Getting Started With Windows Nano Server

✍ Scribed by Charbel Nemnom

• Publisher: Packt Publising Ltd
• Year: 2017
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 406
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Remain highly competitive in the server and VM market by gaining the practical skills needed to operate Nano Server

About This Book
The days of the local server are numbered, and this book will make you an ace by giving you the skills needed to administer Nano Server and survive in the brave new server world
Learn to quickly automate multiple VMs and support Hyper-V clusters, all through small footprints from a single host
Apply up-to-date, real-world examples presented in this book and improve the scalability and efficiency of large-scale VM deployments
Who This Book Is For
This book opens up new potential for both developers and IT pros alike. The book is primarily for Server administrators and IT Professionals who would like to deploy and administer Nano Server within their organizations, and for developers who are trying to make maximal use of Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers with Nano Servers.

What You Will Learn
Understand Nano Server
Deploy Nano Server
Deploy Hyper-V Clusters on Nano Server
Deploy Nano Server with SCVMM
Manage Nano Server using PowerShell and Remote Server Management Tools
Manage Nano Server with third-party tools
Run Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server
Troubleshoot Nano Server
Validate developed applications that run on Nano Server
In Detail
Nano Server allows developers and operations teams to work closely together and use containers that package applications so that the entire platform works as one. The aim of Nano Server is to help applications

✦ Table of Contents

Contents

1: Introduction to Nano Server
    'Chapter 1: Introduction to Nano Server'
    'The story behind Nano Server'
    'The journey to Nano Server'
    'What makes Nano Server unique?'
    'Nano Server improvements'
    'Summary'
2: Getting Started with Nano Server
    'Chapter 2: Getting Started with Nano Server'
    'Getting started with Nano Server'
    'Building and customizing a Nano Server image using Windows PowerShell'
    'Building and customizing a Nano Server image using Nano Server image builder'
    'Customizing a Nano Server image using DISM'
    'Summary'
3: Deploying Nano Server in a Virtual Machine and on Physical Hardware
    'Chapter 3: Deploying Nano Server in a Virtual Machine and on Physical Hardware'
    'Nano Server roles and features'
    'Deploying Nano Server in a VM'
    'Deploying Nano Server on a physical machine'
    'Deploying Nano Server in Microsoft Azure'
    'Summary'
4: Deploying Hyper-V Cluster on Nano Server
    'Chapter 4: Deploying Hyper-V Cluster on Nano Server'
    'Nano Server as a compute cluster'
    'Nano Server as a storage cluster'
    'Summary'
5: Deploying, Managing, and Monitoring Nano Server with System Center 2016
    'Chapter 5: Deploying, Managing, and Monitoring Nano Server with System Center 2016'
    'Deploying Nano Server with system center virtual machine manager 2016'
    'Managing Nano Server with system center virtual machine manager 2016'
    'Monitoring Nano Server with System Center operations manager 2016'
    'Summary'
6: Managing Nano Server with Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell DSC
    'Chapter 6: Managing Nano Server with Windows PowerShell and Windows PowerShell DSC'
    'Remote server graphical tools'
    'Managing Nano Server with PowerShell'
    'Managing Nano Server with PowerShell DSC'
    'Managing Nano Server Security Settings with PowerShell DSC'
    'Summary'
7: Managing Nano Server with Third-Party Tools
    'Chapter 7: Managing Nano Server with Third-Party Tools'
    'Nano Server administration using 5nine Manager'
    'Creating and managing Nano Server failover clusters with 5nine Manager'
    'Summary'
8: Running Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server
    'Chapter 8: Running Windows Server Containers and Hyper-V Containers on Nano Server'
    'Container overview'
    'Windows Server containers and Hyper-V containers'
    'Running Windows containers on Nano Server'
    'Summary'
9: Troubleshooting Nano Server
    'Chapter 9: Troubleshooting Nano Server'
    'Nano recovery console'
    'Emergency management services'
    'Kernel debugging'
    'Setup and boot event collection (SBEC)'
    'Enabling access to Nano Server event logs'
    'Summary'
10: Running Other Workloads on the Nano Server
    'Chapter 10: Running Other Workloads on the Nano Server'
    'Running DNS on Nano Server'
    'Running IIS on Nano Server'
    'Installing and managing Windows Defender on Nano Server'
    'Managing the Local Administrator's Passwords on Nano Server'
    'Using MPIO on Nano Server'
    'Using Windows Update on Nano Server'
    'Update Out of Box (OOB) drivers for Nano Server'
    'The future of Nano Server'
    'Summary'