Module 4: Deployment and Maintenance

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Module 4 Deployment and Maintenance
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Objectives

• Understand the steps and requirements for the
  installation of Team Foundation Server and its
  prerequisites
• Understand the various management activities
  required post installation

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Lesson 1 Deployment

• Planning Your Deployment
• Technical Architecture Review
• Team System Components and Server Prerequisites
• Single and Dual Server Requirements
• 64 Bit Support
• User Accounts
• Installation Logs
• Default Ports
• Single Server and Dual Server Installation
• Team Foundation Proxy
• Team Foundation Server in Workgroups

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Planning Your Deployment

• Single or Dual Server TFS?
• How many users will you support?
• Are File Cache Proxy Servers required?
• Will you support clusters of remote users?
• Will you integrate with Active Directory?
• Where are your Build Servers?
• Do you need Additional Test Agents and
  Controllers?
• How many test users will you simulate?
• High Availability a Requirement?
• Warm Standbys or Clustering

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Technical Architecture Review
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Server Prerequisites

• TFS Application Tier
• Windows Server 2003 SP1
• IIS 6.0 w/ASP.NET
• Windows SharePoint Services (WSS) SP2
• SQL Server 2005 Reporting Services
• TFS Proxy Server
• Windows Server 2003 SP1
• IIS 6.0 w/ASP.NET
• Build Server
• Windows XP Pro SP2 or Windows Server 2003 SP1

• TFS Data Tier
• Windows Server 2003 SP1
• SQL Server 2005
• SQL Server
• Analysis Services
• Integration Services

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Minimum Requirements
Single-Server Deployment, Small Team
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Dual Server Installation
Minimum Reqs - Team Foundation Application Tier
Minimum Reqs - Team Foundation Data Tier
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64 Bit Support
1 Team Foundation Server single-server
deployment. 2 Team Foundation Server dual-server
deployment.
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Required User Accounts

• TFSSETUP Run Team Foundation server setup
• Administrator on Team Foundation Server.
• TFSSERVICE Service account for TFS
• Application pool identity by the Team Foundation
  Server and Windows SharePoint Services
• Should NOT be an administrator on Team Foundation
  Server.
• TFSREPORTS Used by SQL Server Reporting
  Services
• Should NOT be an administrator on Team Foundation
  Server.
• Principle of Least Privilege

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Installation Logs

• TFS Installation log resides on the client
  (C\Documents and Settings\TFSSetup\Local
  Settings\Temp\dd_.txt)
• Application log in event viewer on AT server
• Event Source will be VSTF or TFS
• Common Installation Problems
• Not following the installation guide correctly
• TFS accounts not configured as described in the
  installation guide
• Use the installation log to troubleshoot setup
  problems at the root

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Default Network Ports
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Single Server Installation

• Hardware Requirements
• Identify account for installation
• Identify service accounts
• Install IIS
• Enable ASP.NET without FrontPage Server
  Extensions
• Install SQL Server 2005 SP1 (Standard/Enterprise)
  on default instance any hot fixes
• Install Windows SharePoint Services (do not
  configure)
• Verify network port requirements
• Install Team Foundation Server
• Install Team Explorer

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Dual Server Installation
Application Tier
Data Tier
Verify Hardware Requirements
Identify Installation and Service Accounts
Add Setup Account to Local Admin
Add Setup Account to Local Admin
Install SQL
Install IIS
Verify SQL Installation
Install SQL Reporting
Install Data Tier (DT)
Install SharePoint Services SP2
Install Application Tier (AT)
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Team Foundation Proxy

• Windows Server 2003 Required
• Cached Source Control Artifacts are stored in the
  file system
• File System Access must be locked down
• File Names contain an ID so multiple versions of
  a file may reside in the cache

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Team Foundation using Workgroups

• Several Limitations
• Domain users cannot login
• Single-Server Configuration
• User Accounts and passwords should be
  synchronized
• Good choice for trial use and demos

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Lesson 2 Maintenance

• Disaster Recovery
• Managing Data
• Managing Availability
• Active Directory
• Managing Users and Groups
• Server Configuration Settings
• Securing Team System
• Command Line Tools

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Disaster Recovery

• Create a maintenance plan that backs up all Team
  Foundation databases
• ReportServer ReportServerTempDB
• STS_Config_TFS STS_CONTENT_TFS
• TfsBuild
• TfsIntegration
• TfsVersionControl
• TFSWarehouse
• TfsWorkItemTracking
• TfsWorkItemTrackingAttachments
• Back up the Report Server encryption key

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Disaster Recovery (cont.)

• Prepare the servers for restoring the data.
• Restore the Team Foundation databases.
• Restore the Analysis Server database.
• Restore the team project portal sites.
• Restart the servers.
• Make all clients refresh their cache data.

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Managing Data

• Setting Size Limits on Attachments
• Data Warehouse Organization
• Processing Interval for Data Warehouse
• http//lttfsservergt8080/Warehouse/v1.0/warehouse
  controller.asmx?opChangeSetting

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Setting a Size Limit on Attachments
lab
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Managing Availability

• Standard Backup Practices
• Data Tier Same best practices as you would for
  any SQL Database
• Application Tier Same best practices you would
  have for any site collection in WSS
• Warm Standby
• Clustering
• Standard SQL clustering best practices
• Hardware on Cluster HCL

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Active Directory

• Supported
• Windows 2000 AD in Native Mode
• Windows Server 2003 AD in Windows 2000 Native
  functional level
• Windows Server 2003 AD in Windows Server 2003
  Functional level
• Trust configurations
• Single Domain
• Single domain where the application tier is also
  the DC
• Default transitive 2-way trust in same forest
• Cross-forest trusts are supports
• Setup will not allow you to install
  TeamFoundation Server on a Domain Controller

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Managing Users and Groups

• Security is based on Users and Groups
• Permissions are either explicitly allowed or
  denied
• You can use Active Directory Groups and users or
  you can create Team Foundation Server specific
  groups.
• Team Foundation Groups can contain Active
  Directory groups and users.
• Membership and permissions can be accessed from
  Team Explorer. There are also command line tool
  (TFSSecurity) for administering groups, users,
  and their permissions.
• Permissions for Source Control use the same
  Groups and Users but they are set either from a
  GUI accessed through the property pages on Source
  Control Explorer or using the TF Permission
  Command.
• Security needs to be set across 3 areas. TFS,
  SharePoint and Reporting Services.

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Merging Two Team Projects
lab
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Server Configuration Settings

• Enabling / Disabling TFS Application Tracing
• Change Web.Config Settings for Team Foundation
  Server Components
• Change the Trace Output Directory for Team
  Foundation Server Components

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Securing Team System
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Securing Team Foundation Server
lab
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Command Line Tools

• TFSAdminUtil
• ChangeAccount
• ChangePassword
• SID
• RenamedT
• ActiveAT
• Status
• TFSReg
• TFSDeleteProject
• TFSFieldMapping
• SetupWarehouse
• BisSubscribe
• GLImport/Export, WITImport/Export, WITFields

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Deleting a Team Project
lab
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Summary

• Installation steps and requirements
• Management tasks
• Team Foundation Server security
• Disaster recovery strategies
• Powerful command line interface
• Maintenance activities and tools

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Summary
Questions?