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Windows Server 2012 MMC Administration (part 3) - Using the MMC - MMC tool availability

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MMC tool availability

Generally, the preconfigured MMC consoles available on a server depend on the roles, role services, and features that are installed. As you install additional roles, role services, and features, additional tools for administration are installed, and these tools can be both console tools and standard tools. You don’t have to rely on roles, role services, and features installation for tool availability, however. You can, in fact, install the complete administrative tool set on any Full-server installation regardless of the roles, role services, or features being used.

Follow these steps to install the complete administrative tool set:

  1. In Server Manager, the local server is added automatically for management. If you want to install the admin tools on another server, you need to add the server for management using the Add Servers option.

  2. In Server Manager, tap or click Manage and then tap or click Add Roles And Features. This starts the Add Roles And Features Wizard. If the wizard displays the Before You Begin page, read the Welcome message, and then tap or click Next.

  3. On the Select Installation Type page, select Role-Based Or Feature-Based Installation and then tap or click Next.

  4. On the Select Destination Server page, the server pool shows servers you’ve added for management. Tap or click the server you are configuring and then tap or click Next twice.

  5. On the Select Features page, select the Remote Server Administration Tools check box. This selects key tools under the Role Administration Tools and Feature Administration Tools nodes. If you want to select additional tools, expand the tools node and select tools to install as appropriate. Tap or click Next.

  6. Tap or click Install. When the wizard finishes installing the administration tools, tap or click Close.

These tools are then available on the Tools menu in Server Manager and can also be started quickly in the Search box or at the command prompt by typing only their file name (in most cases). At times, you might find it quicker to open consoles from the command line. For example, on a server optimized for handling background services and not programs being run by users, you might find that navigating the menu is too slow. To help you in these instances, Table 1 provides a list of the key console tools and their .msc file names. Note that some of the MMCs won’t be available even if you install all of the Remote Server Administration Tools. Tools for certain server roles and features are only available when those roles and features are installed.

Table 1. Key console tools and their .msc file names

Tool Name

.msc File Name

Active Directory Administrative Center

dsac.exe

Active Directory Domains And Trusts

domain.msc

Active Directory Rights Management Services

AdRmsAdmin.msc

Active Directory Sites And Services

dssite.msc

Active Directory Users And Computers

dsa.msc

ADSI Edit

adsiedit.msc

Certificate Templates Console

certtmpl.msc

Certificates - Current User

certmgr.msc

Certificates - Local Computer

certlm.msc

Certification Authority

certsrv.msc

Computer Management

compmgmt.msc

Device Manager

devmgmt.msc

DFS Management

dfsmgmt.msc

DHCP Manager

dhcpmgmt.msc

Disk Management

diskmgmt.msc

DNS Manager

dnsmgmt.msc

Event Viewer

eventvwr.msc

Failover Cluster Management

cluadmin.msc

Fax Service Manager

fxsadmin.msc

File Server Resource Manager

fsrm.msc

Group Policy Management

gpmc.msc

Health Registration Authority

hcscfg.msc

Hyper-V Manager

virtmgmt.msc

Local Group Policy Editor

gpedit.msc

Local Security Policy

secpol.msc

Local Users And Groups

lusrmgr.msc

NAP Client Configuration

napclcfg.msc

Network Policy Server

nps.msc

Online Responder Manager

ocsp.msc

Performance Monitor

perfmon.msc

Print Management

printmanagement.msc

RD Gateway Manager

tsgateway.msc

RD Remote App Manager

remoteprograms.msc

Reliability And Performance Monitor

perfmon.msc

Remote Desktop Services Configuration

tsconfig.msc

Remote Desktop Services Manager

tsadmin.msc

Remote Desktops

tsmmc.msc

Resultant Set of Policy

rsop.msc

Routing And Remote Access

rrasmgmt.msc

Services

services.msc

Services For Network File System

nfsmgmt.msc

Share And Storage Management

storagemgmt.msc

Storage Explorer

storexpl.msc

Storage Manager For SANs

sanmmc.msc

Task Scheduler

taskschd.msc

Trusted Platform Module Management

tpm.msc

UDDI Services

uddi.msc

Windows Deployment Services

wdsmgmt.msc

Windows Firewall With Advanced Security

wf.msc

Windows Server Backup

wbadmin.msc

Windows System Resource Manager

wsrm.msc

WINS Manager

winsmgmt.msc

MMC and remote computers

Some snap-ins can be set to work with local or remote systems. If this is the case, you’ll see the name of the computer with focus in parentheses after the snap-in name in the console tree. When the snap-in is working with the local computer, you’ll see (Local) after the snap-in name. When the snap-in is working with a remote computer, you’ll see the remote computer name in parentheses after the snap-in name, such as (CORPSERVER01).

Generally, regardless of which type of snap-in you are using, you can specify the computer you want to work with in one of two ways. Within the MMC, you can press and hold or right-click the snap-in node in the console tree and then select Connect To Another Computer. This displays the Select Computer dialog box, as shown in Figure 3.

Specify the computer you want to work with.
Figure 3. Specify the computer you want to work with.

If you want the snap-in to work with the computer the console is running on, select Local Computer. Otherwise, select Another Computer and then type the computer name or Internet Protocol (IP) address of the computer you want to use. If you don’t know the computer name or IP address, tap or click Browse to search for the computer you want to work with.

Some snap-ins that can be set to work with local and remote systems can be started from the command line with the focus set on a specific computer. This is a hidden feature that many people don’t know about or don’t understand. Simply set the focus when you start a console from the command line using the following parameter:

/computer=RemoteComputer

Here RemoteComputer is the name or IP address of the remote computer you want the snap-in to work with, such as

compmgmt.msc /computer=corpserver01

or

services.msc /computer=corpserver32

Note

For remote management, the appropriate Windows Firewall rules must be enabled on the target computer. Specifically, the inbound rule for COM+ Network Access (DCOM-In) must be enabled, as well as any appropriate rules related to the snap-in you want to work with.

Several hidden options are available with the Active Directory–related snap-ins. For Active Directory Users And Computers, Active Directory Sites And Services, and Active Directory Domains And Trusts, you can use the /Server parameter to open the snap-in and connect to a specified domain controller. For example, if you want to start Active Directory Users And Computers and connect to the CorpSvr02 domain controller, you could do this by typing the following:

dsa.msc /server=CorpSvr02

For Active Directory Users And Computers and Active Directory Sites And Services, you can use the /Domain parameter to open the snap-in and connect to a domain controller in the specified domain. For example, if you want to start Active Directory Users And Computers and connect to the cpandl.com domain, you could do this by typing the following:

dsa.msc /domain=cpandl.com
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