[BESAdmin-Announcements] New/modified Content for Server Automation

[Announcements for BES Administrators]

Content in the Server Automation site has been modified.

* New/Updated Fixlets to Install, configure and Manage SQL Server 2008,
2012 and Exchange 2010 and 2013.

* Two new sample plans 136 & 137 show examples of how to patch Microsoft
Exchange server clusters.

In most organizations these tasks are largely manual and require resources
to watch over the process which takes time and introduces human error.
These important new automation capabilities will allow system
Administrators to off-load tedious manual tasks so that they have time to
focus on more important work.


SQL Server 2008 fixlets:
Create Database for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
on Windows
Drop Database for Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
on Windows
Install Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition on Windows
Uninstall Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition on
Windows
Pause an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise
Edition on Windows
Resume an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise
Edition on Windows
Start an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise
Edition on Windows
Start Server Agent Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2
Enterprise Edition on Windows
Stop an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2 Enterprise Edition
on Windows
Stop Server Agent Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 or 2008 R2
Enterprise Edition on Windows

SQL Server 2012 fixlets:
Install Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on Windows
Uninstall Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on Windows
Create Database for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on Windows
on Windows
Drop Database for Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on Windows
on Windows
Start an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on
Windows
Stop an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on Windows
on Windows
Pause an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on
Windows
Resume an Instance of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on
Windows
Start Server Agent of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on
Windows
Stop Server Agent of Microsoft SQL Server 2012 Enterprise Edition on
Windows on Windows

Exchange 2010 and 2013 fixlets:
125 : Exchange 2010 and 2013 Start DAG (Database Availability Groups)
Maintenance Task
127 : Exchange 2010 and 2013 Start DAG (Database Availability Groups)
Maintenance Task
128 : Rebalance Active Databases Task Exchange 2010 AND Exchange 2013 DAG
(Database Availability Groups)
136 : Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 Sample Patching Plan
137 : Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013  DAG servers Sample Patching Plan
with Exchange 2007 Mailbox servers patched in Parallel


Published site version:
35


Reasons for Update:
SQL Server 2008 fixlets have been updated to enable installation and
configuration of SQL Server 2008R2.
SQL Server 2012 fixlets have also been added.
Upgraded functionality now compatible with Exchange 2013 from sp1 onwards
(still works with all versions of Exchange 2010).
Fixlets 125, 127 and 128 now changed to tasks.
Two new sample plans:
	136 - Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 Sample Patching Plan
	137 – Exchange 2010 and Exchange 2013 DAG Servers Sample Patching
Plan
		 with Exchange 2007 Mailbox Servers Patched in Parallel



Actions to Take:
* Gathering of the site will automatically show the updates made.

* Note for Exchange fixlets:
Ensure you run task 118 to uninstall old scripts then fixlet 110 to install
latest version of scripts.
Also fixlet 124 will need to be used to install the exchange cluster
manager service prior to running any exchange tasks.


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IBM Endpoint Manager Server Automation Team
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