Document revision date: 15 October 2001

Contents

Preface
Preface	Preface
Chapter 1
1	Overview
1.1	The Role of the Administrator
1.1.1	Setting Up the Advanced Server Environment
1.1.2	Administering the Network
1.1.2.1	Maintaining User Accounts, Shares, and Resources
1.1.2.2	Monitoring Events and Troubleshooting Server Problems
1.2	The Advanced Server Network
1.2.1	Domains
1.2.2	Security
1.2.3	Users
1.2.4	Groups
1.2.5	Logon Validation
1.2.6	Logon Scripts
1.2.7	Home Directories
1.2.8	Advanced Server Licensing
1.3	Resource Sharing
1.3.1	Disk Directories
1.3.2	Printers
1.4	Monitoring Events and Troubleshooting
1.5	Network Administration Interfaces
1.6	The Advanced Server ADMINISTER Command-Line Interface
1.6.1	Getting Help with ADMINISTER Commands
1.6.2	Administering Domains and Servers
1.6.3	Administrative Groups
1.6.4	ADMINISTER Command Output Display Format
1.6.4.1	How the Default Output Mode Is Determined
1.6.4.2	Displaying the Current Output Mode
Chapter 2
2	Managing Domains and Servers
2.1	Managing a Domain
2.1.1	Server Roles in the Domain
2.1.1.1	Changing a Server's Role in a Domain
2.1.1.1.1	Changing a BDC to a PDC, or a PDC to a BDC
2.1.1.1.2	Changing a BDC to a Member Server, or Vice Versa
2.1.2	Domain Controllers and the SAM Database
2.1.2.1	Synchronizing SAM Databases on Domain Controllers
2.1.2.1.1	How to Synchronize All Controllers in a Domain
2.1.2.1.2	How to Synchronize a Specific Backup Domain Controller with the Primary Domain Controller
2.1.3	Displaying the Current Domain
2.1.4	Administering Another Domain
2.1.5	Member Servers and Domain Management
2.1.5.1	Administering the Member Server's Local Database
2.1.5.2	ADMINISTER Command Variances on Member Servers
2.1.6	Adding a Computer Account to a Domain
2.1.6.1	Procedure for Adding a Computer to a Domain
2.1.7	Removing a Computer Account from a Domain's Security Database
2.1.7.1	Procedure for Removing a Computer from a Domain
2.1.8	Managing Trust Relationships
2.1.8.1	Establishing Trust Relationships
2.1.8.2	Setting Up a One-Way Trust Relationship
2.1.8.3	Setting Up a Two-Way Trust Relationship
2.1.8.4	Displaying the Trust Relationships
2.1.8.5	Removing Trust Relationships
2.2	Managing Security Policies
2.2.1	Managing the Account Policy
2.2.1.1	Example: Setting a User Account Policy
2.2.1.2	Example: Displaying the Account Policy for a Domain
2.2.2	Managing the Audit Policy
2.2.2.1	Example: Displaying the Audit Policy for a Domain
2.2.2.2	Example: Enabling Auditing and Setting the Audit Policy for a Domain
2.3	Managing a Server
2.3.1	Displaying Server Information
2.3.1.1	Displaying Connections
2.3.1.2	Displaying User Sessions
2.3.1.3	Displaying Shared Resources
2.3.1.4	Displaying the Advanced Server Version Number
2.3.2	Stopping the Advanced Server
2.3.3	Sending Messages to Users
2.3.3.1	Sending a Message to the User of a Specific Computer
2.3.3.2	Sending a Message to Users on a Specific Server
2.3.4	Managing Services
2.3.4.1	Displaying Services
2.3.4.2	Starting Services
2.3.4.3	Pausing Services
2.3.4.4	Continuing Services
2.3.4.5	Stopping Services
2.3.4.6	Synchronizing Clocks on All Network Computers
2.3.5	Changing Time Zones or Daylight Saving Time Settings
2.3.6	Setting Up the Time Zone Information on OpenVMS Version 6.2
2.3.7	Setting Up the Time Zone Information on OpenVMS Version 7.x Systems
2.4	Advanced Server in OpenVMS Clusters
2.4.1	About the Advanced Server Cluster Alias
2.4.2	Defining the Advanced Server Cluster Alias
2.4.3	Cluster Load Balancing in LANs
2.4.4	Dynamic Cluster Load Balancing in WANs
2.4.4.1	Background and Overview: Advanced Server Clusters and Load Balancing
2.4.4.2	The Software for Dynamic Cluster Load Balancing in WANs
2.4.4.3	Enabling Dynamic Load Balancing Using TCP/IP Services for OpenVMS

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