{"id":222,"date":"2018-08-09T22:08:05","date_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:08:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/certcent.io\/?p=222"},"modified":"2018-08-09T22:08:05","modified_gmt":"2018-08-09T22:08:05","slug":"windows-server-2016-exam-powershell-commands-to-know-70-740","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/2018\/08\/09\/windows-server-2016-exam-powershell-commands-to-know-70-740\/","title":{"rendered":"Windows Server 2016 Exam – PowerShell Commands to Know (70-740)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here’s a short list of PS commands that you may not know now, but they have a high likelihood of showing up on the exam:
\nNANOSERVER<\/strong>
\nNew-NanoServerImage:
\nThis module is imported from the Windows 2016 ISO D:\\NanoServer\\NanoServerImageGenerator\\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1<\/strong>
\nCommands that are included with this module:
\ngcm -module<\/strong>
\nEdit-NanoServerImage, Get-NanoServerPackage, and New-NanoServerImage.<\/strong>
\nCreating a new image:<\/p>\n

new-nanoserverimage -deploymenttype guest -edition standard -mediapath d:\\ -targetpath\nc:\\temp\\nanoserver1.vhdx -computername nano1<\/pre>\n
Different packages for different features:<\/strong>
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-DSC-Package<\/strong> Installs the Desired State Configuration
\n(DSC) package on the image specified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-DNS-Package<\/strong> Installs the DNS Server role on the image
\nspecified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-IIS-Package<\/strong> Installs the IIS role on the image specified
\nby the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-SCVMM-Package<\/strong> Installs the System Center Virtual
\nMachine Manager agent on the image specified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-SCVMM-Compute-Package<\/strong> Installs the Hyper-V role – Can you use the -compute switch when created a new NanoServer Image.
\non the image specified by the TargetPath variable, so that is it manageable with
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-NPDS-Package<\/strong> Installs the Network Performance
\nDiagnostics Service on the image specified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-DCB-Package<\/strong> Installs Data Center Bridging on the
\nimage specified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-SecureStartup-Package<\/strong> Installs Secure Startup on the
\nimage specified by the TargetPath variable.
\nMicrosoft-NanoServer-ShieldedVM-Package<\/strong> Installs the Shielded Virtual
\nMachine package on the image specified by the TargetPath variable (Datacenter
\nedition only).
\nAdding a package to an existing image:<\/p>\n
edit-nanoserverimage -basepath c:\\nanoserver\\base -targetpath\nc:\\nanoserver\\nano1.vhdx\n-packages microsoft-nanoserver-iis-package<\/pre>\n
Get-WindowsOptionalFeature – <\/strong>This can be used to check what roles on installed inside the PS session.
\nFind-NanoServer Package: <\/strong>Searches online for nano package.
\nInstall-PackageProvider (part of PowerShell Gallery)  <\/strong>and Save-NanoServerPackage – <\/strong>Use this two modules to download and save a nano server package to install.
\nNanoServer-Storage-Package <\/strong>– Install package to allow formatting of ReFS.
\nCLUSTERING<\/strong>
\nMove-ClusterGroup: <\/strong>Move a VM from one server to another minimizing downtime.   Nodes are both members of a cluster.
\nConvert-VHD: <\/strong>To use a virtual disk as a shared virtual disk for a guest fail-over cluster.
\nGet-ClusterLog – <\/strong>View logs of cluster, e.g., server fails and you need to identify the cause.
\n(Get-Cluster).AutoBalancerLevel – <\/strong>Change load balancing for a cluster.
\nwmic ComputerSystem Set Workgroup =’workgroupb’ <\/strong>and New-Cluster-Name Cluster1 -Node Server1,Server2 -AdministrativeAccessPoint DNS <\/strong>– Create a fail-over cluster in a workgroup mode.
\nNETWORKING
\n<\/strong>Set-VMNetworkAdapter – <\/strong>Limit the maximum network bandwidth available to a VM.
\nSet-NetQosPolicy – <\/strong>Use to limit traffic bandwidth between servers.
\nSet-VMNetworkAdapter -MacAddressSpoofing On\/Off – <\/strong>Ensure machines inside a nested Hyper-V can communicate with each other
\nSet-VMSwitch – <\/strong>Ensure VMs can communicate with each other.
\nAdd-VMNetworkAdapterAcl – <\/strong>resource metering of traffic to track amount of network traffic VMs send between each other.
\nStorage
\n<\/strong>Set-SRPartnership – <\/strong>A server fails in a replica, from another server you can ensure access is still available.
\nOptimize-VHD – <\/strong>Limit the amount of space used by a VHD.
\nResize-VirtualDisk – <\/strong>Extend a partition in a storage pool.
\nResize-IscsiVirtualDisk – <\/strong> change size of an iSCSI disk on a server.
\nSet-SmbBandwidthLimit – <\/strong>Ensure that the replication between servers is limited to a maximum of 100 Mbps.
\nNew-SRPartnership – <\/strong>asynchronously replicate volumes on two different servers.
\nNew-NetQosPolicy – <\/strong>Configure replication policy between servers
\nCreating, mounting, initializing, partitioning, and formatting a new VHDX all in one line of Powershell:<\/p>\n
new-vhd -path c:\\data\\disk1.vhdx -sizebytes 256gb -dynamic |\nmount-vhd -passthru |\ninitialize-disk -passthru | new-partition -driveletter x -\nusemaximumsize | format-volume\n-filesystem ntfs -filesystemlabel data1 -confirm:$false -force<\/pre>\n
New SMB Share:<\/p>\n
new-smbshare \u2013name sharename -path pathname [-fullaccess\ngroupname] [-readaccess\ngroupname] [-changeaccess groupname] [-noaccess groupname]<\/pre>\n
 
\nHyper-V
\n<\/strong>Set-VMProcesser – <\/strong>Use to enable nested virtualization.
\nExport-VM<\/strong>, and then Import-VM – <\/strong>Create multiple copies of VMs to use on a Hyper-V Host.
\nSet-VMHost – <\/strong>Ensure virtual machines use all available networks to perform a live migration.
\nSet-IpamConfiguration – <\/strong>Modify GPO prefix by IPAM.
\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s a short list of PS commands that you may not know now, but they have a high likelihood of showing up on the exam: NANOSERVER New-NanoServerImage: This module is imported from the Windows 2016 ISO D:\\NanoServer\\NanoServerImageGenerator\\NanoServerImageGenerator.psm1 Commands that are included with this module: gcm -module Edit-NanoServerImage, Get-NanoServerPackage, and New-NanoServerImage. Creating a new image: new-nanoserverimage… Continue reading Windows Server 2016 Exam – PowerShell Commands to Know (70-740)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/222\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/certcent.io\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}