Needless to say, performing this task at the command line is more difficult
than checking a box in a graphical utility. The following sections describe how to work with
the OCSetup utility.
NOTE You may have heard rumors about the amazing new ServerManagerCmd utility. This utility is
no rumor and it really does work well. The only problem is that the ServerManagerCmd utility
relies on the .NET Framework to do its work. At this time, Server Core won??™t have the required
support installed as part of the product. Consequently, you must rely on the OCSetup and OCList
utilities to perform setup tasks.
An Overview of the Server Core Roles and Features
Server Core provides fewer roles and features than the graphical version of Windows Server 2008.
You can always list the roles and features that Server Core supports using the OCList utility
348 CHAPTER 13 MANAGING APPLICATIONS
described in the ???Verifying Application and Role Status Using the OCList Utility??? section of the
chapter. Remember that roles define the major tasks you can perform with Server Core. Here??™s a list
of the roles supported by the Enterprise Edition of Server Core.
? Active Directory Domain Services
? Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services (AD LDS)
? Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) Server
? DNS Server
? File Services
? Print Server
? Streaming Media Services
? Web Server (IIS)
Server Core also supports a number of standard features.
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