Dell PowerVault NX3200 - Manual (Page 14)

• Get status of your servers and roles remotely.
• Determine server status, identify critical events, analyze and troubleshoot configuration issues or
failures.
• Customize the events, performance data, services, and Best Practices Analyzer (BPA) results that are
displayed on the Server Manager dashboard.
• Perform tasks on multiple servers at one time.
Starting And Exiting Server Manager
Server Manager starts by default when a administrators logs on to the system. If you close Server
Manager, you can restart in one of the following ways:
• On the Windows Start screen, click Server Manager tile.
• On the Windows taskbar, click Server Manager icon.
• In Windows PowerShell environment, at the command prompt, type servermanager (case
insensitive).
To exit the Server Manager, close the Server Manager window.
Installing Or Uninstalling Server Manager Roles, Role
Services And Features
In Windows Storage Server 2012 R2, the Server Manager console and Windows PowerShell cmdlets for
Server Manager enable you to install roles, role services, and features. You can install multiple roles and
features by using Add Roles and Features Wizard or Windows PowerShell session.
NOTE: To install or uninstall roles, roles services, and features using the Add Roles And Features
Wizard and Windows PowerShell cmdlets, see: technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/
hh831809.aspx#BKMK_installarfw.
Accessing Administrative Tools For Your NAS System
Many Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-ins are listed in the Administrative Tools folder.
To access Administrative Tools folder follow any one of the steps below:
• In the Server Manager menu bar, click Tools to access the Administrative Tools.
• Press the Windows logo key. On the start menu, click Administrative Tools tile.
• From the start menu, open Control Panel, click System and Security → Administrative Tools.
Accessing Computer Management
To access Computer Management tools, the Server Manager menu bar, click Computer Management.
The Computer Management window is displayed which has all the tools segregated into three groups.
These tools are described below.
System Tools
Task Scheduler Is used to create new tasks and manage basic tasks that the system performs
automatically at specific times. Tasks created are stored in Task scheduler library. It
also tracks the Task Status and Active Tasks that are not expired.
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