Active directory users, OU and Groups creation

Active directory users, OU and Groups creation

1.       First we have to create OU for Alberta Head office

Procedure for creating Alberta OU

a.       Open server manager

b.      Go to Roles -> Active directory Domain service-> Active Directory Users and computers -> test.local(Right click)->New->Organization Unit

Give name Alberta and create

2.       Now make sub OU under Alberta OU

ABUsers and ABComputers

ABUsers for all Alberta users

ABComputers for all Alberta computers

Create sub groups in ABComputers

ITcomputers

StandardComputers

TestComputers

3.       Create one more OU called IT for IT staff of Alberta

Note: IT is not a sub OU of Alberta its Individual OU

4.       Now Create add users to Abusers OU

Procedure for Creating Users:

2 procedures

1.       Creating users using script

Open note pad

dsadd user "cn=%1, ou=INSERTYOUROUHERE, dc=YOURDOMAIN, dc=comORWHATEVERYOURSUFFIXIS" -fn %2 -ln %3 -pwd P@ssw0rd -mustchpwd yes

Type this script and save it as .bat file

Note: - if you have sub OU fist use sub OU and then main OU in script

Now open command prompt and go to the path where you save the batch file then type batchFileName UserName FirstName Lastname

2.       Manually creating users

Right click on ABUsers OU ->New -> User

Give username, Firstname, Lastname, password, select password must change for first login

Users for ABUsers OU

Name	First Name	Last Name	User name	Group
Rafi Mohammad	Rafi	Mohammad	Mrafi	IT
Ravi Kumar	Ravi	Kumar	Kravi	IT
Shane Warne	Shane	Warne	wshane	SalesUsers
Tony Khory	Tony	Khory	ktony	SalesUsers
George Saddeh	George	Saddeh	sgeorge	SalesManagers
Shakeel Ahmad	Shakeel	Ahmad	ashakeel	SalesManagers
Doug Windover	Doug	Windover	wdoug	AccountsUsers
Tamara Barton	Tamara	Barton	btamara	AccountsUsers
Dana Dobiasova	Dana	Dobiasova	ddana	AccountsManagers
Shifali Jain	Shifali	Jain	jshifali	AccountsManagers
Guest User1	Guest	User1	Guser1	Guests
Guest User2	Guest	User2	Guser2	Guests
Guest User3	Guest	User3	Guser3	Guests
Linsey Martin	Linsey	Martin	mlinsey	Executives
Joseph Catricala	Joseph	Catricala	cjoseph	Executives
Linda Murphy	Linda	Murphy	mlinda	HR
Lisa Hagarty	Lisa	Hagarty	hlisa	HR
Renwick Babwah	Renwick	Babwah	brenwick	Warehouse
Marwan Albedi	Marwan	Albedi	amarwan	Warehouse
Gouse Shaik	Gouse	Shaik	Sgouse	OperationsManagers
Satish Agarval	Satish	Agarval	asatish	OperationsManagers
Ruby Joseph	Ruby	Joseph	jruby	OperationsUsers
Visali Jain	Visali	Jain	jvisali	OperationsUsers

5.       Now create Groups

Executives

IT

AccountsUsers

AccoutnsManagers

SalesUsers

SalesManagers

OperationsUsers

OperationsManagers

Warehouse

HR

Guests

Procedure for creating groups

a.       Right click on subOU ABUsers->New->Group

b.      Give Group name and create it

6.       Now add user to Groups as per above table

Ex:-  Shane Warne belongs to SalesUsers group

         George Saddeh belongs to SalesManagers

Procedure for adding user to group

a.       Select the user right click -> Add to group-> give group name and add it

Creating VM in Vsphere client

Creating VM in Vsphere client

1.       Go to virtual machine

2.       Click new virtual machine

3.       Configuration typical/ custom

I choose custom

4.       Give the name to virtual machine

5.       Select the data store [local or SAN data store]

6.       Select virtual machine version VM4/ VM7

I select VM7

7.       Select guest operating system

8.       Select number of virtual processor required

9.       Select memory for virtual machine

10.   Select network connect ion

11.   Select SCSI controller (leave by default)

12.   Select type of disk to use

. Create new virtual disk

. Use exiting virtual disk

. Run device mapping

.do not create disk

I select new virtual disk

13.   Create disk capacity 40GB/ 80GB your wish

14.   Advance option make it default

These advance option do not need to be changed

15.   Click finish to create

16.   To make changes to virtual machine right click on VM go to edit  setting

17.   Here you can add hard disk or increase memory and you can add network adapter

18.   If you put CD/ DVD drive in automatic mode when you insert Operation system bootable disk and start Virtual machine it will detect automatically

19.   Otherwise you can give data store ISO file path so you can select ISO image from their path to install ISO

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ESX Installation

ESX Installation:
Install ESX to get started with running virtual machines. The machine running ESX virtualization software
will act as a host in your virtual infrastructure.
Hosts provide CPU and memory resources, access to storage, and network connectivity for virtual machines
that reside on them.

Prerequisites for Installing ESX:
Before you begin the installation procedure, ensure that the host meets the prerequisites.
The prerequisites are as follows:
If ESX will not use an NTP server, make sure that the server hardware clock is set to UTC. This setting is
in the system BIOS.
Make sure the host has a supported network adapter.

ESX Hardware Requirements
Using ESX requires specific hardware and system resources.
64-Bit Processor
VMware ESX 4.0 will only install and run on servers with 64-bit x86 CPUs.
Known 64-bit processors:
All AMD Opterons support 64 bit.
All Intel Xeon 3000/3200, 3100/3300, 5100/5300, 5200/5400, 7100/7300, and 7200/7400 support 64 bit.
All Intel Nehalem (no Xeon brand number assigned yet) support 64 bit.
RAM
2GB RAM minimum

Network Adapters
One or more network adapters. Supported network adapters include:
Broadcom NetXtreme 570x gigabit controllers
Intel PRO 1000 adapters
SCSI Adapter, Fiber Channel Adapter, or Internal RAID Controller
One or more of the following controllers (any combination can be used):
Basic SCSI controllers are Adaptec Ultra-160 and Ultra-320, LSI Logic Fusion-MPT, and most NCR/
Symbios SCSI controllers.
Fiber Channel, see the Hardware Compatibility Guide at
http://www.vmware.com/resources/compatibility.
RAID adapters supported are HP Smart


**Note:Make sure Intel VT is enabled in the host's BIOS.





1 - Insert the media and launch Install ESX in graphical

 

2-The install launcher start...

 

3- Click on NEXT

 

4-Accept the license and click NEXT

 

5-Select you preferred language and click NEXT

 

6-Select if you want install or not drivers...and click NEXT

 

7-The loading driver start...

 

8-The loading driver is finish, you can click on NEXT

 

9-Enter Serial or not and click on NEXT

 

10-Select your network adapter and click NEXT

 

11-enter a IP configuration
Example:
IP: 192.168.0.1
Mask: 255.255.255.0
Gateway: 192.168.0.1 or another IP if you want
DNS: 192.168.0.1
Hostname: ESXSERVER


After Click NEXT

12-In a first time select Standard Setup and click NEXT

13-Select the Storage (Here the storage is just present for install binaries ESX Server, after you can add another volume NAS or others) and click NEXT

14-Select your time zone and click on NEXT

15-Select Time and date and click NEXT

16-The install process start...

17-After the installation finishes click on NEXT

18-Yeah the install is complete, now you can access at your esx server at the IP that you enter in the previous step.

19-In my example, i'm connect with the Vsphere Client for access to the ESX server.
I need to use the Windows XP mode for launch the Vsphere Client

20-Cool the installation is finish but now the ESX configuration is necessary...If you want start the challenge, all at your server and computer and GO to the VMWARE WORLD

21-To remotely access the machine. We need to enable SSH
Root # vi /etc/ssh/sshd.config
Go to 39 line
Permit root login Yes
22-#/etc/init.d/sshd restart
23-In windows we will call as service, in Linux we will call as demean.

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