  • Import-WSUSMetaData
  • New-WSUSComputerScope
  • New-WSUSGroup
  • New-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • New-WSUSLocalPackage
  • New-WSUSUpdateScope
  • Remove-WSUSClient
  • Remove-WSUSClientFromGroup
  • Remove-WSUSGroup
  • Remove-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Remove-WSUSUpdate
  • Reset-WSUSContent
  • Resume-WSUSDownload
  • Resume-WSUSUpdateDownload
  • Set-WSUSEmailConfig
  • Set-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Start-WSUSCleanup
  • Start-WSUSInstallApprovalRule
  • Start-WSUSSync
  • Stop-WSUSDownload
  • Stop-WSUSSync
  • Stop-WSUSUpdateDownload
  • Test-WSUSDatabaseServerConnection

Examples Of PoshWSUS
http://learn-powershell.net/2010/11/14/wsus-administrator-module/ 

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